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THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (Score)

 ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK

Composer: Hans Zimmer
Label:
Warner Brothers Records
Release Date: July 4 2007
Links:

www.adrenalinemusic.com/

www.simpsonsmovie .com

 

 



TRACK LISTING
1
The Simpsons Theme (Orchestral Version)
2
Trapped Like Carrots
3
Doomsday Is Family Time
4
Release The Hounds
5
Clap For Alsaka
6
What's An Epiphany?
7
Thank You Boob Lady
8
You Doomed Us All...Again
9
...Lead, Not To Read
10
Why Does Everything I Whip Leave Me?
11
Bart's Doodle
12
Worlds Fattest Fertilizer Salesman
13
His Big Fat Butt Could Shield Us All
14
Spider Pig
15
Recklessly Impulsive

SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:

Recently, I see five or six of my Windows Messenger contacts’ nickname being changed to “Spider Pig”. If the ignorant reader in you has no idea what this is all about, you’ve obviously not watched The Simpsons Movie, or gotten the soundtrack album, for that matter.

Thanks to smart marketing, you can listen to it on this review page. And being an unbiased columnist, this reviewer thinks that the 41-minute soundtrack is thoroughly enjoyable.

For those who have caught the animated movie, the first track you’d be rushing to listen to will be the familiar “Spider-man” tune spoofed in the picture (not sung by Homer here though). Another recognizable track would be “The Simpsons Theme” composed by Danny Elfman.

Otherwise, the disc contains 30-odd minutes of original score material composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, The Holiday). The main theme he has created for the movie is a chirpy and bright one, which is first heard in “Trapped Like Carrots”, and in different other variations in tracks like “Doomsday Is Family Time” and “You Doomed Us All... Again”. There is also the overlong remix “Recklessly Impulsive” which concludes the album.

Occasionally, Zimmer weaves in Elfman’s household main theme to make you remember you are listening to the soundtrack of a movie about America’s favourite yellow family.

There are quiet and reflective moments in “..Lead, Not To Read” and “His Big Fat Butt Could Shield Us All” which features soothing woodwinds and strings. The wackiest moments on the album can be found on the funky and refreshing “Release the Hounds” and the bizarrely bubbly “Bart’s Doodle” featuring “la la-ing” female vocalists.

And who doesn’t love creatively catchy track titles like “Why Does Everything I Whip Leave Me?” and “World's Fattest Fertilizer Salesman”?

So what if the album does not contain Green Day’s performance of the main theme, or the funeral edition of “American Idiot” (eat my shorts, all those who haven’t caught the movie!)? The German conductor has concocted a fun and delightful soundtrack that will go down well with anyone, whether you are amused by “Spider-Pig” or not.

ALBUM RATING:



Recommended Track: (4) Release the Hounds

Review by John Li


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This soundtrack review is made possible with the kind support from Warner Music


 


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