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The Simpsons Movie
Audio CD
:: Adrenaline Music ::
Released:
2007-07-24
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#82695
Rating:
3.5/5 (15 Reviews)
5/5
A true simpson fan item
by Paul L. Gartland
Very funny music makes you laugh with each track. "Spiderpig spiderpig does whatever a spiderpig does"
5/5
Excellent Score
by Christian Covalsky (Quincy, IL USA)
everyone needs to stop complaining and realize that this is MUSIC ONLY... as far as ive listened, the only words in the whole album are "theeee simpsoooonns". this is the music to the movie, which i think fit INCREDIBLY well and helped set the mood and feel for the entire film. well done!!
ps - i simply bought this because im a collector.
4/5
Clap For Alaska
by mikey mike
-The long awaited Simpsons movie finally arrived, and it got a very enjoyable score to boot. Despite Zimmer's name being on the album, this is a very Danny Elfman score with a dash of John Debney and John Powell thrown in there. It's rather refreshing to hear pretty woodwinds and harp in a Zimmer score. *cheap shot* I didn't even know he knew they existed */cheap shot*
-"Clap For Alaska" is a great piece of music that makes the whole album a great purchase for me. It starts off very noble then builds into this beautiful and silly choral piece. I wish I could explain why I've become so addicted to that track but I just can't stop listening to it. It's just one of those things that makes you glad you have ears. I think most people though will probably find their highlight in "Spider-Pig". It's a cute little moment but I don't really care for it that much.
-The one track that I can't figure out why it's on the album is "Recklessly Impulsive", which is 5 minutes of club music. I can't even remember hearing that in the movie. It's a terrible track that's more noise than music. I just delete that from my playlist on iTunes so I don't have to waste a second listening to that nonsense. Other than that abysmal blunder everything else is peachy on the album.
-Cheers to Zimmer and his countless assistants and orchestrators for providing a very pleasing score to a very satisfying movie.
Recommended
5/5
A Simpsontastic Soundtrack
by Missy (New York, USA)
I enjoyed this soundtrack very much. Hans Zimmer, in my opinion, did a fantastic job. I know there are many people out there giving the soundtrack a bad rating because they thought it would be more of a "traditional" Simpsons soundtrack, and I think that's unfair. I guess in the soundtrack's description they should have indicated that it was more of a movie score, but then again it is a movie soundtrack so people should have expected it to be more of a movie score. Also, people probably should have listened to the samples before they bought the soundtrack.
If you enjoy movie soundtracks/scores you're going to enjoy this one. I actually enjoyed a choir singing the Spider Pig song - it was rather amusing to me. If you don't feel like spending $16 on it, you can just download it off of Amazon for half the price.
3/5
Nice Elfman score ...
by G. Kroener (Bamberg, Bavaria Germany)
So, after nearly 20 years, the Simpsons finally made it to the big screen, didn't they? And nobody really expected them to fail, or did you? The current hype around animated movies certainly helped the project come to life, but there's no harm in that.
Now for the score ... neither Danny Elfman, nor Alf Clausen, who did almost all of the TV shows, return to this musical project. And the answer, I suppose, is quite simple: the producers wanted a name to sell. Too harsh?
The reviews on this page raging about the absence of some rock and pop rubbish clearly show what demographics the company aims at.
Otherwise you can't explain why Alf Clausen, who built this house, wasn't allowed to crown his achievement with scoring this film.
But on to the actual score. We start with Danny Elfman's original title theme, which Hans Zimmer makes sound, orchestrally, unbalanced and all over the place. Bongos, Drums and Violin runs bounce off each other in desperate tries to emulate Danny Elfman's style.
In the subsequent tracks, this pattern is followed, and Zimmer even uses some typical Elfman "La-La" choir, but ultimately, the album runs by without leaving the impression of having heard anything but random tries at Danny Elfman music.
That doesn't mean Hans Zimmer wasn't able to leave some of his fingerprints on the music; that would obviously be impossible. But you can clearly hear that he isn't at all comfortable with having to juggle a musical style that is alot more complex and stylistically demanding than his own.
"Basically, I see myself as Danny's orchestrator" he said in a recent interview. Well, but it needs more than throwing together some Elfman-isms to do him justice.
To break the never-stopping flood of quirky, mischievous underscore, Hans Zimmer included some of his well-known, and well-feared by some, "experiments"; "Release The Hounds" and "Recklessly Impulsive" feature a rock/trance vibe that, while not particulary listenable, at least works somewhat in the film. For one horrible moment, though, you wonder whether the record company accidentally pressed the dreadful, dreadful TJ Tiesto Remix of "He's A Pirate" onto the Simpsons soundtrack.
All taken into account, it is an unusual score for Hans Zimmer, it shows some orchestral colour and range, and that is alot more than you can say about the last few years of Zimmer's work, even if this score just sounds like a failed attempt at Elfman music in the end.
By the way, is Hans Zimmer so proud of having produced a (almost) purely orchestral score that the "Simpsons Theme" needs to be labelled as "orchestral version"? Any version of the Simpsons Theme, in the shows and the film, was orchestral.
The Simpsons Movie Summary
Hitting theaters July 27th, this movie is certainly one of the most highly anticipated releases of 2007. It will feature all the voices of the original cast that has made the Simpson's TV show the longest running animated series in television history. The show has aired more than 375 episodes and will celebrate its 400th this season, scheduled to coincide with the film's opening. This CD contains the familiar themes from the show as well as the original movie score by award-winning composer/producer Hans Zimmer. A must for all Simpson's fans and donut lovers alike.
The Simpsons Movie Track Listing:
Simpsons Theme
Doomsday Is Family Time
Release the Hounds
Clap for Alaska
What's an Epiphany?
Thank You Boob Lady
You Doomed Us All... Again
...Lead, Not to Read
Why Does Everything I Whip Leave Me?
Bart's Doodle
World's Fattest Fertilizer Salesman
His Big Fat Butt Could Shield Us All
Spider Pig
Recklessly Impulsive
Simpsons Movie CD Techincal Details
Artist:
Hans Zimmer
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Rated:
Running Time:
mins
UPC:
875444008826
Binding:
Audio CD
Studio:
Adrenaline Music
Release Date:
2007-07-24
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Specs:
Language & Subtitles
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