Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture
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| Album: | Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture |
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| Artist: | Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, Various Artists |
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| Label: | Dreamworks |
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Reviews
Amazon.com
Like The Muppet Show or The Simpsons, Shrek is tiered with visual appeal, fantasy, and sophisticated humor that appeals to children and adults on two mutually exclusive levels. Judging by the soundtrack alone, there is some genuine emotion coming from this movie; Rufus Wainwright, the Proclaimers, and especially the Eels all pen winsome, longing tunes. Dana Glover’s “It Is You (I Have Loved)” represents the soundtrack’s requisite glossy ballad, but it’s better than most, and John Powell’s climactic, orchestral “True Love’s First Kiss” makes one wish there was a full score to accompany this soundtrack. On the flip side, Smash Mouth cover the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer” with a groovy treatment of crunchy hip-hop beats, and Leslie Carter (sister of Aaron and Nick) gives a perky performance on the Britney-esque “Like Wow!” The soundtrack squeezes the last drops of juice from the overplayed Smash Mouth hit “All Star,” but other than that, it strikes a great balance between cute-but-not-precious pop hits, and more grown-up songs that are well within reach of young ears. —Beth Massa
Related works
- 2002 Oscar-Animation winner
- 2001 BAFTA-Children winner
- 2002 BAFTA-Film nominee
- 2002 Golden Globe-Musical/Comedy nominee
- 2002 Hugo-Video nominee
- 2002 MTV-Movie nominee
- 2002 Saturn-Fantasy nominee
- Score: 50.52
You’ve never met a hero quite like Shrek, the endearing ogre who sparked a motion picture phenomenon and captured the world’s imagination with the Greatest Fairy Tale Ever Told! Relive every moment of Shrek’s (Mike Myers) daring quest to rescue feisty Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) with the help of his lovable loudmouthed Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and win back the deed to his beloved swamp from scheming Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). Enchantingly irreverent and “monstrously clever” (Leah Rozen, People Magazine), Shrek is ogre-sized adventure you’ll want to see again and again.
