The soundtrack to the upcoming family comedy Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day will include songs by The Vamps, The Narwhals, and IDK & The Whatevs. The film’s stars – Bella Thorne, Kerris Dorsey and Dylan Minnette – are part of the six song EP which will hit stores on October 7, 2014 followed by the theatrical release of the film on October 10th.
Christophe Beck (Frozen) created the score.
The Vamps wrote and performed the end credit song “Hurricane” and will be releasing the music video later this month. Discussing the group’s involvement, director Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl) said, “We wanted people to know that it’s okay to have bad days—you can be stronger and better for it. The Vamps’ energy gets that across wonderfully!”
Arteta also talked about composer Beck, saying, “Chris Beck loved the honesty in the film with regard to what it’s like to raise a family and how hectic that can get at times. He added a genuine life beat to the whole film. When the troubles for the family start, you can almost hear Chris’ score going ‘Oh noooo!’ It feels like honest mayhem in an incredibly fun way.”
Alexander star Kerris Dorsey and her sister Justine Dorsey performs the song that plays over the credits: “Best Worst Day Ever.” “I love Kerris and Justine’s voices,” said Arteta. “I heard them play together and knew it would be fantastic to have them on the soundtrack. I’m so impressed with the song they wrote. It has such a feeling of being able to beat the bad odds that life hands you.”
“When you are having a bad day, you can feel singled out, as if fate has brought a huge hand down and pointed its finger at you at all day,” continues Arteta. “Wherever you look up, there it is, singling you out. We wanted the music in Alexander to have this incessant feeling to it—like this madcap pulse has gotten a hold of you and won’t let up until the family beats the odds and has the wonderful party for Alexander in the end!”
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day EP Track List
1. Hurricane written and performed by The Vamps
2. Best Worst Day Ever written and performed by Kerris Dorsey and Justine Dorsey
3. We Are The Ones (Own The World) performed by Charles William
4. Surf Surf Don’t Drown performed by The Narwhals
5. Perfect World performed by IDK & The Whatevs
6.Suite from “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” by Christophe Beck
The Plot:
Disney’s Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life—a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns that he’s not alone when his mom (Jennifer Garner), dad (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette) and sister (Kerris Dorsey) all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn’t had one.
-By Rebecca Murray
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