Arcade Fire’s Dumbo Song
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Arcade Fire has recorded a new song for Tim Burton’s Dumbo. They recorded a new rendition of “Baby Mine” – a song from the original 1941 Disney film. Arcade Fire’s version appears in the new film’s end credits.
In a statement, Win Butler opened up about his connection with the original film and gave a rare public acknowledgement that he and bandmate and wife Rgine Chassagne are parents.
“There is a scene with a locomotive in the original ‘Dumbo’ that uses an instrument called the Sonovox that my grandpa Alvino Rey made famous in the 1930s. Every time I saw the film I thought it was him. When we were asked to do the [end credit version of ‘Baby Mine’], I immediately got all of my grandfather’s old guitars and wanted to play them in the song. My mom plays the harp on the track, my brother the theremin, my wife sings and plays drums, and our son even plays the triangle, as well as the rest of our ‘family’ in Arcade Fire. I will forever relate to the song thinking about the people I hold so dear that are ‘so precious to me.’ Listen for the cameo of my grandpa Alvino’s famous Sonovox at the end.”
“It’s a story we need to tell again,” Chassagne said. “A lot has changed since 1941, and we are still on that quest to allow for all people to accept and celebrate who they are on this planet.”
