Shrek (soundtrack)

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Shrek (Music from the Original Motion Picture) is the soundtrack album to the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film Shrek, released by DreamWorks Records on May 15, 2001. The album consisted of licensed contemporary songs ranging from the pop, pop rock and alternative rock genres. Shrek was one of the first mainstream animated films to use licensed songs instead of having pre-written musical material which was common in animated films during the Disney Renaissance era. The idea of utilizing pop songs had been considered through the discussions from directors Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, DreamWorks' CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, and music supervisor Marylata Elton Jacob, as they wanted the film's music to differ from the traditional animated films. Since Adamson and Jenson were not much privy to animated films, they approached Shrek as an independent film where the use of contemporary songs would provide depth and emotions to the characters, despite the film's medieval setting. Shrek's soundtrack...

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