Skrillex’s cut from the Wreck-It Ralph soundtrack, as remixed by Noisia. Director Rich Moore spoke on Skrillex’s involvement with the film in a recent interview with Collider.

“Skrillex came into the movie because we felt like, more than any other Disney movie to date, this was really a great opportunity to have some contemporary music in the movie. Especially going into the world of Hero’s Duty, we wanted something that was very, very modern and very contemporary. That game is very different from the rest of the movie. Tom MacDougall, our music supervisor at the studio, said, “You know, I’m thinking about Hero’s Duty. What do you think of Skrillex?” I was like, “I like Skrillex.” And he said, “No, what do you think of him doing the music for Hero’s Duty?” And I was like, “Oh, that’s a good idea! That would be great!”

“So, we met with him and we had no idea what he would say or what his opinion of animation or Disney was. It turned out that he’s a huge fan of animation, and Disney animation. He went on and on about Tangled and was like, “Tangled is great! I loved it! It was so right on the money!” So, I pitched him the idea for Hero’s Duty and he was like, “You’ve got it!” It was just one of those moments where he was like, “I’m in! Yes, I want to do this!” That’s how he got involved.”

“And then, the reason that he was in the movie was because we wanted to have a DJ at the party. We were like, “Well, what about Skrillex? We could do a Guitar Hero type of look for him.” It’s so cool! When people see it, they’re like, “What?!,” because he is recognizable with the glasses and the hairstyle. I showed it to him, and he was like, “Woah, that’s my cameo?! I wasn’t expecting it to be so cool looking!” He’s fun! I love him! He’s so collaborative, and a super nice guy. I love his music. He’s really, really creative and really had a good vision for what the movie could be. He added so much with that track. He was a real pleasure to work with.”