Portland musicians create songs inspired by ‘Wildwood’ movie on new album

 ”Wildwood,” the long-awaited stop-motion animated film by LAIKA Studios, opened last month in theaters across the U.S. Critics have praised its wondrous visuals and its triumphant tale of a 13-year-old girl who leaves her Portland home on a quest that takes her deep inside an enchanted forest to rescue her baby brother.  

An album of original music inspired by “Wildwood” has also been released by LAIKA. “Wildwood Sessions” is not the film's soundtrack. Instead, it’s an eclectic mix of songs made by Portland artists such as Aminé and The Decemberists, whose frontman Colin Meloy wrote the novel the movie is based on. 

Portland composer and multi-instrumentalist Harlan Silverman is the co-executive producer of “Wildwood Sessions.” He also co-wrote and performed on three of the album’s tracks with musicians such as Graham Jonson, who performs under the name Quickly, Quickly. 

Silverman and Jonson join us for a studio performance and interview to share their collaboration and the film’s themes that inspired them. 

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