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Academy Award(R)-Nominated Composer Danny Elfman Meets The Robinsons on Walt Disney Records' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.


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, The All-American Rejects, Rufus Wainwright, Jamie Cullum Jamie Cullum (born August 20, 1979) is an English jazz/pop pianist and singer-songwriter. Biography
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BURBANK, Calif. -- Walt Disney Records Walt Disney Records is a record company and part of The Walt Disney Company.

The label was established in 1956 under the name Disneyland Records; its first release was A Child's Garden of Verses. The company changed to its current name in 1989.
 introduces the soundtrack to Meet The Robinsons, Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
Disney, Walter Elias Disney
 Pictures' upcoming animated comedy event of the spring. Among the many surprises and delights of Meet The Robinsons is the film's music - including a pop-driven soundtrack with original songs by acclaimed singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright and Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. ([R])-winning mega-hit pop star Rob Thomas, and an inventive symphonic score from three-time Academy Award([R]) nominee Danny Elfman.

"I've always somewhat avoided animation because the music can get kind of silly and spoofy, but Meet The Robinsons not only struck me as very creative and crazy in the best sense, but also as very emotional," explains Elfman. "It meant that I could, on the one hand, do some stuff like Carl Stalling Carl W. Stalling (November 10, 1891–November 29, 1972) was a noted American composer and arranger of music for animated cartoons. He is most closely associated with the Looney Tunes shorts produced by Warner Bros. , who composed for the classic Warner Bros. cartoons Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. was the animation division of Warner Bros. Pictures during the golden age of American animation. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, Warner Bros. , while on the other also write big melodic themes that relate to story and character."

The Meet The Robinsons soundtrack, comprised of eight songs, ten score selections and almost as much joyful diversity as the Robinson family itself, features the lead single "Little Wonders" from Thomas and "The Future Has Arrived" (co-written by Elfman, Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter) from the new runaway hit rock/pop ensemble The All-American Rejects. The album also showcases three songs written by Wainwright, who performs the CD's opening track "Another Believer" and "The Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion)." Dynamic British performer Jamie Cullum performs the Wainwright-penned "Where Is Your Heart At?" and the big band classic "Give Me the Simple Life." Rounding out the disc's vocal tracks are bonus songs from the teenaged, hyper-energized trio Jonas Brothers and the ever-innovative duo They Might Be Giants.

Director Steve Anderson stated, "I am so excited by the music in the movie, because it adds even more energy and emotion." Elfman and the top musical artists join an all-star cast from the film, including voices by Academy Award([R]) nominee Angela Bassett, Emmy([R]) and Golden Globe Award([R]) winner Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Laurie Metcalf, Adam West, Ethan Sandler and Tom Kenny.

Walt Disney Pictures' Meet The Robinsons is based on the bestselling William Joyce book A Day with Wilbur Robinson. The film follows the story of Lewis, a 12-year-old genius inventor, who meets Wilbur Robinson, a mysterious boy from the future. The two travel forward in time and spend a day with Wilbur's eccentric family, a day that will change Lewis' life forever. Filled with unforgettable characters, clever contraptions, classic villains and all kinds of eye-popping exuberance, Meet The Robinsons continues the beloved Disney legacy of looking ahead to a dazzling world of tomorrow - as it unfolds a story about believing in your family, yourself and the wide-open future. Meet The Robinsons lands in theaters March 30, 2007.

Meet The Robinsons track list as follows:
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The Meet The Robinsons soundtrack will be available March 27, 2007 for a suggested retail price of $18.98 wherever music is sold. More information on the Meet The Robinsons soundtrack can be found on DisneyRecords.com. Walt Disney Records is part of The Buena Vista Music Group
The subject of this article is a corporate group of record labels, not to be confused with Lake Buena Vista, Buena Vista Distribution or Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group
The Buena Vista Music Group
, the recorded music and music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music.  arm of the Walt Disney Company.
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