Walt Disney Records will release two soundtracks for Pixar’s animated feature Soul, including an album featuring the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winners Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Mank), as well as a separate album featuring the jazz compositions and arrangements by Jon Batiste who is best known for being the bandleader on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and also served as a cultural consultant for the movie. The soundtrack is set to be released on December 18, 2020. Click here to pre-order the vinyl edition of the score album and click here to order the vinyl edition of the jazz album. Check back on this page for the full details and the final cover art of both albums.
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Soundtrack for Pixar SparkShorts’ ‘Out’ Released
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack EP for Pixar SparkShorts’ Out. The 3-track EP features the film’s original score composed by Jake Monaco (Dumplin’, Let’s Be Cops, Keeping Up with the Joneses, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie) who has previously scored Pixar’s Lamp Life and Forky Asks a Question and served as the score arranger of the Pixar short Piper. Also included is the song Pink & Purple written and performed by Natasha Adorlee. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Out is written and directed by Steven Hunter and features the voices of Caleb Cabrera, Matthew Martin, Kyle McDaniel and Bernadette Sullivan.
Soundtrack for Pixar SparkShorts’ ‘Float’ Released
Walt Disney Records has a soundtrack EP for Pixar SparkShorts’ Float. The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Barney Jones who previously scored the SparksShorts title Smash and Grab. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Float is written and directed by Bobby Rubio and features the voices of Rubio himself, Eli Fucile, Luna Watson and Mika Kubo. The Pixar Animation Studios production follows a father who discovers that his son floats and must decide whether to run and hide or to accept his son as he is.
Soundtrack for Pixar SparkShorts’ ‘Wind’ Released
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for Pixar SparkShorts’ Wind. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Jimenez who previously scored the Academy Award-nominated short Kitbull. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Wind is written and directed by Edwin Chang and features the voices of Sonoko Konishi and Emilio Fuentes. The Pixar Animation Studios production focuses on a grandmother and grandson longing to escape an endless chasm, scavenging debris that surrounds them to realize their dream of escaping to a better life.
Soundtrack for Pixar SparkShorts’ ‘Loop’ Released
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for Pixar SparkShorts’ Loop. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Orton (Nebraska, The Good Girl, My Old Lady) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Loop is written and directed by Erica Milsom and features the voices of Madison Bandy, Christiano ‘Chachi’ Delgado and Louis Gonzales. The Pixar Animation Studios production follows a non-verbal, autistic girl and a chatty boy who are partnered on a canoeing trip and must both learn how the other experiences the world.
‘Lamp Life’ Soundtrack Released
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack EP for the Pixar Animation Studios short Lamp Life . The 4-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Jake Monaco (Let’s Be Cops, Dumplin’, Forky Asks a Question, Like a Boss, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Keeping Up with the Joneses). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Lamp Life is directed by Valerie LaPointe and features the voice talent of Christina Hendricks, Annie Potts and Jim Hanks. The short, which explores what exactly happened to Bo Peep between her separation from Woody to the events in Toy Story 4, premiered last month and is now available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
‘Onward’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Pixar’s animated feature Onward have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine) and Jeff Danna (The Addams Family, Storks, The Boondock Saints) who have previously scored the studios’ The Good Dinosaur. Also included is the original end credits song Carried Me With You performed by Brandi Carlile who also co-wrote the track with Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Onward is directed by Dan Scanlon and stars Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer.
Soundtrack Album for Pixar’s Disney+ Series ‘Forky Asks a Question’ to Be Released
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for Pixar’s animated short series Forky Asks a Question. The album features the original music from all ten episodes the show composed by Jake Monaco (Let’s Be Cops, Keeping Up with the Joneses, Lamp Life, Dumplin’, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Like a Boss) who previously worked on the Pixar short Piper. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 28 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. Forky Asks a Question is created by Bob Peterson and features the voice talent of Tony Hale, Peterson himself, John Ratzenberger and Robin Atkin Downes.
Pixar’s ‘Onward’ to Feature Original Song ‘Carried Me With You’ by Brandi Carlile
Disney has announced today that Brandi Carlile has recorded the original end credits song Carried Me With You for Pixar’s animated feature Onward. The track is written by Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth and will be included on the film’s official soundtrack album, which also features the movie’s original score composed by Mychael & Jeff Danna, and which will be released digitally on February 28, 2020 by Walt Disney Records. Check back on this page for the full album details. Onward is directed by Dan Scanlon and features the voices of Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer.
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross to Score Pixar’s ‘Soul’
It was announced at Disney’s D23 Expo today that Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) will be scoring Pixar Animation’s upcoming feature Soul. The film is directed by Pete Docter (Up, Inside Out, Monsters Inc.) and features the voices of Tina Fey, Jamie Foxx, Daveed Diggs, Phylicia Rashan and Questlove. The movie is being described as a “journey from the streets of New York City to the cosmic realms to discover the answers to life’s most important questions.” Jon Batiste is also providing music for the film.