Karen O – “Strange Love”

Tim Burton enlisted Passion Pit, Grace Potter with the Flaming Lips, Karen O, and the Cure’s Robert Smith for the soundtrack to his new movie Frankenweenie.

Karen O spoke with Rolling Stone about her contribution, “Strange Love”:

Tim [Burton] 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.

Listen to “Strange Love” below and check out the full tracklist after the jump. The soundtrack, Frankenweenie Unleashed!, comes out September 25 via Disney.

Frankenweenie Unleashed! tracklist:

01 Karen O – “Strange Love”
02 Neon Trees – “Electric Heart (Stay Forever)”
03 Mark Foster – “Polartropic (You Don’t Understand Me)”
04 Passion Pit – “Almost There”
05 Plain White T’s – “Pet Sematary”
06 Kimbra – “With My Hands”
07 AWOLNATION – “Everybody’s Got a Secret”
08 Kerli – “Immortal”
09 Grace Potter feat. the Flaming Lips – “My Mechanical Friend”
10 Imagine Dragons – “Lost Cause”
11 Grouplove – “Underground”
12 Skylar Grey – “Building a Monster”
13 Robert Smith – “Witchcraft”
14 Winona Ryder – “Praise Be New Holland”