Released November 22, 2011 Length 40:05 Release date 22 November 2011 Movie The Muppets | Recorded 2011 Label Walt Disney Studio Ocean Way Studios Genres Rock music, Pop music | |
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The Muppets Original Soundtrack
(2011) Muppets Most Wanted Original Soundtrack
(2014) Producers Kaylin Frank, Mitchell Leib Similar The Muppet Movie, Muppets Most Wanted, Muppets: The Green Album, The Muppet Show, The Muppet Show: Mu | ||
The Muppets: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is a soundtrack album released by Walt Disney Records on November 22, 2011 for the musical comedy film The Muppets. The soundtrack features five original songs, four re-recordings and remasterings of popular Muppet songs ("The Muppet Show Theme", "Rainbow Connection", and "Mah Nà Mah Nà"), two cover versions of existing songs (Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"), two standalone songs (Paul Simon's "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" and Starship's "We Built This City"), and fifteen dialogue tracks. It also features the song "Man or Muppet", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The soundtrack was also nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 55th Grammy Awards.
Contents
Songs not included in the album, but featured in the film include Gary Numan's "Cars", AC/DC's "Back in Black", George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone", Jeff Moss' "Together Again" (from The Muppets Take Manhattan) and Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes' "(I've Had) The Time of My Life".
A Spanish version of the soundtrack was released as Los Muppets: Banda Sonora Original de Walt Disney Records on December 6, 2011. The Spanish version received a nomination for Best Latin Children's Album at the 13th Latin Grammy Awards.
The Muppets: Original Score
An album containing Christophe Beck's scores for The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted was released by Intrada Records on April 28, 2014. The track listing below represents the album's section for The Muppets (tracks 25-47).
All tracks written by Christophe Beck.
Personnel
Songs
The Muppet Show ThemeThe Muppets - Joanna Newsom0:51
Life's a Happy SongAmy Adams - Jason Segel - Mickey Rooney - 4:29
Pictures in My HeadSteve Whitmire - Eric Jacobson - Dave Goelz - 2:36