David Byrne and Hayley Williams for new film based on Roald Dahl

David Byrne and Hayley Williams they return to unite the forces: the two musicians are in fact collaborating on original songs intended for a New Netflix animated film. The feature film, which will be available globally on the platform starting from 17 Octoberis the first transposition of the children’s book “The dirty“(” The Twits “), published by Roald Dahl in 1980.

The soundtrack of the next release film will include Three original songs: “We’re not like Ev’ryone Else”, “Lullaby” and “The Problem is you”, all written and produced by the frontman of the Talking Heads. The closing piece, “Open The Door”, It was written four hands by Byrne and the frontwoman of the Paramore, e interpreted by both.

The news follows the recent announcement of David Byrne’s new album, entitled “Who is the sky?“. The album, his first album after seven years, will be released on September 5th and will be presented live on the occasion of a tour that will also pass from Italy for two dates scheduled The 21 and 22 February at the Arcimboldi Theater in Milan. For its part, Hayley Williams has recently published a collection of 17 singles.

Directed by Phil Johnston (“Zootropolis” and “Ralph Spaccutto”), the film “The dirty“Tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Sporcelli, the most bad, smelly and despicable people in the world. The two manage dirty, the most disgusting and dangerous amusement park that exists. When the dirty ones begin to conquer more and more power, two courageous children – Beesha and Bubsy – They alleison with a family of magical animals to try to save the city.

As reported by Deadline, Byrne revealed that the final song, written and interpreted together with Williams, was inspired by the character of Beesha, a 12 -year -old girl kind, empathetic and strong, the perfect antithesis of the dirt. “I contacted Hayley Williams to collaborate in the song of the credits And we immediately agreed that he should have served to remind us that, despite all the ugliness staged by Mr. and Mrs. Dirtelli, at the center of the story there are the heart and human relationships. Hayley let himself be inspired by the story of Beesha and proposed some ideas for the text; I wrote the melody and … Boom “. The musician instead explained that” the dirty “was one of his favorite books by Roald Dahl as a child and added:” I am fascinated by twisted characters such as the Lord and Mrs. Dirtelli, or like the Dalversme family in “Matilda”. The way in which the original story was adapted has thrilled me, as well as the style of animation. It looks like a moral fairy tale, but also a beautiful story about the concept of chosen family and community, which is one of my favorite themes. I have to thank David Byrne for involving me in the musical part. It was very fun and surreal to start a song from scratch with him “.