This Is ‘The Place to Be': New ‘ZOMBIES 4' Music Video Pits Vampires vs. Daywalkers
ZOMBIES 4: Dawn of the Vampires — the upcoming fourth film in Disney's supernatural series — is all about the battle between light and dark, and we see that back-and-forth come to life with the debut of the new original song 'The Place to Be' and its music video, premiering exclusively on Billboard.
The first single from the ZOMBIES 4 original soundtrack showcases Freya Skye as Nova, leader of the Daywalkers, and Malachi Barton as Victor, leader of the Vampires. Skye tries to convince Milo Manheim's Zed that the 'light side' is 'The Place to Be,' while Victor lobbies Meg Donnelly's Addison toward the 'night side.'
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'The Place to Be' is one of nine new original songs (plus two reprises of earlier songs) on the Walt Disney Records soundtrack, which is now available for pre-order (all pre-orders include an instant download of 'Place'). A Music from ZOMBIES green vinyl album will be released on July 11 and is also available for pre-order.
Below, watch 'The Place to Be' music video and find the full track list for the ZOMBIES 4: Dawn of the Vampires original soundtrack.
• 'Legends In The Making' – Performed by Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Chandler Kinney, Kylee Russell
• 'The Place to Be' – Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Freya Skye, Malachi Barton, Swayam Bhatia, Julian Lerner, Mekonnen Knife
• 'Dream Come True (Intro)' – Performed by Freya Skye, Malachi Barton
• 'Don't Mess With Us' – Performed by Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Chandler Kinney, Kylee Russell, Freya Skye, Malachi Barton, Swayam Bhatia, Julian Lerner, Mekonnen Knife
• 'Dream Come True' – Performed by Freya Skye, Malachi Barton
• 'Kerosene' – Performed by Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Chandler Kinney, Kylee Russell, Freya Skye, Malachi Barton, Swayam Bhatia, Julian Lerner, Mekonnen Knife
• 'My Own Way' – Performed by Freya Skye
• 'Possible' – Performed by Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Chandler Kinney, Kylee Russell, Freya Skye, Malachi Barton, Swayam Bhatia, Julian Lerner, Mekonnen Knife
• 'Someday (Reprise)' – Performed by Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly
• Show the World – Performed by Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly, Chandler Kinney, Kylee Russell, Freya Skye, Malachi Barton, Swayam Bhatia, Julian Lerner, Mekonnen Knife
• 'Ain't No Doubt About It (Reprise)' – Performed by Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly
• 'Together as One' – Performed by Meg Donnelly, Freya Skye, Malachi Barton, Swayam Bhatia, Julian Lerner, Mekonnen Knife
• 'Score Suite' – Performed by Tom Howe
The soundtracks for the first three ZOMBIES movies all hit the top five on both Billboard's Kid Albums and Soundtracks charts, with the original film's album spending 10 weeks at No. 1 on Kid Albums and the most recent soundtrack spending two weeks atop the chart.
ZOMBIES 4 premieres July 10 on Disney Channel and streams starting July 11 on Disney+.
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