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Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2009 film Fantastic Mr. Fox directed by Wes Anderson. The film's soundtrack featured a selection of songs from The Beach Boys, The Bobby Fuller Four, Burl Ives, Georges Delerue, The Rolling Stones, and other artists. An original score composed by Alexandre Desplat accompanied the ...
Written as a jolly little tune, “Fantastic Mr. Fox AKA Petey’s Song” tells the tale of a handsome little fox. The song begins with a charming introduction, as if the storyteller wants us to pull up a chair and listen with wide-eyed wonder. The lyrics are filled with nonsensical words and playful sounds, adding to the storytelling element.
- “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” by The Wellingtons
- “Heroes and Villains” by The Beach Boys
- “Love” by Nancy Adams
- “Petey’S Song” by Jarvis Cocker
- “Ol’ Man River” by The Beach Boys
- “Night and Day” by Art Tatum
- “Horn Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Major” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- “Street Fighting Man” by The Rolling Stones
- “I Get Around” by The Beach Boys
- “Let Her Dance” by The Bobby Fuller Four
The Wellingtons’ “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” is the first song that plays on the Fantastic Mr. Foxsoundtrack. It plays over the beautiful opening shot of Mr. Fox standing at the top of a hill. RELATED: The 10 Best Fantastic Mr. Fox Quotes This quiet opening scene sets the perfect tone for the movie and establishes the casual, laidback approach th...
Anderson’s soundtracks tend to focus on one artist above all the others. The Darjeeling Limited has a bunch of Kinks songs, The Life Aquatic has a bunch of David Bowie songs (including some Portuguese-language covers), and Fantastic Mr. Fox has a bunch of Beach Boys songs. The first of a few Beach Boys songs on the soundtrack, “Heroes and Villains,...
After Mr. Fox has settled into a mundane life as a newspaper reporter and left his thieving days behind him, he initially enjoys his tranquil new existence. As his son Ash and his nephew Kristofferson are playing in the pool, Mr. Fox lies under a treeand eats an apple. The happiness of suburban family life is reflected in Nancy Adams’ “Love” on the...
Petey is a minor but memorable character in Fantastic Mr. Fox. He’s a singer-songwriter clearly based on Jarvis Cocker, who provided his voice. In one scene, Petey improvises a song about Mr. Fox around a campfire. RELATED: Wes Anderson's 10 Best Montages Bean asks what he’s singing and Petey explains, “I just kind of made it up as I went along, re...
After “Heroes and Villains” gets Anderson’s Beach Boys playlist off to a strong start, he closes it out with “Ol’ Man River.” As the animals settle into their new lives, the camera pans around their rooms to show the audience where they ended up. Mr. Fox gathers his family for a sweet surprise. He takes them back up to the surface, where he’s found...
When Badger sets up a refugee camp for the survivors of the farmers’ attack, the animals band together to prepare a festive dinner. Art Tatum’s “Night and Day” plays on the soundtrack. “Night and Day” sets the right emotional tone for this scene. Morale is low. Everybody is mad at Mr. Foxfor endangering their lives – especially his wife, who made h...
Tired of his mundane life, Mr. Fox decides to return to his old criminal ways against his wife’s wishes. He teams up with Kylie to rob all the local farmers in quick succession. As Mr. Fox and Kylie are breaking into Bunce’s smokehouse, Bunce sits in his surveillance room, completely unaware of the break-in. The Mozart classic “Horn Concerto No. 4 ...
The Rolling Stones have been featured in a bunch of Anderson’s soundtracks. Anderson is as prolific a Stones fan as Martin Scorsese. “2000 Man” was in Bottle Rocket, “I Am Waiting” was in Rushmore, “Ruby Tuesday” was in The Royal Tenenbaums, “Play with Fire” was in The Darjeeling Limited, and “Street Fighting Man” was in Fantastic Mr. Fox. RELATED:...
In between “Heroes and Villains” at the beginning of the movie and “Ol’ Man River” at the end of the movie, Anderson plays a third Beach Boys song in the middle of Fantastic Mr. Fox. As Mr. Fox plans his final stand against the farmers based on all his friends and family’s hidden talents, “I Get Around” plays on the soundtrack.
After putting his family through the wringer, Mr. Fox earns redemption by the endof the movie by finding them a new home underneath a supermarket. He takes his family up to the supermarket, where they toast their victory with juice boxes. Ash compliments Mr. Fox’s toast before the Bobby Fuller Four’s “Let Her Dance” kicks in and the characters star...
The Ballad of Davy Crockett. The Wellingtons. 1m. First song. Mr. Fox is standing on the top of a hill, listening to his radio/tape. Heroes and Villains. The Beach Boys. 3m. Mr. and Mrs. Fox are running and jumping over obstacles to steal the chickens. Mrs.
Dec 4, 2009 · The two stars of the “Fantastic Mr. Fox” soundtrack are The Beach Boys and Bobby Fuller. “Heroes and Villains” (1966) is the key track, a chase-scene of a song that’s almost a movie in ...
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11. Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) Another bonkers score for a Wes Anderson film, this time an animation. Squeezed snuggly between a variety of pop tunes and other film music, Desplat’s brief contribution nevertheless makes its mark and, like 'Grand Budapest Hotel', is enormous fun: it twanged, twisted and toe-tapped Desplat to his third Oscar nomination.
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Nov 25, 2009 · The Ballad of Davy Crockett. The Wellingtons. very first scene transitioning from roald dahl's book cover. American Empirical Pictures. Alexandre Desplat. Add scene description. Heroes And Villians - Remastered. The Beach Boys. mr &mrs. fox sneak into the squab farm.
