The Wild Things The Wild Things The Wild Things is a 2009 full-length novel written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney's. The book is based on the screenplay of "Where the Wild Things Are" which Eggers co-wrote. The film is, in turn, based on Maurice Sendak's children's book "Where the Wild Things Are". According to the Acknowledgements of the novel, Eggers, who was asked by Spike Jonze to write the screenplay, was also asked by Sendak to write the novelization. He said his version is different, as Sendak's Max was based on Sendak, Jonze's was based on Jonze, and while writing the
Where the Wild Things Are: Motion Picture Soundtrack Jack Lawrence from The Raconteurs all also contributed. When director Spike Jonze approached Karen O to write the soundtrack to "Where the Wild Things Are", he cited The Langley Schools Music Project's "Innocence & Despair" as an example of the desired "simple melodies that were emotionally complex—something that both kids and adults would appreciate". "All Is Love" was released as the soundtrack's lead single on August 25, 2009, and is featured in the credits of the film. The soundtrack received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream