Film Music Reporter

Adrian Belew is composing the music for the upcoming Pixar short Piper. The film is directed by Alan Barillaro and follows a beach-dwelling bird who encounters a small hermit crab who teaches her the way of the waves. The project marks Barillaro’s first film as a director. He previously served as a the supervising animator on Pixar’s Wall-E and Brave. Belew is best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the progressive rock band King Crimson. Piper is set to be released in front of Pixar’s Finding Dory, which will be opening nationwide on June 17, 2016 by Walt Disney Pictures. (Entertainment Weekly)