Shrek Forever After (soundtrack)

The soundtrack for Shrek Forever After, like their predecessors, featured licensed songs from contemporary songs. However, it does not feature a cover by Eddie Murphy nor a song by Eels. Instead, a cover of the Monkees' "I'm a Believer" was performed by Weezer for this film. Incidentally, the song was covered by Smash Mouth and Murphy for Shrek (2001). Other featuring artists include Lionel Richie, the Carpenters, Beastie Boys, Mike Simpson from the Dust Brothers, Scissor Sisters, Landon Pigg and Lucy Schwartz. Antonio Banderas had covered "One Love" by the Wailers. The album also accompanied short dialogue bits from the film.^[2][3]

Shaheema Barodiem of News24 wrote "The interesting thing about the Shrek Forever After soundtrack is that it plays like a radio session, hosted by Rumpelstiltskin (helpfully called The Rumpelstiltskin Show on RMPL) with interludes between the songs that include a phone-in to the show from Pinocchio whose request is that everyday is his birthday, and in-studio guest Captain Hook hamming it up on air. Usually soundtracks that are littered with soundbites from the movie can start to wear me down, but here it's packaged a very entertaining, very cheeky bit of mucking about in Far Far Away."^[4]

The soundtrack was less successful than its predecessors, selling only 9,000 units in the United States. This was largely attributed to the decline of animated soundtracks in sales and revenue during the early 2010s.^[5]