Track Listing

1. Fairytale
2. Ogre Hunters / Fairytale Deathcamp
3. Donkey Meets Shrek
4. Eating Alone
5. Uninvited Guests
6. March of Farquuad
7. The Perfect King
8. Welcome to Duloc
9. Tournament Speech
10. What Kind of Quest
11. Dragon! / Fiona Awakens
12. One of A Kind Knight
13. Saving Donkey's Ass
14. Escape from the Dragon
15. Helmet Hair
16. Delivery Boy Shrek / Making Camp
17. Friends Journey to Duloc
18. Starry Night
19. Singing Princess
20. Better Out Than In / Sunflower / I'll Tell Him
21. Merry Men
22. Fiona Kicks Ass
23. Fiona's Secret
24. Why Wait To Be Wed / You Thought Wrong
25. Ride the Dragon
26. I Object
27. Transformation / The End

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #159298 in Music
• Released on: 2001-12-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack

Amazon.co.uk Review
A lot of fans were disappointed with the album released with the movie Shrek, but they won't be with this one. This is the full fall-about funny score that's punctuated with the few original songs. "Welcome To Duloc" is as funny a pastiche of all things Disney as was the city's Main Street. "Singing Princess" certainly starts as the perfect fairy tale solo, but of course ends in high-pitched tragedy! And no, that's not Cameron Diaz singing. Finally, there's the brief but memorable "Merry Men" singalong. The 40 minutes of score alongside these highlights is as eclectic a mix as you'd expect from the composing double-act of Antz and Chicken Run. There's swashbuckling adventure ("Dragon!/Fiona Awakes"), sweet romantic interludes ("Starry Night") and lots of sneaky allusion to other fairy tale classics (such as "Three Blind Mice" in "Uninvited Guests"). Some listeners may want their pop songs too, in which case both albums are needed. Otherwise, this will always be the one to raise a smile. --Paul Tonks

Customer Reviews

Fantastic score, well worth it.
After seeing the original Shrek Album, I was disappointed to find a VERY limited amount of actual score music used in the film. Granted, the music was okay, but the atmospheric music really did make the film what it is. Listening to the music without the speech and sound effects of the film is by far, a real treat.
Being a musician in an orchestra and brass-band myself, you begin to appreciate the clever touches in music, and the score in Shrek does not disappoint. I especially liked the introduction of 'Three blind mice'. Track 14 is amazing. The atmospheric music is... well, atmospheric! The themes are easily recognisable, and you can tell where the clever touches are. Superb CD. Superb writers. Makes a superb film.

Great movie, Great soundtrack!
After watching Shrek I couldn't resist on getting this soundtrack.

The film music composed by Powell and Gregson-Williams is held up by two distinct themes - one representing Princess Fiona and with her the love story. The other main theme represents Shrek and the adventure story.

Fiona's theme captures the fairy-tale, romantic element wonderfully and does in the unmistakable style of other John Powell crafted love-themes (Just Visiting, Evolution). The opening of the film and opening track feature an innocent but tantalizing performance of Fiona's theme, but aside from subtle variations of the theme being employed throughout the score, Fiona's theme makes its most impressive appearances in Dragon!/Fiona Awakens (11) and, of course, the unforgettable Singing Princess (19).

The climatic moments of the film are punctuated by Powell and Gregson-Williams memorable action theme or Shrek's theme. The audience first gets a hint of the theme in Donkey Meets Shrek (3) but is later treated to an earful in the first half of track 11, Dragon!/ Fiona Awakens, and again in Ride the Dragon (25). Musically restating the apparent differences between the princess and the ogre, Fiona's theme is soft and light while Shrek's theme is fast paced and aggressive.

Overall its an entertaining soundtrack from start to finish even though the tracks are short with each one roughly lasting under 2 mins.

Beautiful cinema music easy to listen to
After watching one of the funniest films last year I was sure that the tracks included in the film would make a great complilation CD.
Sure enough it did, with tracks from Smash Mouth, Baha Men and The Proclaimers. A wierd mixture you might think but it certainly worked.
Not only these tracks but also the Orignal Score that has now been released shows the work of Harry Gregson Williams and John Powell should never be underestimated. Wonderful mood music which could tell the enchanted story of Shrek all by itself. It's a must buy if you enjoyed the film!