Animated film featuring youth choir up for Oscar
Brighton Festival Youth ChoirAn East Sussex choir recorded the soundtrack to an animated short film which is up for an Oscar, having already won a Bafta.
Brighton Festival Youth Choir was approached in 2023 to record the soundtrack for the film Wander to Wonder, directed and composed respectively by Brighton-based pair Nina Grantz and Terence Dunn.
After winning the best British short animation category at the Bafta Film Awards earlier this month, the film-makers could be taking home an Oscar this weekend.
Mr Dunn said it was "magical" to hear the soundtrack "come to life in the recording".
"[Choir co-founder] Juliette [Pochin] was incredible working with the choir to get the best from them," he added.
Wander to Wonder is a stop-motion short which focuses on three miniature children's TV characters who find themselves left alone in the studio after the show's originator passes away.
It features the voices of actors Toby Jones, Neil Salvage and Amanda Lawrence.
Ms Grantz said the choir, which has singers aged from 11-18, "elevated the film" in a way that she couldn't have ever imagined.
Wander to Wonder is up against four other contenders for best animated short at the Oscars, which take place in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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