Croods Original Soundtrack

This is great music from Alan Silvestri. It holds up next to all the other movies he's scored. When I saw The Croods and noticed the music, I really wanted to have the soundtrack.However, after listening to the orchestrations of the different parts of the movie on back-to-back tracks, I realized that most of it sounds the same. All but a few tracks, such as "Going Guys Way" and "Grug Flips His Lid" and "Shine Your Way," and "Smash and Grab" were in the same key and started out the same. It would be hard to tell the tracks apart if my mp3 player didn't list the titles. Was bummed that I bought the entire soundtrack when I could have bought just one of those tracks and it would have represented most of the other ones.If I were to recommend buying any individual tracks they would be: "Going Guy's Way," "Grug Flips His Lid," "Shine Your Way," "Smash and Grab." Either the Prologue and/or the Epilogue would be a sufficient cross-section of the other instrumental music on the album.

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You'll find a host of various elements that are likeable and familiar for Silvestri fans, ranging from typically raucous action outbursts to warm thematic statements. It all comes in bursts though, with some predictable lurches in activity that come from animated scores though, and with multiple listens I still can't separate much of the material from the overall generic feeling it creates. A likeable album, but not an essential one.

its great... it makes me want to watch the movie.. ;o)

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Wonderful songs/music.

Like a lot of film scores, a lot depends on whether or not you liked the movie it's from. If you liked The Croods as a movie, then you'll definitely like the soundtrack Alan Silvestri composed for it. The music shifts in tones according to the scenes the pieces accompany, sometimes pensive, sometimes playful, sometimes dramatic and emotional, and sometimes all out run-for-your-life exhilarating.My favorite pieces were "Smash and Grab", the music from the early 'hunting' scene where Silvestri works in bits of Fleetwood Mac's classic "Tusk" as the Croods compete with the local wildlife for an egg; "Piranhakeets" where Guy saves Eep and her family from the Pranhakeets swarm with his fire, the frenetic "Fire and Corn" where the Croods learn about fire the hard way, the sweetly lyrical "Going Guy's Way" where the theme from the opening song "Shine Your Way" is reworked instrumentally as Guy shows the Croods how to deal with their new environment after their cave was destroyed, "We'll Die If We Stay Here" and "Cave Painting" both touching emotional chords from what are arguably the two most moving scenes in the film, and "Big Idea" where the music swells as Grug races to carry out his one big idea before the approaching land collapse overtakes him. In addition, there are three pieces played during the end credits that repeat themes from pieces earlier in the film, but at a more leisurely pace.The Croods isn't going to rank as one of the great film scores of all time as there is too much shifting in tone and mood to make it the sort of film score you'll want to play from beginning to end. And I do have to admit that the one actual song, "Shine Your Way", didn't really do much for me. It was okay, but not all that memorable in and of itself - I liked the instrumental reworking of it found in "Going Guy's Way" better for some reason. But all that said, The Croods does have pieces that will be people's personal favorites and that you'll want to pick out for playlists.On a side note, I've found that a number of Silvestri's pieces are good for listening to during workouts at the gym, particularly if you're on the track or working on one of the ellipticals. Something to bear in mind when putting together a workout playlist for your ipod.Highly recommended for anyone who liked the movie and for any fan of Alan Silvestri's work in general.

It deserved 5 stars. An animated film that brings this 63 year old US Veteran to tears is doing something right. I loved the music, the artwork and the story. Great job to all

I originally bought the DVD for the grand-children a couple of years back. The other day I decided to revisit the movie and came to realise that it has the most wonderful modern classical music soundtrack by Alan Silvestri. The CD cover and the song "Shine your Way" can be misleading as they don't actually reflect the mood of the music. The CD is marketed under the Sony Classical label and this gives an indication as to the type of music on the album. The album opens with the Owl City / Yana number which, in the movie, is used to introduce the end credits. I would have preferred it if it had been left to the end of the CD, rather than as a starter; it's like starting the Messiah with the Hallelujah chorus. If you start with the second track, rightly titled "Prologue" the music flows. This is certainly not background music, nor music for the kids but much serious stuff reminiscent of Stravinsky ballet music - The Firebird and The Rite of Spring and you need to set aside the full 70 uninterruped minutes to get the most out of the music. It's well worth acquiring if you like a good dose of modern classical style writing mixed with some good tunes - The motif "Shine your Way" comes up throughout the work starting with the very gentle use on a flute in the prologue and recurs with a variety of instuments and rhythms throughout. I am so glad I took the trouble to get myself a copy and will happily add it to my collection of special music to be enjoyed when everyone else is out the house and the phone off the hook.

I bought this disc for the the Owlcity track , the other sound tracks were a bonus , some good ,some not so good.

Great service,well wrapped,super fast delivery, a good quality item,it's a great way of replacing your old vinyl albums, highly recommended

The lead song is spot-on. Don't know about the rest though.

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