<P> Blithe Hollow townspeople are voiced by Kirk Baily, Cam Clarke, Lara Cody, Eddie Frierson, Rif Hutton, Edie Mirman and David Zyler . </P> <P> The idea of the film came from Chris Butler, who, realizing that the zombie films, often contained a degree of social commentary, thought making such a movie for kids, could help express the challenges kids face growing up . </P> <P> Production of the stop - motion animation feature took place at Laika's studio in Hillsboro, Oregon . The film was in production for three years with the animating stage of production lasting about two years, beginning in late 2009 . Rather than using traditional 3D format cameras, the studio used sixty Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR cameras to film the movie . Ad agency Wieden + Kennedy created the advertising campaign for the film . ParaNorman is the first ever stop motion film to utilize full - color 3D printers for replacement animation, after Coraline pioneered and popularized the use of black and white 3D printers, which sped up puppet production considerably and allowed the team to make the large number of puppet faces required for the film . "Quite often it's the stop - motion movies that are more out there", co-director Fell told The New York Times . "They're a little quirkier, they're a little harder to pin down ." </P> <P> Jon Brion composed the film's score, and an accompanying soundtrack album was released on August 14, 2012 . Bits of other music appear in the film, including theme music from Halloween, the Donovan song "Season of the Witch" (sung by the school play cast) and "Fix Up, Look Sharp" by British rapper Dizzee Rascal. "Little Ghost", a White Stripes song from their 2005 album Get Behind Me Satan, plays at the end, over character cards identifying the main cast . However, one track in the film (an updated version of "Aggie Fights") was not included in the soundtrack . </P>

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