1 |
The
Simpsons Theme (Orchestral Version) |
2 |
Trapped
Like Carrots |
3 |
Doomsday
Is Family Time |
4 |
Release
The Hounds |
5 |
Clap
For Alsaka |
6 |
What's An Epiphany? |
| 7 |
Thank You Boob Lady |
8 |
You
Doomed Us All...Again |
9 |
...Lead, Not To Read |
10 |
Why
Does Everything I Whip Leave Me? |
11 |
Bart's
Doodle |
12 |
Worlds
Fattest Fertilizer Salesman |
13 |
His
Big Fat Butt Could Shield Us All |
14 |
Spider
Pig |
15 |
Recklessly
Impulsive |
SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
Recently, I see five or six of my Windows Messenger contacts’
nickname being changed to “Spider Pig”. If the
ignorant reader in you has no idea what this is all about,
you’ve obviously not watched The Simpsons Movie, or
gotten the soundtrack album, for that matter.
Thanks
to smart marketing, you can listen to it on this review page.
And being an unbiased columnist, this reviewer thinks that
the 41-minute soundtrack is thoroughly enjoyable.
For
those who have caught the animated movie, the first track
you’d be rushing to listen to will be the familiar “Spider-man”
tune spoofed in the picture (not sung by Homer here though).
Another recognizable track would be “The Simpsons Theme”
composed by Danny Elfman.
Otherwise, the disc contains 30-odd minutes of original score
material composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (Pirates
of the Caribbean: At World’s End, The Holiday). The
main theme he has created for the movie is a chirpy and bright
one, which is first heard in “Trapped Like Carrots”,
and in different other variations in tracks like “Doomsday
Is Family Time” and “You Doomed Us All... Again”.
There is also the overlong remix “Recklessly Impulsive”
which concludes the album.
Occasionally,
Zimmer weaves in Elfman’s household main theme to make
you remember you are listening to the soundtrack of a movie
about America’s favourite yellow family.
There
are quiet and reflective moments in “..Lead, Not To
Read” and “His Big Fat Butt Could Shield Us All”
which features soothing woodwinds and strings. The wackiest
moments on the album can be found on the funky and refreshing
“Release the Hounds” and the bizarrely bubbly
“Bart’s Doodle” featuring “la la-ing”
female vocalists.
And
who doesn’t love creatively catchy track titles like
“Why Does Everything I Whip Leave Me?” and “World's
Fattest Fertilizer Salesman”?
So
what if the album does not contain Green Day’s performance
of the main theme, or the funeral edition of “American
Idiot” (eat my shorts, all those who haven’t caught
the movie!)? The German conductor has concocted a fun and
delightful soundtrack that will go down well with anyone,
whether you are amused by “Spider-Pig” or not.
ALBUM RATING:
Recommended Track: (4) Release the Hounds
Review
by John Li
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