Film Music Reporter

Talking Heads’ David Byrne (American Utopia, Here Lies Love) has written and produced three original songs for the upcoming Netflix original animated film The Twits. The songs, entitled We’re Not Like Ev’ryone Else, Lullaby & The Problem Is You, are performed by the movie’s voice cast. In addition, he also co-wrote and -performed the end title song Open the Door with Hayley Williams (of the rock band Paramore). Oli Julian (Sex Education, Breeders, Catastrophe, Renegade Nell, The Full Monty, How to Build a Girl) has composed the original score for the animated feature directed by Phil Johnston (Ralph Breaks the Internet), co-directed by Katie Shanahan & Todd Demong and starring Johnny Vegas, Margo Martindale, Emilia Clarke, Natalie Portman, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Ryan Lopez , Timothy Simons, Jason Mantzoukas, Nicole Byer, Alan Tudyk, Charlie Berens, Mark Proksch and Rebecca Wisocky. The movie is based Roald Dahl’s classic novel of the same title and tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Twit, the meanest, nastiest and smelliest, people in the world who also happen to own and operate the most disgusting, most idiotic, most dangerous amusement park in the world, Twitlandia. Johnston also co-wrote the screenplay with Meg Favreau and is producing the project with Maggie Malone. The Twits will premiere on October 17 on Netflix and is also expected to receive an awards-qualifying limited theatrical release.