Shrek Soundtrack

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The Shrek soundtrack has been as phenomenally successful as the movie that spawned it. The soundtrack has held its ground with critics in a year of already successful soundtracks like Moulin Rouge and O Brother, Where Art Thou, and eventually sold several million copies. There is a soundtrack and a soundtrack score album release associated with each installment in the Shrek movie franchise, though the soundtrack to the first Shrek remains the most successful one in terms of sales.

About The Shrek Soundtrack

Soundtrack: Shrek

The soundtrack to the first Shrek movie was released May 15, 2001. The soundtrack was nominated for two awards: a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album from a Motion Picture and a BAFTA Award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) for Best Film Music. In each case it lost – in the US, it lost to O Brother, Where Art Thou and in the UK to Moulin Rouge.

The track listing is a mix of well known favorites and original songs. It included:

Stay Home - Self
I'm a Believer - Smash Mouth
Like Wow! - Leslie Carter
It Is You (I Have Loved) - Dana Glover
Best Years of Our Lives - Baha Men
Bad Reputation - Halfcocked
My Beloved Monster - Eels
You Belong to Me - Jason Wade
All Star - Smash Mouth
Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright (Much to the dismay of some music fans, this is not the version in the film. That version was John Cale’s version. The original artist is Leonard Cohen.)
I'm on My Way - The Proclaimers
I'm a Believer (reprise) - Eddie Murphy
True Love's First Kiss - John Powell

The score to Shrek was released December 4, 2001. The tracks were:

Fairytale
Ogre Hunters/Fairytale Deathcamp
Donkey Meets Shrek
Eating Alone
Uninvited Guests
March of Farquuad
The Perfect King
Welcome to Duloc
Tournament Speech
What Kind of Quest
Dragon!/Fiona Awakens
One of A Kind Knight
Saving Donkey's Ass
Escape from the Dragon
Helmet Hair
Delivery Boy Shrek/Making Camp
Friends Journey to Duloc
Starry Night
Singing Princess
Better Out Than In/Sunflower/I'll Tell Him
Merry Men
Fiona Kicks Ass
Fiona's Secret
Why Wait To Be Wed/You Thought Wrong
Ride the Dragon
I Object
Transformation/The End

A few songs featured in the film, including two by Eddie Murphy, were not included on the soundtrack.

Soundtrack: Shrek 2

The soundtrack to the second Shrek film was released on May 11, 2004. The original score for the movie was released December 7, 2004. The soundtrack reached number 4 on the Billboard Top 40 Chart and number one on the Billboard soundtrack chart. The tracklisting is as follows: