Interviews With "The Wild Robot" Composer Kris Bowers & Songwriter Maren Morris

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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"The Wild Robot" had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received enthusiastic reviews for its animation, story, heart, and music. An adaptation of Peter Brown's beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, the Dreamworks Animation film has gone on to gross over $300 million worldwide, won more Best Animated Feature prizes than any other film in 2024 and has earned multiple nominations from the Critics Choice, Golden Globes and BAFTA awards for Best Animated Feature, Best Original Score (composed by Kris Bowers) and Best Original Song ("Kiss The Sky" by Maren Morris). Bowers and Morris were kind enough to spend some time speaking with Daniel Howat and Will Mavity, respectively, about their work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Peacock and will be re-released in theaters this weekend from Universal Pictures. It is up for your consideration for this year's Academy Awards in all eligible categories, including Best Animated Feature, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Daniel Howard's interview with the composer for the wild robot Chris Bowers and Will Mavity's interview with the film songwriter for the song Kiss to Sky.
0:12.6	Marron Morris.
0:13.8	I do not have the programming to be a mother.
0:16.4	They all need to eat, but yours needs to swim and fly.
0:24.6	He's a run.
0:25.6	His chances aren't super good.
0:30.6	I will protect him.
0:32.6	Find that, uh, woooooo inside you.
0:35.6	Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. You work on that. Uh-woo inside you. Woo-woo-o-woo-o-woo-woo-woo.
0:39.3	You should work on that.
0:40.3	Ah!
0:42.3	Don't be afraid.
0:45.3	Ready?
0:52.3	I can use a boost. I can use a boost.
0:55.0	I love you till this day that I die.
0:58.0	Chris, thank you so much for your time today.
1:01.0	I love the Wild Robot.
1:03.0	You know, I think we have to start with the question that's on so many people's minds after they see the Wild Robot, which is, who the hell gave you permission to go this hard
1:12.9	on the wild robot score? I mean, I hope you're feeling the love in a couple weeks since
1:18.4	it's come out because your music is just making such a huge impact. Yeah, so where did you get
1:25.2	started on the wild robot? What drew you to the film? Yeah, so I did you get started on The Wild Robot? What drew you to the film?
1:29.3	Yeah, so I got a call from Mike Noblock and Natalie Hayden from Universal about the possibility about working on it.
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