The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Silence is a song featured in Trolls, sung by Anna Kendrick the voice of Princess Poppy. It's a cover of the song of the same name by Simon & Garfunkel and covered by Disturbed.
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Branch silences Poppy from singing when the pair are trying to camp out at night, stating that he doesn't relax, but likes "silence". Poppy then comes back at him with the song as a dig at his statement that he likes "silence", in an attempt to impose her positive outlook onto Branch. When she's finished singing, he then asks for her ukulele. She hands it over, thinking that he's going to play it, only for Branch to toss it in their campfire straight away and then go to sleep, tossing his blanket over himself in the process and rejecting her attempt to make light of things.
According to The Art of DreamWorks Trolls (where it's referred to as "Sequence 1100"), it was made to show the juxtaposition between Branch and Poppy and their contrasting personalities. As Poppy sings, the scene slowly comes to life with bright and glowing creatures that join in with the song itself, returning to absolute blackness when Poppy finishes the song. As the book also explains, since most of the creatures are backing up Poppy, it was suggested for the addition of a spider who attempted to interact with Branch, only for Branch to flick it away. Tim Heitz didn't think the spider's interaction with Branch would be included, but was delighted when it was.
The sequence was made by a film-within-a-film approach, meaning that it was self contained and could exist on its own without the rest of the film as a storytelling scene. This was one of the most complex scenes in the movie to animate, which is why it's featured in The Art of the Trolls as a highlighted scene. It took a number of attempts to get right, and was a scene that risked spiralling out of control very easily if the animators weren't careful. Lightning was important to the scene, since Poppy and Branch had to stand out against their background. The movements of the characters were acted out in real life as a reference to how they should react to each other. The scene ends up being very cinematic, which was already intended from the beginning.
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Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again (hello)
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
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*For a long time, the meaning of the song was never stated by its writers. The introduction itself refers to the method in which it was written by Simon: in a dark bathroom with absolute silence. The song was later explained to refer to a lack of communication between people, which was part of the connection to Branch and Poppy, as Branch prefers it when Poppy isn't singing, talking, humming or even whistling.
*This song was also featured in one of the trailers for Trolls World Tour, though it's absent in the actual movie.
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Trolls "Sound of Silence" Comic-Con Clip - TROLLS
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