Moonrise Kingdom

Review: Moonrise Kingdom soundtrack

Moonrise Kingdom: Original Soundtrack

Various artists: Moonrise Kingdom Original Soundtrack (ABKCO, 5/22/12)

Alexandre Desplat: “The Heroic Weather-Conditions of the Universe, Part 1: A Veiled Mist”

Alexandre Desplat: “The Heroic Weather-Conditions of the Universe, Part 1: A Veiled Mist”

Classical and country/western, as genres of music, are about as polar opposite as they get. For director Wes Anderson and music supervisor Randall Poster, though, they make perfect sense to combine in a film. In Moonrise Kingdom, Anderon’s first film since Fantastic Mr. Fox, the director who’s so obsessed with the eccentric and eclectic situates the work of classical composer Benjamin Britten side by side with Hank Williams, with the addition of Alexandre Desplat’s subtle suite.