The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Michael Kamen - The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
List Price: $21.99
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Listen soundtracks from this album


Buy The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at Amazon.com
(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

Music CD Cover

Artist: Michael Kamen
Composer: Various Artists - Soundtracks
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1999-08-03
Music Label: Wea International
Soundtracks:
  1. Blast Off - Tyrones Kids
  2. Rockin' in the Orbit - Jimmie Haskell
  3. Kookie's Mad Pad - Edd Byrnes
  4. Salt Peanuts - Nutty Squirrels
  5. Comin' Home Baby - Mel Torm?
  6. Cha-Hua-Hua
  7. Let's Do the Cha Cha - The Magnificents
  8. Blues Walk - Lou Donaldson
  9. I Got a Rocket in My Pocket - Jim Lloyd
  10. Searchin' - The Coasters
  11. Honeycomb - Jimmie F. Rodgers
  12. Destination Moon - Ames Brothers
  13. You Can Be... - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  14. ...Who You Choose to Be - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Free Music Notes for The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Free Music Review: Super Hip Man!
Hit: 5 Stars

You will be surprised at how good this soundtrack is! If you love the 50's or are curious about that era in times music, this soundtrack will take you to a very special place out of this world. You won't want to leave...

The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Poster

English poet laureate Ted Hughes originally conceived The Iron Giant as an instructive diversion for his and wife Sylvia Plath's children. In the 80's, the Who's Pete Townshend adapted it as a rock-oriented album and stage musical. But in transforming it into a feature-length animated film, director Brad Bird (The Simpsons, King of the Hill) added a hipster retro-'50s sensibility that colorfully evokes the era's various obsessions with cold war angst, flying saucers, space travel, and hi-fi. The film's soundtrack captures those often-anxious preoccupations with loopy delight, offering up a smart sampling of exotic eclectica that ranges from the cocktail jazz cum proto hipster rap of Edd "Kookie" Byrnes' "Kookie's Mad Pad" to the smooth pop harmonies of the Ames Brothers ("Destination Moon") and the Space Age roots R&B of the Tyrones ("Blast Off") and Jimmy Lloyd ("I Got a Rocket in My Pocket"). And those who appreciated the trash/outre musical sensibilities of Pecker should love Jimmie Haskell's "Rockin' in the Orbit," the Nutty Squirrels' Chipmunk-ish "Salt Peanuts," and the late great Mel Torme's hilariously earnest "Comin' Home Baby." Composer Michael Kamen's suitably dramatic underscore is also represented by a brief orchestral suite that manages to be both wistful and sprightly. --Jerry McCulley

Pop Music CDs

Music Genres
Top music charts in CDs my kids don't leave home without
One Light One Sun ImageRaffi - One Light One Sun
Kimbo; Release date: 1996-10-15; Music CD
Best price: $9.92
Price in other shops: $14.98
Baby Beluga ImageRaffi - Baby Beluga
Kimbo; Release date: 1996-10-15; Music CD
Best price: $9.48
Price in other shops: $14.98
The Ultimate Collection ImageThe Jackson 5 - The Ultimate Collection
Release date: 1996-01-23; Music CD
Best price: $3.33
Price in other shops: $13.98
Not for Kids Only ImageDavid Grisman, Jerry Garcia - Not for Kids Only
Release date: 1993-10-20; Music CD
Best price: $9.98
Price in other shops: $17.98
The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ImageMichael Kamen - The Iron Giant: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Release date: 1999-08-03; Music CD
Best price: $22.99
Cajun for Kids ImagePapillion - Cajun for Kids
Release date: 1998-04-07; Music CD
Best price: $15.87
Dragon Tales ImageDragon Tales
Release date: 2001-03-20; Music CD
Best price: $9.44
Price in other shops: $13.98
Yodel for a Fish ImageYodel for a Fish
Release date: 2000-04-19; Music CD
Best price: $13.84
Price in other shops: $13.98
Top Rated Albums
The King And I: Original Animated Feature Soundtrack (1999 Film) ImageOscar Hammerstein II - The King And I: Original Animated Feature Soundtrack (1999 Film)
Sony; Release date: 1999-03-16; Music CD
Best price: $1.17
Price in other shops: $8.98
The Iron Giant ImageThe Iron Giant
by Ted Hughes
Yearling; Published: 1999-07-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.13
Price in other shops: $5.50
The Iron Giant (1999 Film) ImageThe Iron Giant (1999 Film)
Release date: 1999-08-24; Music CD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops: $17.98
The Iron Giant (Special Edition) ImageThe Iron Giant (Special Edition)
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2004-11-16; DVD
Best price: $4.32
Price in other shops: $12.98
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles