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The score received positive critical response from music critics. Jonathan Broxton wrote "When compared to some of 2014’s other outstanding animation scores, like How To Train Your Dragon 2, The Boxtrolls, or even something like Fredrik Weidmann’s Son of Batman, The Book of Life is a fairly slight score; enjoyable, but not at the same level as its contemporaries."
The film's director, Garth Jennings, acted as the executive producer on the soundtrack. The songs were picked regarding the mood of the characters and their intentions, [17] with "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (a song performed by U2) used as it "fits the emotional resolution of that film" and Bomba Estéreo's "Soy Yo" is played when "characters are at their lowest moment, and ...
[18] The Austin Chronicle called the song an "exhilarating rush", [19] while Steve Morse of The Boston Globe said the album "follows the lead" of "The Fly" with a heavier, more industrial-influenced sound. [20] Entertainment Weekly was less receptive to the song, asserting that it "rocks out but goes overboard with the psychedelic foofooraw." [21]
Following the release of their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records, [2] and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has since released 15 full-length studio albums, the most recent being Songs of Surrender in 2023. As of 2024, U2 have released 442 songs.
The album features over an hour of score by Powell; with additional music by Anthony Willis and Paul Mounsey, as well as the two original songs written by Powell and Jónsi. [16] Rybak's song "Into a Fantasy" was released separately as a single on June 9, before the album release. [9] The vinyl edition of the soundtrack was released in August 2014.
The muse behind the song was Sister Gregory, the head of Drama at Rosary College in Illinois. The letters that she sent to Hammerstein and to Mary Martin, the first Maria von Trapp on Broadway, described the parallels between a nun's choice for a religious life and the choices that humans must make to find their purpose and direction in life ...
Pages from the Book of Life: Chapter 1 is the second studio album by American R&B/soul singer Joya, released on September 25, 2001, on the independent label Carmel Park Records. [1] All tracks were written and produced by Du Kelly and Joya. The album features her cover version of reggae artist Bob Marley's classic song, "Caution". The album was ...
"Fly" is an alternative rock, [2] [3] [4] reggae, [5] [6] reggae fusion, [7] and pop rock song, [8] that incorporates elements of dancehall [9] and ska. [10]Sugar Ray's lead singer Mark McGrath explained that this song had a bouncy beat, yet it was about death; 'Fly' too seemed like a bright, up-tempo song but "there is this stark imagery in there.