Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)
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Brand: TCMEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2009-11-03
Music Label: ABKCO
Soundtracks:
- "American Empirical Pictures"*
- "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" - The Wellingtons
- "Mr. Fox in the Fields"*
- "Heroes and Villains" - The Beach Boys
- "Fooba Wooba John" - Burl Ives
- "Boggis, Bunce, and Bean"*
- "Jimmy Squirrel and Co."*
- "Love" - Nancy Adams
- "Buckeye Jim" - Burl Ives
- "High-Speed French Train"*
- "Whack-Bat Majorette"*
- "The Grey Goose" - Burl Ives
- "Bean's Secret Cider Cellar"*
- "Une Petite Ã?le" - Georges Delerue
- "Street Fighting Man" - The Rolling Stones
- "Fantastic Mr. Fox AKA Petey's Song" - Jarvis Cocker
- "Night and Day" - Art Tatum
- "Kristofferson's Theme"*
- "Just Another Dead Rat in a Garbage Pail (behind a Chinese Restaurant)"*
- "Le Grand Choral" - Georges Delerue
- "Great Harrowsford Square"*
- "Stunt Expo 2004"*
- "Canis Lupus"*
- "Ol' Man River" - The Beach Boys
- "Let Her Dance" - Bobby Fuller Four*Music Composed, Conducted, and Produced by Alexandre DesplatProduced By Wes Anderson & Randall Poster
Free Music Notes for Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)
Free Music Review: A fantastic assortment of music
Hit: 5 Stars
I really enjoy the Fantastic Mr. Fox soundtrack, and I'm glad it was nominated for an Academy Award. (In a slightly related note, I'm glad Up's soundtrack was nominated as well.) This CD is a good mix of songs by film composer Alexandre Desplat and licensed songs. The first track "American Empirical Pictures" serves as a nice intro to "The Ballad of Davy Crockett". The soundtrack includes two songs (sung) by the Beach Boys: "Hereos and Villains" and "Ol' Man River". There are three Burl Ives songs, and a few other classic rock songs.
The song "Fantastic Mr. Fox AKA Petey's Song" has really clever lyrics, and I think it deserves one or two awards anywhere. Using the song "Love" (sung by Nancy Adams) makes a subtle connection between this film and another film, based on shared key story elements in each.
What really stands out on this soundtrack, however, are the tracks "Great Harrowsford Square" and "Stunt Expo 2004", where Alexandre Desplat takes the original lyrics of "Boggis Bunce and Bean" which Roald Dahl wrote and composes music for it. Then the London Oratory School Boy's Choir sings the lyrics as if they were "local human children" singing about the farmers. With the cool arangement backing it, and the climatic scene which it accompanies in the film, this just might be the Crowning Music of Awesome for both the soundtrack and movie, but that's just my opinion. If you loved "Fantastic Mr. Fox", then I reccommend getting this soundtrack too when you buy the film on DVD. If you really loved the film, then you should get the "making of" book about the film, written by Wes Anderson himself. It includes lots of concept art and photos of the puppets, interviews, and more.
Anyway, this is a great soundtrack, and one I'm glad I purchased.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack) Poster
ABKCO Records presents the soundtrack to Wes Anderson's first animated feature FANTASTIC MR. FOX, based on the beloved Roald Dahl book. Dahl is probably best known in the U.S. for CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Academy Award nominee Anderson is best known for his film's Rushmore, The Royal Tenebaums and The Darjeeling Limited. FANTASTIC MR. FOX makes its Atlantic-crossing aboard a magical soundtrack featuring an unforgettable score by award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat, as well as vintage folk, jazz, Pop and rock tracks hand-picked by Wes Anderson and music supervisor Randall Poster. Standouts include an unreleased track by former Pulp founder and frontman, Jarvis Cocker and a classic Rolling Stones track. The film's characters are voiced by an array of Hollywood's finest: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Jason Schwartzman, Jarvis Cocker and Adrien Brody, among others. Even director/producer Wes Anderson managed to land himself a quick cameo as the voice of Weasel, and one for celebrity chef Mario Batali as Rabbit! As in all things Wes Anderson, music plays a major role in the telling of the tale, or "TAIL" as it recounts the story and the music of FANTASTIC MR. FOX!Children's Music Music CDs
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