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SHREK THE THIRD (Various)

 ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK

Performer: Various
Label:
Geffen Records
Release Date: May 15 2007
Links:

www.geffen.com

www.shrek.com

 

 



TRACK LISTING
1
Royal Pain - Eels
2
Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? - The Ramones
3
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
4
Barracuda - Fergie
5
Live and Let Die - Wings
6
Best Days - Matt White
7
Joker and the Thief - Wolfmother
8
Other Ways - Trevor Hall
9
Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
10
Losing Streak - Eels
11
What I Gotta Do - Macy Gray
12
Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again) - Antonio Banderas, Eddie Murphy
13
Final Showdown - Rupert Everett, Maya Rudolph
14
Charming's Plan - Harry Gregson-Williams,

ALBUM REVIEW:

Where is Justin Timberlake when you need him?

The former frontman of boyband ‘N Sync provides the voice of King Arthur in the third installment of this very funny animated movie. But what’s sorely missing is his sexy voice on this soundtrack album.

Instead, we get The Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie belting out a wild “Barracuda”, which hurt our eardrums quite a bit with its rollicking guitar and drum beats. There are also nostalgic rock tunes like “Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?” by The Ramones and “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin.

For those who regard rock music as noise pollution, turn to Matt White’s “Best Days” and Trevor Hall’s “Other Ways” for some simple listening instead. These carefree songs make for great car tunes on a boring work day.

Elsewhere, American rock band Eels returns for the third time to contribute two tracks on the album. This time, the versatile group opens the 47-minute album with an aptly titled “Royal Pain” and a previously-released “Losing Streak”. You can say that the band’s cheekily playful voice is synonymous to the Shrek franchise.

After proving his vocals on Dreamgirls (2006), Eddie “Donkey” Murphy has some fun with Antonio “Puss in Boots” Banderas in the rowdily entertaining “Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again)”. A guaranteed happy track.

After all, it’s not the first time the duo sang together (they did it on the previous Shrek soundtrack), and to be fair, Banderas does have a huskily affectionate voice (the Spanish heartthrob sang his heart out in 1996’s musical Evita, remember?) that matches Murphy’s mischievous vocals.

There is also a ridiculously silly duet “Final Showdown” by Rapunzel (Maya Rudolph) and Prince Charming (Rupert Everett). Short, juvenile but fun.

A pity this soundtrack does not up its fun factor by containing more score material by composer Harry Gregson-Williams (The Number 23, Kingdom of Heaven).

ALBUM RATING:



Recommended Track: (12) Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again) - Antonio Banderas, Eddie Murphy

Review by John Li

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