1 |
Royal
Pain - Eels |
2 |
Do
You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? - The Ramones
|
3 |
Immigrant
Song - Led Zeppelin |
4 |
Barracuda
- Fergie |
5 |
Live
and Let Die - Wings |
6 |
Best Days - Matt White |
| 7 |
Joker
and the Thief - Wolfmother |
8 |
Other
Ways - Trevor Hall |
9 |
Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin |
10 |
Losing
Streak - Eels |
11 |
What
I Gotta Do - Macy Gray |
12 |
Thank
You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again) - Antonio Banderas,
Eddie Murphy |
13 |
Final
Showdown - Rupert Everett, Maya Rudolph |
14 |
Charming's
Plan - Harry Gregson-Williams, |
ALBUM REVIEW:
Where
is Justin Timberlake when you need him?
The
former frontman of boyband ‘N Sync provides the voice
of King Arthur in the third installment of this very funny
animated movie. But what’s sorely missing is his sexy
voice on this soundtrack album.
Instead,
we get The Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie belting out a wild
“Barracuda”, which hurt our eardrums quite a bit
with its rollicking guitar and drum beats. There are also
nostalgic rock tunes like “Do You Remember Rock 'n'
Roll Radio?” by The Ramones and “Immigrant Song”
by Led Zeppelin.
For
those who regard rock music as noise pollution, turn to Matt
White’s “Best Days” and Trevor Hall’s
“Other Ways” for some simple listening instead.
These carefree songs make for great car tunes on a boring
work day.
Elsewhere,
American rock band Eels returns for the third time to contribute
two tracks on the album. This time, the versatile group opens
the 47-minute album with an aptly titled “Royal Pain”
and a previously-released “Losing Streak”. You
can say that the band’s cheekily playful voice is synonymous
to the Shrek franchise.
After
proving his vocals on Dreamgirls (2006), Eddie “Donkey”
Murphy has some fun with Antonio “Puss in Boots”
Banderas in the rowdily entertaining “Thank You (Falletin
Me Be Mice Elf Again)”. A guaranteed happy track.
After
all, it’s not the first time the duo sang together (they
did it on the previous Shrek soundtrack), and to be fair,
Banderas does have a huskily affectionate voice (the Spanish
heartthrob sang his heart out in 1996’s musical Evita,
remember?) that matches Murphy’s mischievous vocals.
There
is also a ridiculously silly duet “Final Showdown”
by Rapunzel (Maya Rudolph) and Prince Charming (Rupert Everett).
Short, juvenile but fun.
A
pity this soundtrack does not up its fun factor by containing
more score material by composer Harry Gregson-Williams (The
Number 23, Kingdom of Heaven).
ALBUM RATING:
 
Recommended Track: (12) Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf
Again) - Antonio Banderas, Eddie Murphy
Review
by John Li
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