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| Meet the Robinsons | 
 enlarge | Creators: Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright, Rob Thomas, Jamie Cullum, Jonas Brothers, They Might Be Giants, The All-american Rejects
Label: Walt Disney Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 18551
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000024602
UPC: 050087102906
EAN: 0050087102906
ASIN: B000N0KVQ0
Release Date: March 27, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Another Believer - Rufus Wainwright | | • | Little Wonders - Rob Thomas | | • | The Future Has Arrived - The All-American Rejects | | • | Where Is Your Heart At? - Jamie Cullum | | • | The Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion) - Rufus Wainwright | | • | Give Me The Simple Life - Jamie Cullum | | • | The Prologue | | • | To The Future! | | • | The Science Fair | | • | Meeting The Robinsons | | • | Goob's Story | | • | A Family United | | • | Pop Quiz And The Time Machine Montage | | • | The Evil Plan | | • | Doris Has Her Day | | • | Setting Things Right | | • | There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow - They Might Be Giants | | • | Kids Of The Future - Jonas Brothers |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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Disney's animated adventure may be driven by themes of futuristic time traveling, but its musical score is a delightful, pop-driven hybrid that turns on decidedly back-to-the-future sensibilities. Rob Thomas' hook-rich single "Little Wonders" and the All-American Rejects' collaboration with Danny Elfman "The Future Has Arrived" give the collection an immediate contemporary edge. But just as winning are disparate pop performances from Rufus Wainwright (the Nilsson-esque opening gem "Another Believer" and lilting "Motion Waltz"), while nouveau UK crooner Jamie Cullum turns in a swinging, piano jazz take on Wainwright's "Where Is Your Heart At?" as well as an inviting cover of "The Simple Life" in the same vein. Elfman's orchestral score returns him to the vibrant milieu of his early Tim Burton collaborations, supercharged here by a manic energy that seems equal parts Simpsons, Bernard Herrmann and Carl Stalling. Bringing the collection full circle is a big-band cover of Disney's vintage "There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" theme performed with loopy big-band charm by They Might Be Giants and the Jonas Brothers more disposable Kim Wilde update, "Kids of the Future." --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 We loved the movie, and now the music. June 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My wife, son and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, and wanted to score. We are very pleased. Our son daily asks to listen to the music.
Great reflection of the movie June 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was another CD I bought for my little one and it was a big hit! At first it was great to get the initial excitment and believe me the screams from the back seat #18, #18!!! A Jonas brothers song, became a headache, but also one I could play in the office as well. It really is a great CD but a little heavy on the orchestra side.
Great Music! June 4, 2008
This music is cool. I like the song, "The Future Has Arrived". if you get this thing. I would suggest getting Meet the Robinsons Movie
The movie is so cool!
 Madcap Elfman April 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Walt Disney's 46th feature length animation, and their major animated effort for 2007, Meet the Robinsons surprisingly fell under the radar, and was a comparative box office failure. It tells the story of a young orphan inventor named Lewis, who embarks on a series of extravagant, time-traveling adventures with various members of the futuristic Robinson family as he attempts to find his real family. The film was directed by Steve Anderson and featured the voice talents of the likes of Angela Bassett and Tom Selleck, as well as an original score by Danny Elfman. The film sees Elfman in what one could call "madcap mode", in much the same way as he was on scores such as Flubber and Mars Attacks. The score see-saws between emotional, heartfelt orchestral themes - notably "The Prologue", "A Family United" and the sumptuous finale "Setting Things Right" - and Elfman's brand of patented wackiness. The zaniness first emerges in the quirkily helter-skelter "To the Future", and continues through the funky retro grooves of "Meeting the Robinsons" and the rampaging Beetlejuician tones of "The Science Fair". There's even a duet between a Theremin and Elfman's patented la-la choir in "Pop Quiz and The Time Machine Montage", in case you had forgotten which composer had written the music and needed a reminder. It's all fun, undemanding stuff, and firmly rooted in the offbeat Elfman sound that many people love, but when compared to Elfman's wider body of work it seems a little insubstantial. The songs which pad out the CD running time are actually all pretty decent, ranging from cover versions by the sultry-voiced Jamie Cullum to the quirky title track, "Another Believer", by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, which will likely be up or Oscar consideration.
Meet the Robinsons Soundtrack January 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you like Disney, or if you liked this movie, you will like the music
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