The Simpsons Movie [Soundtrack]

Hans Zimmer, Rhino | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2007)
• Original Release Date: July 27, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Adrenaline Music
• ASIN: B000RGSOPU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,828 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Hitting theaters July 27th, this movie is certainly one of the most highly anticipated releases of 2007. It will feature all the voices of the original cast that has made the Simpson's TV show the longest running animated series in television history. The show has aired more than 375 episodes and will celebrate its 400th this season, scheduled to coincide with the film's opening. This CD contains the familiar themes from the show as well as the original movie score by award-winning composer/producer Hans Zimmer. A must for all Simpson's fans and donut lovers alike.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So a Green Day track would grant this album 4 more stars? Please..., July 31, 2007

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Alex Chao "Alex" (Cornell University) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Simpsons Movie (Audio CD)

The soundtrack genre of music is actually two sub-genres. There are soundtrack releases that contain the pop/rock/vocal singles from the movie, and then there are those that feature a composer's actual scoring of the film -- usually instrumental and symphonic in orchestration. Some CD's contain both kinds of works, but there are cases where there's a clear divide. There are, for example, two different releases of the Shrek soundtrack: one subtitled "Music from the Original Motion Picture" and another subtitled "Original Motion Picture Score".

Those who complain that the Green Day tracks or Homer's interlude are not on this CD simply aren't in touch with instrumental film scores. And that's fine as a matter of personal preference, but that's no reason to dismiss the album as a whole.

If you like film scores written in a late Romantic idiom (or most of Hans Zimmer's other work for that matter), you'll probably also like this CD. It showcases how Zimmer can aptly score all kinds of films, like Spanglish , Gladiator, and everything in between.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not elfman but good, July 28, 2007

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bellman "matt" (montreal ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Simpsons Movie (Audio CD)

this soundtrack is very good but more fom for danny elfman fans than hans zimmer fans.the first track opens with the simpsons theme with a real orchestal feel wich is nice.release the hounds is fun its almost out of a tarintino movie kinda feel.the best tracks on the album are (clap for alaska) and (spider pig) the last track they could have done without.overall its a good sountrack from one of hollywoods finest.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simpsons score, August 1, 2007

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Shoshanna (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Simpsons Movie (Audio CD)

Even though parts of the score to The Simpsons Movie do get big, such as the opening orchestral version of Danny Elfman's theme, mostly it's kept much smaller in scale. This is nice to see both because of its contrast to other recent Zimmer scores, but also because it's very tastefully done in terms of telling the film's story in a more quirky and clever way.

In regards to other reviewers' complaints that there is no Homer singing Spiderpig on the CD, I found the CD version funnier. In the theater where I saw the film, everyone laughed at the version of Homer singing it, but not nearly as much as they laughed at the end credits CD version, which was longer and more unexpected.