Shrek - Music From the Original Motion Picture

Amazon.com:
Like The Muppet Show or The Simpsons, Shrek is tiered with visual appeal, fantasy, and sophisticated humor that appeals to children and adults on two mutually exclusive levels. Judging by the soundtrack alone, there is some genuine emotion coming from this movie; Rufus Wainwright, the Proclaimers, and especially the Eels all pen winsome, longing tunes. Dana Glover's "It Is You (I Have Loved)" represents the soundtrack's requisite glossy ballad, but it's better than most, and John Powell's climactic, orchestral "True Love's First Kiss" makes one wish there was a full score to accompany this soundtrack. On the flip side, Smash Mouth cover the Monkees' "I'm a Believer" with a groovy treatment of crunchy hip-hop beats, and Leslie Carter (sister of Aaron and Nick) gives a perky performance on the Britney-esque "Like Wow!" The soundtrack squeezes the last drops of juice from the overplayed Smash Mouth hit "All Star," but other than that, it strikes a great balance between cute-but-not-precious pop hits, and more grown-up songs that are well within reach of young ears. --Beth Massa

Disc 1:

1. Stay Home - Self
2. I'm A Believer - Smash Mouth
3. Like Wow - Leslie Carter
4. It Is You (I Have Loved) - Dana Glover
5. Best Years Of Our Lives (Micks Mix) - Baha Men
6. Bad Reputation - Halfcocked
7. My Beloved Monster - Eels
8. You Belong To Me - Jason Wade
9. All Star - Smash Mouth
10. Hallelujah - John Cale
11. I'm On My Way - The Proclaimers
12. I'm A Believer (Reprise) - Eddie Murphy
13. True Love's First Kiss - Harry Gregson-Wiliams, John Power

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Shreck Soundtrack
We love this cd -- this one is actually a replacement for a lost one.
Rating: - Excellent Soundtrack
They picked the best music from the film and put it in this soundtrack. Great movie, great music. Nice cover designs too. Recommended.
Rating: - Someone's mixed up a bit
Hallelujah wasn't penned by Rufus as stated in the description - It was written by Leonard Cohen.This might be a great soundtrack if you like the movie, but someone at Amazon didn't do their research when listing this one.
Rating: - so so
well i enjoy the songs on the album but my comments are there is some homo instrument smash mouth uses on im a believer which completely kills and i with out it it would of been a good cover. Wasn't counting crows in themovie? Wheres accidentally in love. but get the album its worth it.
Rating: - good
My 2 year old son loves this cd. The only thing I had a problem with was my favorite song Hallelujah was not sung by the same man in the movie. I was pretty bummed since it sounded better in the shrek movie and not as good on the cd