Soundtrack Album Producer: John Powell Executive in Charge of Music for Universal Pictures: Mike Knobloch Music Supervised for Universal Pictures: Rachel Levy Music Business Affairs for Universal Pictures: Philip M. Cohen Executive Album Producer: Robert Townson
Music Editor: Tom Carlson Orchestrations by John Ashton Thomas, Dave Metzger, Andrew Kinney, Rick Giovinazzo, Pete Anthony & Germaine Franco Orchestra Conducted by Pete Anthony Orchestral Contractor: Gina Zimmitti Score Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony Concert Master: Bruce Dukov Vocal Contractor & Conductor: Edie Lehmann Boddicker Vocal Arrangements by John Powell & Edie Lehmann Boddicker
Humming Fish: Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Monique Donnelly & Fletcher Sheridan Music Preparation: Mark Graham, JoAnn Kane Music Additional Music & Arranging: Paul Mounsey, Beth Caucci & Victor Chaga Score Recorded & Mixed by Shawn Murphy Additional Recording by Marc Viner Music Recorded & Mixed at The Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox, Los Angeles & 5 Cat Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Score Mixed at 5 Cat Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Recordist: Tim Lauber Engineer: Denis St. Amand Stage Manager: Tom Steel Stage Crew: Greg Dennen Vice President of Sound Operations, Fox Scoring Stage: Stacey Robinson Scoring Editor: David Channing Scoring Digital Recordists: Erik Swanson & Larry Mah Mix Assistant Engineer: Matt Ward 5 Cat Mix Assistant: John Traunwieser
Featured Musicians: Latin Percussion: Luis Conte Guitar: George Doering Candelabra Piano: Randy Kerber Drums: Joey Waronker Music Production Assistants: John Chapman, Joshua Rutkowski, Eric Wegener & Devon Breton-Pakozdi Album Mastered by Patricia Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering
John Powell wishes to thank: Chris Renaud, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, Kyle Balda, Audrey Geisel, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Jenny Slate, Betty White, Tricky Stewart, Mike Knobloch, Rachel Levy, KoOol Kojak, The 88, Tom Carlson, Tiffany Jones, Celeste Chada, Steven Liu, Ken Schretzman, Gary Rizzo, Andrew Silver, Shawn Murphy, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Alex Dowding, Sylvia St. James & The Sacred Nation Gospel Choir, John Ashton Thomas, Mark Graham, Laura Engel, Richard Kraft, Jeffrey Taylor Light, Manfred Knauff, Betty Bennett, Danny Haikin, Doug Rogers, Paul J. de Benedictis, Maarten Spruijt, Tammy Shea, Jeff Petersen, Erica McDaniel, Andrea Gozzi, Victoria Kane, Michael Barry, Frederik Slijkerman, Ken Bogdanowicz, Alex Wallbank, Russ Belttary, & Claude Guecia, Paul Thompson & Christian Henson
Thanks to: Angie Sharma, Jason Schlouch, Bette Einbinder, Amie Hill, Cendy Younan, Eric Polin, Kyle Staggs, Christopher Saranec & Jake Voulgarides
Dedicated to Melinda Lerner, Oliver Powell, & Dr. Seuss
Release date : 03/06/2012
Ted, Audrey And The Trees (2:36) John Powell
Granny To The Edge (2:33) John Powell
Wasteland (2:17) John Powell, Paul Mounsey
Truffula Valley Fantasy (Featuring The Lorax Humming Fish) (5:00) John Powell, Paul Mounsey, Victor Chaga
Onceler & Lorax Meet (2:35) John Powell
O'Hare Warns Ted (3:21) John Powell
The River Bed (4:03) John Powell, Beth Caucci
Houseguests (3:12) John Powell, Paul Mounsey, Beth Caucci
Valley Exodus (4:54) John Powell
The Last Seed (4:54) John Powell
Thneedville Chase (5:04) John Powell, Paul Mounsey
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Looks like the sessions are out there! "Thneedville Care Chase" is the film verion of "Thneedville Chase" from the original album. Wonderful score. I hope that someday the complete thing is released (leaked).
For those (very few) who want to the score and the songs chronologically, here's my ordering:
Thneedville Ted, Audrey and the Trees Granny to the Edge Wasteland Truffula Valley Fantasy This Is the Place Once-ler & Lorax Meet O'Hare Warns Ted The River Bed Houseguests Everybody Needs a Theed How Bad Can I Be? Valley Exodus The Last Seed Thneedville Chase At the Park Let It Grow Funeral for a Tree Let It Grow (Celebrate the World)
The rest of the songs on the Interscope Records album are demos that aren't in the movie.
Interscope Records is also releasing an album of songs from the movie. Almost all of the songs were composed by John Powell, so maybe it merits inclusion on this site.
As for this album, I'm looking forward to seeing what Powell came up with for this film. I definitely think that the source material can lend itself to some good music!
jrej3555
2012-07-06 00:46:38
Yeah, I also wonder why the Interscope Records isn't on this site.
jrej3555
2012-07-06 00:48:50
Whoops, I meant to say, "Yeah, I also wonder why the Interscope Records ALBUM isn't on this site."
Does anybody know if Powell is actually doing that new Pixar movie entitled "The Good Dinosaur"? It's been on his IMDb page for so long that it could be true...
Blu
2012-05-04 18:19:45
IMDb had listed Powell as the composer of the Toy Story short film (Hawaiian Vacation) for some time (way after it's release, in fact) until his name was replaced (fairly recently actually) with Mark Mothersbaugh. So it's probably not the best place to get precise information on upcoming composer projects, especially those with release dates set way in the future.
I'd welcome a Pixar/Powell collaboration, nonetheless.
funeral for a tree uses a tune from another song, what is it? its some sort of irish folk sad song I think.
jrej3555
2012-04-01 01:21:09
The piano tune is from the song "Let it Grow," which is also written by John Powell for the film. (Plus, I'm definitely no expert on Irish folk music, but I thought "Let it Grow" was supposed to be slightly gospel.)
Bought the soundtrack from iTunes today. It's a pretty interesting, and sometimes strange, melange of instruments and styles, but it still has John Powell written all over it. Some of the piano and female vocals are especially lovely! A very fun and engaging score which conveys a lot of diverse moods! My favorite tracks are "Ted, Audrey and the Trees," "Truffula Valley Fantasy," "Valley Exodus," "Thneedville Chase," and "Funeral for a Tree."
@#$%!!!!!!!!! after hearing the samples, it will get a lot of playing time! Go John!
Paul
2012-02-22 23:39:51
I don't know... I'm a Powell fan and all, but something is not clicking with me, at least from the samples...
I'll wait for the full CD to judge it, though.
powellfan
2012-02-23 12:50:49
Does his oldness make him weaker?
The theme for Truffula Valley, which i expected to be great just like Jungle Nool's theme, is simply not great at all , too much like Elfman's.
And then for the song, i know he had tried so much, but here is what happens: -Thneedville song really reminds me of that song from Just Visiting -The music for the Once Ler's song is simply awful.
Anonymous
2012-02-24 07:27:06
I hope John Powell sticks with animation, his compositions shine with them. Live action scores have too much control and are too narrow for a colorful pallet that John Powell needs.
Prott
2012-02-24 11:29:37
Anonymous: That's not always the case - he managed to compose great scores for both animation and live action (The Last Stand, Paycheck). .-)
Anonymous
2012-02-24 21:40:45
I am not saying he cant do it, and do it well he does..I am just saying, his best work is expressed in his animated films. My opinion of course. :0)
The mature track titles sound very intriguing and hopefully could contain some great music. I'm really intrigued for Funeral for a Tree, for example...