The Art of the Beasts (Tattoo)

We just got an amazing photo and email from Chloé Tartinville of London:

Chloe Tartinville

Chloé writes: "This movie means so much to me! Because it talks about the most important things to my heart: the freedom to live the life you choose, the respect for nature and the earth that's been given to us, the idea to be bigger than your fears even when you're little, and also, it talks about gender identity and tolerance. And this relates very much to the little tomboy I used to be. Here’s a photo of my tattoo (who the man now?).  One day I’ll have a daughter, she’ll be as awesome as Hushpuppy (and Scout from Mockingbird)!"

Chloe inspired us to share some of the other tattoos we've come across in our internet travels. Like this one via @anteaurora, just like the one on Miss Bathsheba's thigh:

@anteaurora

And these beautifully detailed aurochs from @sweets_ink:

@sweets_ink

We love this depiction of the Hushpuppy and auroch confrontation from @mattyrx.

@mattyrx

Eleven Hushpuppies for Eleven Years Young!

August 28th is Quvenzhané Wallis day! It's a big holiday in the Bathtub, but we're not the only ones who love to celebrate her. Here's 11 images of our "King" as she turns 11 years young today. They'll make you want to laugh, cry, and beast it hard, just like our tiny hero herself. Hushbabies. They grow up so fast! (Click on each image to find your way to its source.)

by Sadi of Turkey

@IAMQUVENZHANE floating on the Louisiana Spillway, keeps it spunky btwn takes. #tbt #throwbackthursday

A photo posted by Beasts of the Southern Wild (@beaststhemovie) on Mar 21, 2013 at 2:53pm PDT

by Zia Barker

by Abby Mae

#regram @amplehills a Brooklyn ice cream shop that sure knows how to #beastit

A photo posted by Beasts of the Southern Wild (@beaststhemovie) on Feb 24, 2013 at 11:15am PST

devianart1

Yay it's my first thing like this and i kinda like it! it's from beasts of the southern wild (really good and sad movie) but this scene doesn't actually exist so i made it from my imAAAAAGINATION yeehaw i just got a bowl for my toast why help

A photo posted by she/her (@allyfather) on May 17, 2014 at 10:57am PDT

by Mat Roff

Catch LBR's Louis Michot with #beastsofthesouthernwild 's Benh Zeitlin, @danromer and the Serious Orchestra tonight and tomorrow night at the @barbicancentre in London! #lostbayouramblers #beastsofthesouthernwild #london #barbicancentre #seriousorchestra

A photo posted by Lost Bayou Ramblers (@lostbayouramblers) on Jul 30, 2014 at 11:10am PDT

Reliving the confrontation @iamquvenzhane #beastit #hushpuppy #beastsofthesouthernwild

A photo posted by Beasts of the Southern Wild (@beaststhemovie) on Feb 26, 2013 at 3:02pm PST

Quvenzhané studies lines on set of #beastsofthesouthernwild. Photo by Jess Pinkham.

A photo posted by Beasts of the Southern Wild (@beaststhemovie) on Jan 25, 2013 at 9:33am PST

...And the Score Beasts On

Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer's Beasts of the Southern Wild  continues to bounce around the globe and the web. If you're a Londoner, catch Benh,Dan and Wordless Music performing the score live for a screening of the film July 30th-31st at the Barbican. Details and tickets here. If you're a musician yourself, sheet music for piano can be found here.

While we're talking music, here are some creative tribute videos and reinterpretations of the score we've found across the web, including...

A couple mixed-media interpretations of the Bathtub and it's inhabitants:

"The whole universe depends on everything fitting together just right. If one piece busts, even the smallest piece...the whole universe will get busted" - Beastst of the Southern Wild #beastsofthesouthernwild#hushpuppy#heart#cavepainting#prehistoric#aurochs#nawden#illustration#drawing#moleskine#dream#sketch#createvibes#video#particlesoftheuniverse

A video posted by Lea (@lemontree15099) on Dec 6, 2013 at 10:24pm PST

We're also fond of these inventive instrumentalists:

String quartet rehearsing my arrangement of 'Once There Was A Hushpuppy'... Before I changed the cello part to be more playable. So it's rough but I'm super pumped about how it's going to sound. #weddingmusic #BeastsOfTheSouthernWild

A video posted by Sumerlin Simpson (@sumerlinsimpson) on Mar 28, 2014 at 9:37am PDT

And last but not least, some feats of impressive musical and physical gymnastics:

#oncetherewasahushpuppy #beastsofthesouthernwild Sol glad @jayman292 showed me this song! #winterguard #colorguard #wgi #spinning #letsgetdizzy

A video posted by Thomas (@bluesky94tw) on Jan 16, 2014 at 5:01pm PST

When it all goes quiet behind my eyes, I see everything that made me, flying around in invisible pieces. I see that I'm a little beast, in a big big universe. In a million years, when kids go to school, they're going to know, once there was a hushpuppy, and he lived with his daddy in the bathtub.

A video posted by Trevor (@trevor_my) on Jun 28, 2014 at 9:55pm PDT

Is there another video we should add? Let us know in the comments!

Guest Conductor Quvenzhané Wallis at Celebrate Brooklyn!

We'll never forget that night, under a canopy of Brooklyn trees, when Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin recreated their original score for Beasts of the Southern Wild live for an audience of 6,000. The Wordless Music Orchestra and Louis Michot of the Lost Bayou Ramblers performed along with them while the film glowed bright on the biggest outdoor screen in the city.

Courtesy of Ryan Muir

And then there was this surprise visit from a special guest conductor...

Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin's Score Performed Live with the Wordless Music Orchestra and Louis Michot of the Lost Bayou Ramblers (with a cameo by a special guest conductor).

Courtesy of Ryan Muir

Photos by Ryan Muir for Celebrate Brooklyn.

Beasts of the Southern Wild with Live Score at Celebrate Brooklyn! and MASS MoCA

When it all goes quiet behind your eyes, what do you hear? Is by any chance... the original score from Beasts of the Southern Wild?

We hope you'll open your eyes and ears on August 10th or 11th (please note new Brooklyn date) for these never-before-seen events. Co-composer Dan Romer and director and co-composer Benh Zeitlin will perform their original score to accompany a screening of the film, backed by the rich sounds of our new friends Wordless Music, providing a full orchestra. Part movie screening, part concert, these shows are unforgettable, and unlikely to occur again.

Once There Was a Hushpuppy

August 10th, MASS MoCA in North Adams Massachusetts 8:30pm $15 advance / $19 day ofFacebook Event

August 11th, Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park 8:00pm (doors at 7pm) FREE With the fiery Balkan-via-Brooklyn brass funk of Slavic Soul Party. Facebook Event

For a mere hint of what's in store, give a watch/listen to this live performance of "Once There Was a Hushpuppy" from earlier this year at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

This video from The Creator's Project takes an intimate look at the making of the score with Romer and Zeitlin.

Planning a picnic or pre-party? Download our Bathtub recipe book here.

Director Benh Zeitlin and composer Dan Romer perform the theme to BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD at LACMA

And light up the sky with your own non-flammable fireworks (aka glow sticks) like this one via Instagrammer @prettylightsnsb.

Glow Sticks by @prettylightsnsb