"All Is Love" is a song written by Karen O and Nick Zinner for the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are. The song was recorded by Karen O and the Kids, a group consisting of O, Zinner, and several other prominent indie rock musicians, and released as the lead single from the film's soundtrack on August 25, 2009.[1] The name "All is Love" is a play on the name of the Swedish band Love is All, whose song "Make Out Fall Out" inspired Karen O.[2] The whimsical song contains shouting, whistling, and clapping and incorporates an untrained children's choir.
Spike Jonze, director of Where the Wild Things Are, knew he wanted Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O to compose the film's soundtrack as soon as he began working on its screenplay.[3] Though O had never worked on a soundtrack before, Jonze stated, "I just love her music and knew she could write emotionally in the way we needed the music [...] I wanted a lot of people working on the movie that weren’t necessarily trained in like [...] a bit more I just knew had the right sensibility and worked intuitively because I wanted not be like a real cerebral thing I wanted to be this very childlike, intuitive way of filmmaking."[4]
O signed on in November 2007, two years before the film and soundtrack were released,[5] and assembled a large group of Indie Rock musicians to accompany her on tracks: Dean Fertita, Imaad Wasif, Tom Biller, Jack Lawrence, Bradford Cox, Greg Kurstin, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs bandmates Brian Chase and Nick Zinner.[6] Together, O and Zinner wrote "All Is Love", the soundtrack's lead single.[1] O says she began writing with the hope of paying homage to her favorite movie music through "organic melodies, really simple performances, [and] a lot of emotion"[7] that "both kids and adults would appreciate."[8]
Jonze hoped the film's music would have a similar mood as The Langley Schools Music Project, a collection of recordings by a rural Canadian school choir, and gave O a copy of the album Innocence and Despair to inspire her.[8] O described the songs as "all sort of jangly and imperfect, but the heart behind it kills you."[7] As a result, O incorporated a sixteen-person untrained children's choir into several tracks, most prominently on "All Is Love".[9][10][11]
Compositionedit
Karen O and the Kids "All Is Love" (2009)
On "All Is Love", Karen O and the Kids are joined by the shouts and vocals of an untrained children's choir.
"All Is Love" is set in C major at a tempo of 108 beats per minute.[12] The song begins with a slow piano introduction before picking up speed.[12] The lyrics commence with Karen O yelling, "One, two, ready, go!"[5] The children and adults then sing the song's first and only verse. According to Andrzej Lukowski of Drowned in Sound, "with the children to back her up and bulk her out, O can permit herself her frailest, most open tones".[11] In the song's high pitched, sing-along chorus, the artists spell out "L-O-V-E" and chant "all is love, is love, is love, is love".[13] In between repetitions of the chorus are shouts of "Hey!" and "Woo!" by the children and a whistled bridge.[5] The music is supported by clapping[5] and a variety of instruments including guitar, bass, and drums.[14] The song concludes with the kids shouting "is love!" over and over.[15]
Critical receptionedit
Karen O
Critical reception for "All Is Love" was positive. Heather Phares of Allmusic called it "a rainbow of youthful expression" and marked it as one of the best tracks on the soundtrack.[16] Nate Chinen of The New York Times found the song "a summery pleasure".[17] Andrew Gensler of T: The New York Times Style Magazine described "All Is Love" as an "ebullient leadoff" and an "infectious singalong anthem".[10] Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Karen O proves she's capable of still more, floating her ethereal vocals over charmingly ramshackle folk-pop arrangements" and that her "unique singing defines [...] "All Is Love".[15] Warren Truit of About.com calls "All Is Love" a "highlight" of the soundtrack, "absolutely joyful", and "a magical anthem".[18] Hermione Hoby of The Guardian claims the song is "as sweetly joyous as Arcade Fire as reimagined by Sesame Street and has a chorus that will thaw icy hearts.[13] Justin Jacobs of Paste magazine describes "All Is Love" as a "seriously sunshiney tune" and remarks, "If you had any sort of imagination as a child, the time to start getting excited is now."[5] Ronald Hart of The Hollywood Reporter claims that on "All Is Love", Karen O and the Kids "perfectly capture childlike innocence" and that the track's "whimsical melody that's lighter and brighter" than the songs produced by the musician's regular bands. Hart concludes, "If you close your eyes, you can easily envision the Wild Things prancing along to this joyful singalong".[19]
Awards and nominationsedit
On December 9, 2009, Jones posted an email from Interscope records announcing "All Is Love" had replaced "The Climb" as a nominee for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, a songwriter's award. Although "The Climb", written by Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe, had been featured in the film Hannah Montana: The Movie, it had not been written intentionally for the film as the category's eligibility rules required.[20] The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the presenters of the Grammy Awards, released a statement stating that despite the "great lengths" NARAS takes to review nominations, "there are rare occasions where changes are required". NARAS stated that Walt Disney Records had voluntarily reported the error and withdrawn the nomination, and that "The Academy ha[d] complied with the label’s request. Per our process in this circumstance, The Academy has pulled up the next eligible song in this category, which is "All Is Love".[21] The song lost the award to "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire.[22]
^ abcdeJacobs, Justin (2009-08-24). "Karen O Unveils Where the Wild Things Are Song "All is Love"". Paste. from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^Jonze, Spike (2009-06-26). . Weloveyouso.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^ abLogan Hill (2009-10-11). "Q&A With Karen O on Composing the 'Where the Wild Things Are' Soundtrack". New York. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^ abMcNair, Charles (2009-09-15). "An Interview With Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs". Paste. from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
^ abGensler, Andrew (2009-10-16). "Now Singing – The Children's Hour". T. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^ abLukowski, Andrzej (2009-09-30). . Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^ ab"Digital sheet music - Karen O & The Kids - All Is Love". Musicnotes.com. Alfred Publishing. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
^ abHoby, Hermione (2009-08-30). "Online this week". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^"Karen O And The Kids — Where The Wild Things Are Motion Picture Soundtrack". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^ abWood, Mikael (2009-09-29). "Album review: Karen O and the Kids' 'Where the Wild Things Are'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^Phares, Heather. "Allmusic (((Where the Wild Things Are > Review)))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^Chinen, Nate (2009-09-25). "Mature and Focused Sets, With Breaks for Playtime". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^Truitt, Warren. . About.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^Harris, Chris (December 10, 2009). . Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Archived from the original on February 25, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
^Pastorek, Whitney (December 10, 2009). "Miley Cyrus song disqualified from Grammy noms; Karen O called up to replace her". Entertainment Weekly. from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
^"Grammy Awards: List of Winners". The New York Times. 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
^Sharpe, Gina (2009-12-14). "Critics' Choice Noms: Nine, Inglourious Basterds, Jackson and (Surprise!) Clooney". E!. from the original on 18 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^Cohen, Sandy (2010-01-16). "Critics' Choose 'The Hurt Locker' as Best Picture". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
^Kilday, Gregg (December 16, 2009). "Academy unveils original song candidates". The Hollywood Reporter. Trade Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 31, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
^Kreps, Daniel (2010-02-02). . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
^Blauvelt, Christian (2010-02-02). "2010 Oscars for Best Song: Worst nominations ever? | The Music Mix | EW.com". Music-mix.ew.com. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
^"Your Guide to the 2010 Best Original Song Oscar Nominees". The Washington Post.
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Not to be confused with All Is Full of Love or Love Is All All Is Love is a song written by Karen O and Nick Zinner for the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are The song was recorded by Karen O and the Kids a group consisting of O Zinner and several other prominent indie rock musicians and released as the lead single from the film s soundtrack on August 25 2009 1 The name All is Love is a play on the name of the Swedish band Love is All whose song Make Out Fall Out inspired Karen O 2 The whimsical song contains shouting whistling and clapping and incorporates an untrained children s choir All is Love Single by Karen O and the Kidsfrom the album Where the Wild Things AreReleasedAugust 25 2009Recorded2008GenreIndie rockLength2 48LabelDGC InterscopeSongwriter s Karen O Nick ZinnerProducer s Karen O Tom Biller All Is Love was widely praised by critics and received nominations for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture Television or Other Visual Media but did not win Critics considered the song s failure to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song a snub Contents 1 Background 2 Composition 3 Critical reception 3 1 Awards and nominations 4 ReferencesBackground editSpike Jonze director of Where the Wild Things Are knew he wanted Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O to compose the film s soundtrack as soon as he began working on its screenplay 3 Though O had never worked on a soundtrack before Jonze stated I just love her music and knew she could write emotionally in the way we needed the music I wanted a lot of people working on the movie that weren t necessarily trained in like a bit more I just knew had the right sensibility and worked intuitively because I wanted not be like a real cerebral thing I wanted to be this very childlike intuitive way of filmmaking 4 O signed on in November 2007 two years before the film and soundtrack were released 5 and assembled a large group of Indie Rock musicians to accompany her on tracks Dean Fertita Imaad Wasif Tom Biller Jack Lawrence Bradford Cox Greg Kurstin and Yeah Yeah Yeahs bandmates Brian Chase and Nick Zinner 6 Together O and Zinner wrote All Is Love the soundtrack s lead single 1 O says she began writing with the hope of paying homage to her favorite movie music through organic melodies really simple performances and a lot of emotion 7 that both kids and adults would appreciate 8 Jonze hoped the film s music would have a similar mood as The Langley Schools Music Project a collection of recordings by a rural Canadian school choir and gave O a copy of the album Innocence and Despair to inspire her 8 O described the songs as all sort of jangly and imperfect but the heart behind it kills you 7 As a result O incorporated a sixteen person untrained children s choir into several tracks most prominently on All Is Love 9 10 11 Composition edit nbsp Karen O and the Kids All Is Love 2009 source source On All Is Love Karen O and the Kids are joined by the shouts and vocals of an untrained children s choir Problems playing this file See media help All Is Love is set in C major at a tempo of 108 beats per minute 12 The song begins with a slow piano introduction before picking up speed 12 The lyrics commence with Karen O yelling One two ready go 5 The children and adults then sing the song s first and only verse According to Andrzej Lukowski of Drowned in Sound with the children to back her up and bulk her out O can permit herself her frailest most open tones 11 In the song s high pitched sing along chorus the artists spell out L O V E and chant all is love is love is love is love 13 In between repetitions of the chorus are shouts of Hey and Woo by the children and a whistled bridge 5 The music is supported by clapping 5 and a variety of instruments including guitar bass and drums 14 The song concludes with the kids shouting is love over and over 15 Critical reception edit nbsp Karen OCritical reception for All Is Love was positive Heather Phares of Allmusic called it a rainbow of youthful expression and marked it as one of the best tracks on the soundtrack 16 Nate Chinen of The New York Times found the song a summery pleasure 17 Andrew Gensler of T The New York Times Style Magazine described All Is Love as an ebullient leadoff and an infectious singalong anthem 10 Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Karen O proves she s capable of still more floating her ethereal vocals over charmingly ramshackle folk pop arrangements and that her unique singing defines All Is Love 15 Warren Truit of About com calls All Is Love a highlight of the soundtrack absolutely joyful and a magical anthem 18 Hermione Hoby of The Guardian claims the song is as sweetly joyous as Arcade Fire as reimagined by Sesame Street and has a chorus that will thaw icy hearts 13 Justin Jacobs of Paste magazine describes All Is Love as a seriously sunshiney tune and remarks If you had any sort of imagination as a child the time to start getting excited is now 5 Ronald Hart of The Hollywood Reporter claims that on All Is Love Karen O and the Kids perfectly capture childlike innocence and that the track s whimsical melody that s lighter and brighter than the songs produced by the musician s regular bands Hart concludes If you close your eyes you can easily envision the Wild Things prancing along to this joyful singalong 19 Awards and nominations edit On December 9 2009 Jones posted an email from Interscope records announcing All Is Love had replaced The Climb as a nominee for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture Television or Other Visual Media a songwriter s award Although The Climb written by Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe had been featured in the film Hannah Montana The Movie it had not been written intentionally for the film as the category s eligibility rules required 20 The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences NARAS the presenters of the Grammy Awards released a statement stating that despite the great lengths NARAS takes to review nominations there are rare occasions where changes are required NARAS stated that Walt Disney Records had voluntarily reported the error and withdrawn the nomination and that The Academy ha d complied with the label s request Per our process in this circumstance The Academy has pulled up the next eligible song in this category which is All Is Love 21 The song lost the award to Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire 22 All is Love also received a nomination for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song at the 15th Critics Choice Awards 23 but lost to The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart 24 The song was included on the short list for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 82nd Academy Awards 25 Its failure to receive a nomination for the award was widely considered a snub 26 27 28 29 References edit a b Releases All is Love Interscope Retrieved 2009 10 17 Breihan Tom 2009 11 02 Watch Karen O and Spike Jonze Talk Where the Wild Things Are News Pitchfork Retrieved 2012 01 08 Spike Jonze Q amp A at BFI Archived December 16 2009 at the Wayback Machine Meet the Filmmaker Spike Jonze a b c d e Jacobs Justin 2009 08 24 Karen O Unveils Where the Wild Things Are Song All is Love Paste Archived from the original on 29 December 2009 Retrieved 2009 12 26 Jonze Spike 2009 06 26 Kentish Town Forum Dead Weather Weloveyouso com Archived from the original on 20 November 2009 Retrieved 2009 12 26 a b Logan Hill 2009 10 11 Q amp A With Karen O on Composing the Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack New York Retrieved 2009 12 26 a b McNair Charles 2009 09 15 An Interview With Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Paste Archived from the original on 24 December 2009 Retrieved 2009 12 26 All Is Love Archived from the original on 2009 11 03 Retrieved 2009 12 29 a b Gensler Andrew 2009 10 16 Now Singing The Children s Hour T Retrieved 2009 12 26 a b Lukowski Andrzej 2009 09 30 Where the Wild Things Are Motion Picture Soundtrack Drowned in Sound Archived from the original on 2009 10 04 Retrieved 2009 12 26 a b Digital sheet music Karen O amp The Kids All Is Love Musicnotes com Alfred Publishing Retrieved April 10 2010 a b Hoby Hermione 2009 08 30 Online this week The Guardian London Retrieved 2009 12 26 Karen O And The Kids Where The Wild Things Are Motion Picture Soundtrack Discogs com Retrieved 2009 12 26 a b Wood Mikael 2009 09 29 Album review Karen O and the Kids Where the Wild Things Are Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2009 12 26 Phares Heather Allmusic Where the Wild Things Are gt Review Allmusic Retrieved 2009 12 26 Chinen Nate 2009 09 25 Mature and Focused Sets With Breaks for Playtime The New York Times Retrieved 2009 12 26 Truitt Warren Karen O and The Kids Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack About com Archived from the original on 2009 10 22 Retrieved 2009 12 26 Ronald Hart 2009 09 12 All Is Love The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 2009 12 26 Harris Chris December 10 2009 Karen O Gets Wild Things Grammy Nod After Cyrus Withdraws The Climb Rolling Stone Wenner Media LLC Archived from the original on February 25 2010 Retrieved December 10 2009 Pastorek Whitney December 10 2009 Miley Cyrus song disqualified from Grammy noms Karen O called up to replace her Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on 16 December 2009 Retrieved December 10 2009 Grammy Awards List of Winners The New York Times 2010 01 31 Retrieved 2010 04 11 Sharpe Gina 2009 12 14 Critics Choice Noms Nine Inglourious Basterds Jackson and Surprise Clooney E Archived from the original on 18 December 2009 Retrieved 2009 12 26 Cohen Sandy 2010 01 16 Critics Choose The Hurt Locker as Best Picture ABC News Associated Press Retrieved 2010 04 11 Kilday Gregg December 16 2009 Academy unveils original song candidates The Hollywood Reporter Trade Entertainment Archived from the original on March 31 2010 Retrieved December 19 2009 Kreps Daniel 2010 02 02 Oscars Nominate Newman T Bone Snub 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