Shrek fans can finally listen to the films beloved soundtrack on vinyl. The reissued album will be available on August 2nd. The soundtrack features Smash Mouths All Star, Rufus Wainwrights cover of Hallelujah, Baha Mens cover of Best Years of Our Lives and both Smash Mouth and Eddie Murphys versions of Neil Diamonds Im a Believer. A limited edition lime green vinyl will be available for purchase along with the wider-release black vinyl.
Upon its release in 2001,Shrek was notable for its uses of covers and modern pop songs, a then-rarity for childrens movies. Most music [for animated features] was composed, or the songs were created for the movie, Shrek co-director Vicky Jenson tells Rolling Stone. Most of the Disney animated movies had original songs and were thought of as musicals. Both [co-director] Andrew [Adamson] and I loved independent film and were influenced by ones that used current song that helped illustrate an emotional moment. It wasnt really done in animation.
TheShrekfranchise yielded four films, the most recent of which was 2010sShrek Forever After. In 2011, the spin-offPuss in Boots was released. A musical adaptation of the first film was on Broadway from 2008 to 2010. Last year, Varietyannounced that bothShrek andPuss in Boots would be rebooted though no further details have been revealed.