Where the Wild Things Are (opera) dream is over, and Max starts to eat the food his Mama had left for him during his dream time. Where the Wild Things Are (opera) Where the Wild Things Are, Op. 20, is a 'fantasy' opera in one act by Oliver Knussen to a libretto by Maurice Sendak, based on Sendak's own children's book of the same title. Knussen composed the music from 1979 to 1983, on commission from the Opèra National, Brussels. In form and subject matter the work relates to Maurice Ravel's "L'enfant et les sortilèges", as well as Stravinsky's "The Nightingale". Knussen also included a number
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