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The Lorax (soundtrack)

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into consideration: getting that message out there of what is going on in the environment, and not only what's going on in the environment, but what's going on with us as people. And I think that she was able to lyrically nail that soft spot in people, to tug on their heart strings a little bit, to make people walk out and maybe think about doing something nice, or think about doing something different than what they do on a daily basis. Just to do something good for the environment and good for your fellow person".
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without ever breaking a sweat". Filmtracks.com wrote: "A strong balance of action, fantasy, and tragedy is conveyed by Powell in this score, though its tone is really too disparate from that of the songs to form a truly cohesive whole The score-only product, on the other hand, is a decent listening
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and the type of person that Ester is, those are the type of things that really mean something to her". He further stated about the song: "The song was a light-hearted version of what the film is about. But at the same time there is a seriousness to the message of the record. We take all those things
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wrote: "The main songs, "Let It Grow", "Everybody Needs a Thneed", and "Thneedville", like the film itself, are subversive and silly, incorporating dance, pop, and rock elements while maintaining the general weirdness of a tree-hugging, mustachioed monster helping a 12-year-old boy land the girl of
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said that the film's silliness is "loud and slightly hysterical, as if young viewers could be entertained only by a ceaseless barrage of sensory stimulus and pop-culture attitude, or instructed by songs that make the collected works of Up With People sound like Metallica".
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experience and has roughly fifteen minutes of music that will fit nicely with Powell's similarly friendly but somewhat forgettable children's writing. If you are stuck watching the film, at least you will hear the debut of
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wrote: "Powell's deft blend of old-school orchestral grandeur and modern bombast yields some splendid fruit here, channeling the whimsy of
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opined that the songs "are genial and loopy enough to give the film something of a Seussical sensibility". James Christopher Monger of
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Original Soundtrack - Dr. Seuss' the Lorax [Original Songs from the Motion Picture] Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic
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his dreams, but they could have easily been integrated into the orchestral version of the soundtrack".
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Keith Slettedahl and The 88 featuring Antonio Sol, Fletcher Sheridan, and Taylor Graves
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Ed Helms, Randy Crenshaw, Fletcher Sheridan, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Monique Donnelly,
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logo music at the outset, arguably a more interesting attraction than what follows".
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composed the musical score for the film, after he previously scored the animated
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critics felt that the songs "did not quite hit the desired chord".
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served as the executive producer for the soundtrack. The producer
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The lead single from the film, titled "Let It Grow" was sung by
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Critical reception to the soundtrack was mixed. Film critic
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Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: Original Songs from the Motion Picture
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Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: Original Songs from the Motion Picture
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O. (March 1, 2012). 879: 301: 1: 454:"Thneedville (Original Demo)" 836:James Christopher Monger of 824:. 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Index

musical film
The Lorax
Dr. Seuss
children's book
same name
1972 animated television special
Interscope Records
John Powell
Back Lot Music

Soundtrack album
John Powell
Cinco Paul
Genre
Film soundtrack
Label
Interscope
Producer
John Powell
Cinco Paul
Tricky Stewart
John Powell
Cinco Paul
Tricky Stewart
Chris Meledandri
Dr. Seuss
Collider
Ester Dean
A. O. Scott
The New York Times

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