The Muppets (soundtrack)

The Muppets (Original Score)
The Muppets (Original Score)
Film score by Christophe Beck
Released	April 15, 2014
Recorded	2011
Studio	Sony Scoring Stage, Culver City, California
Label	Walt Disney; Intrada;
Producer	Mitchell Leib

The Muppets (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Muppets (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	November 22, 2011
Recorded	2011
Studio	Ocean Way Studios
Genre	Musical theatre; Popular music; rock;
Length	40:05
Label	Walt Disney
Producer	Kaylin Frank; Mitchell Leib;
The Muppets chronology

Professional ratings
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About.com	^[1]
AllMusic	^[2]

The Muppets: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is a soundtrack album released by Walt Disney Records on November 22, 2011 for the musical comedy film The Muppets. The soundtrack features five original songs, four re-recordings and remasterings of popular Muppet songs ("The Muppet Show Theme", "Rainbow Connection", and "Mah Nà Mah Nà"), two cover versions of existing songs (Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"), two standalone songs (Paul Simon's "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" and Starship's "We Built This City"), and fifteen dialogue tracks.^[3] It also features the song "Man or Muppet", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The soundtrack was also nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 55th Grammy Awards.

Songs not included in the album, but featured in the film include Gary Numan's "Cars", AC/DC's "Back in Black", George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone", Jeff Moss' "Together Again" (from The Muppets Take Manhattan) and Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes' "(I've Had) The Time of My Life".

A Spanish version of the soundtrack was released as Los Muppets: Banda Sonora Original de Walt Disney Records on December 6, 2011.^[4] The Spanish version received a nomination for Best Latin Children's Album at the 13th Latin Grammy Awards.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"The Muppet Show Theme" (featuring Joanna Newsom)	Sam Pottle Jim Henson	The Muppets	0:51
2.	"Muppet Studios, I Can't Believe It" (Dialogue)		Walter	0:04
3.	"Life's a Happy Song" (featuring Feist and Mickey Rooney)	Bret McKenzie	Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter	4:29
4.	"I Haven't Seen the Old Gang" (Dialogue)		Kermit the Frog and Jason Segel	0:20
5.	"Pictures in My Head" (produced by Bret McKenzie)	Jeannie Lurie Aris Archontis Chen Neeman	Kermit the Frog and the Muppets	2:36
6.	"We Drive" (Dialogue)		Kermit the Frog and Walter	0:11
7.	"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"	Paul Simon	Simon	2:42
8.	"That Spells Reno" (Dialogue)		'80s Robot and Amy Adams	0:18
9.	"Rainbow Connection (Moopets Version)"	Paul Williams Kenneth Ascher	Fozzie Bear and the Moopets	1:02
10.	"Welcome Back" (Dialogue)		Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Walter, and Dr. Teeth	0:20
11.	"We Built This City"	Bernie Taupin Martin Page Dennis Lambert Peter Wolf	Starship	4:54
12.	"Party of One" (Dialogue)		Sarah Silverman and Amy Adams	0:09
13.	"Me Party"	McKenzie Paul Roemen	Amy Adams and Miss Piggy	1:53
14.	"We Humbly Ask" (Dialogue)		Kermit the Frog and Chris Cooper	0:09
15.	"Let's Talk About Me" (featuring Nathan Pacheco)	Ali Dee Theodore McKenzie	Chris Cooper	2:33
16.	"The Answer is No" (Dialogue)		Chris Cooper and Kermit the Frog	0:06
17.	"Are You a Man or a Muppet?" (Dialogue)		Amy Adams	0:08
18.	"Man or Muppet"	McKenzie	Jason Segel and Walter	2:58
19.	"Down at the Ole Barbershop" (Dialogue)		Kermit the Frog	0:07
20.	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Kurt Cobain Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic	The Muppets Barbershop Quartet (Beaker, Link Hogthrob, Rowlf the Dog, Sam Eagle)	2:23
21.	"Princesses of Poultry" (Dialogue)		Kermit the Frog	0:06
22.	"Forget You"	Christopher "Brody" Brown Peter Hernandez CeeLo Green Philip Lawrence Ari Levine	Camilla and the Chickens	2:29
23.	"It's Time for Our Song" (Dialogue)		Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy	0:04
24.	"Rainbow Connection"	Williams Ascher	Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and the Muppets	3:09
25.	"Get Out There and Help Those Guys" (Dialogue)		Jason Segel	0:06
26.	"The Whistling Caruso"	Andrew Bird	Walter	1:15
27.	"How Charming, a Finale" (Dialogue)		Uncle Deadly	0:06
28.	"Life's a Happy Song (Finale)"	McKenzie	The Muppets, Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Chris Cooper	2:23
29.	"Mary, Marry Me" (Dialogue)		Jason Segel and Amy Adams	0:09
30.	"Mahna Mahna"	Piero Umiliani George Shearing George David Weiss	Mahna Mahna and the Snowths	2:05
Total length:				40:05

United States and Australian bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
31.	"Rainbow Connection^[6]"	Paul Williams Kenneth Ascher	Kermit the Frog (Steve Whitmire)	3:06
Total length:				43:11

United Kingdom iTunes bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
31.	"Dance with Me Tonight" (from The X Factor)	Olly Murs Claude Kelly Steve Robson	Olly Murs and The Muppets	3:27
Total length:				43:32

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–2012)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[7]	57
US Billboard 200^[8]	38
US Digital Albums (Billboard)^[9]	11
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)^[10]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Position
US Billboard 200^[11]	168
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)^[12]	10

The Muppets: Original Score

An album containing Christophe Beck's scores for The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted was released by Intrada Records on April 28, 2014. The track listing below represents the album's section for The Muppets (tracks 25-47).

All tracks are written by Christophe Beck

No.	Title	Length
1.	"To Hollywood"	2:53
2.	"Maniacal Laugh"	1:07
3.	"The Search for the Frog"	1:22
4.	"Moral Support"	0:56
5.	"Getting Gonzo"	0:43
6.	"Rebuffed"	1:22
7.	"Traveling by Map"	0:53
8.	"Man of Muppets"	0:46
9.	"Muppet Man"	0:48
10.	"The Muppet Party"	1:02
11.	"Got the Show"	0:27
12.	"Theatre in Ruins"	1:04
13.	"Piggy vs. Poogy"	0:48
14.	"Under the Stars"	1:55
15.	"Breakneck Driving"	0:41
16.	"Jack Black Attack"	1:33
17.	"The Telethon Takeoff"	0:45
18.	"Tex Reciprocates"	2:19
19.	"The First Call"	0:49
20.	"Scooter Takeover"	1:10
21.	"Photo Reunion"	1:28
22.	"The Last Act"	2:15
23.	"We Fail Together"	3:42

Personnel

Muppet performers

Steve Whitmire – Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Statler, Rizzo the Rat, Link Hogthrob
Eric Jacobson – Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, Marvin Suggs
Dave Goelz – Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Beauregard, Waldorf, Kermit Moopet
Bill Barretta – Rowlf the Dog, The Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth, Pepé the King Prawn, Bobo the Bear, Muppet Gary
David Rudman – Scooter, Janice, Miss Poogy, Wayne
Matt Vogel – Floyd Pepper, Camilla the Chicken, Sweetums, '80s Robot, Lew Zealand, Uncle Deadly, Crazy Harry, Rowlf Moopet
Peter Linz – Walter
Jim Henson – Mahna Mahna (archival)
Frank Oz - Snowths (archival)

Production

Christophe Beck – composer
Bret McKenzie – composer, producer, music supervisor
Kaylin Frank – producer
Mitchell Leib – producer, executive in charge of music
James Bobin – executive producer
David Hoberman – executive producer
Todd Lieberman – executive producer
Peter Rotter – orchestra contractor
Jasper Randall – choir contractor

Orchestration

Tim Davies – conductor
Dave Metzger – score orchestration
Chris Caswell – orchestration
Zach Robinson – arranger, orchestration
Doug Walter – orchestration
Joanne Kane – music preparation
Booker White – music preparation

Technical

David Bianco – engineer, vocal engineer
David Boucher – engineer, vocal engineer
Mike Klein – engineer
Brian Malouf – engineer, mixing
Rick Ruggieri – engineer, mixing
Casey Stone – engineer, mixing
Joseph Magee – engineer, mixing supervisor
Nick Wollage – engineer, vocal engineer
Ed Mitchell - vocal producer
Mickey Petralia – mixing
Patricia Sullivan – mastering
Richard Ford – score editor
Brett Pierce – music editor
Lisa Jaime – supervising music editor

Art

Steve Gerdes – art direction, design
Steve Sterling – art direction, design

References

^ Truitt, Warren. "New Muppet Movie Soundtrack Not as Great as the Movie". Retrieved 25 March 2012.
^ Cherrie, Chrysta. The Muppets at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
^ Gallo, Phil (10 October 2011). "'Muppets' Movie Soundtrack Features Feist, Flight of the Conchords, Andrew Bird". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
^ "The Muppets' Movie Soundtrack Goes Spanish". Hispanic Business. December 1, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
^ "Lista de nominados a los premios Grammy Latino 2012 - vive.in". bogota.vive.in. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
^ iTunes - The Muppets Soundtrack
^ [1] ARIA Report 1143. Retrieved March 24, 2012
^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Digital Albums)".^{[dead link]} Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Soundtrack Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
^ "Soundtracks – Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

[About-1] Truitt, Warren. "New Muppet Movie Soundtrack Not as Great as the Movie". Retrieved 25 March 2012.

[Allmusic-2] Cherrie, Chrysta. The Muppets at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2012.

[3] Gallo, Phil (10 October 2011). "'Muppets' Movie Soundtrack Features Feist, Flight of the Conchords, Andrew Bird". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 11, 2013.

[4] "The Muppets' Movie Soundtrack Goes Spanish". Hispanic Business. December 1, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2012.

[5] "Lista de nominados a los premios Grammy Latino 2012 - vive.in". bogota.vive.in. Retrieved May 28, 2016.

[6] Tunes - The Muppets Soundtrack

[ARIA_Report_1143-7] [1] ARIA Report 1143. Retrieved March 24, 2012

[ac_Billboard200_Soundtrack-8] "Soundtrack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

[ac_BillboardDigital_Soundtrack-9] "Soundtrack Chart History (Digital Albums)".^{[dead link]} Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

[ac_BillboardSoundtrack_Soundtrack-10] "Soundtrack Chart History (Soundtrack Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

[11] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

[12] "Soundtracks – Year-End 2012". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

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