Featuring original music by Academy Award winning composer Dario Marianelli. With original songs by Dario Marianelli, Loch Lomond and Monty Python alumnus Eric Idle. THE BOXTROLLS is a family event movie from the makers of Coraline and ParaNorman, both of which were Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Feature Film. It is the third feature production for the Oregon-based animation studio Laika. Shot on-site in 3D, and further advancing the groundbreaking work by hand and in technology at Laika, THE BOXTROLLS is a stop-motion, hand-drawn, and CG hybrid movie based on Alan Snow's bestselling fantasy adventure book Here Be Monsters.