The Muppets (soundtrack)

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;
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ReleasedNovember 22, 2011

Recorded2011

StudioOcean Way Studios

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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]

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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 Peter Linz	4:29
4.	"I Haven't Seen the Old Gang" (Dialogue)		Steve Whitmire and Jason Segel	0:20
5.	"Pictures in My Head" (produced by Bret McKenzie)	Jeannie Lurie Aris Archontis Chen Neeman	Steve Whitmire and the Muppets	2:36
6.	"We Drive" (Dialogue)		Steve Whitmire and Peter Linz	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	Eric Jacobson and the Moopets	1:02
10.	"Welcome Back" (Dialogue)		Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Peter Linz, 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 Eric Jacobson	1:53
14.	"We Humbly Ask" (Dialogue)		Steve Whitmire 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 Steve Whitmire	0:06
17.	"Are You a Man or a Muppet?" (Dialogue)		Amy Adams	0:08
18.	"Man or Muppet"	McKenzie	Jason Segel and Peter Linz	2:58
19.	"Down at the Ole Barbershop" (Dialogue)		Steve Whitmire	0:07
20.	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Kurt Cobain Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic	The Muppets Barbershop Quartet (Steve Whitmire, Link Hogthrob, Bill Barretta, Eric Jacobson)	2:23
21.	"Princesses of Poultry" (Dialogue)		Steve Whitmire	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)		Steve Whitmire and Eric Jacobson	0:04
24.	"Rainbow Connection"	Williams Ascher	Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
31.	"Rainbow Connection^[6]"	Paul Williams Kenneth Ascher	Steve Whitmire	3:06
Total length:				43:11

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

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

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