Karen O to feature on new Tim Burton film soundtrack

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O is set to contribute to the soundtrack of a new Tim Burton film.

The track in question, ‘Strange Love’, will feature in Burton’s new Disney flick Frankenweenie.

The singer spoke to Rolling Stone about the project:

“Tim wanted an unconventional unconditional love song. My music inspiration came out of the same era of B movie fright film references sprinkled throughout the film. I went in the direction of exotica and calypso stylistically because it’s quirky, good vibes music of that era and when you throw in a theramin solo it’s a marriage made in heaven. I remember Beetlejuice introducing me to the genius of Harry Belafonte’s calypso record so I wanted to give a nod to that too. We ended up with a love song for the end of the film to the film! Frankenweenie is so special, it’s an unbelievable honor to be involved with it.”

Other big names involved include Passion Pit, Grouplove and The Cure’s Robert Smith.

Karen O has previously worked on the cinematic scores of both Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Where The Wild Things Are.

Frankenweenie is released worldwide on 5 October.