Christopher Robin (soundtrack)

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Christopher Robin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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ReleasedAugust 3, 2018
Genre
Length56:37
Label Walt Disney
Geoff Zanelli chronology
Traffik
(2018)
Christopher Robin
(2018)
The Intruder
(2019)
Christopher Robin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."Storybook" Geoff Zanelli  1:22
2."Goodbye, Farewell" Richard M. Sherman Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Toby Jones, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Mohammed, and Sara Sheen1:19
3."Not Doing Nothing Anymore" Jon Brion  2:49
4."I Would Have Liked It to Go on For a While Longer"
  • Zanelli
  • Zak McNeil
 2:04
5."Chapters"Zanelli 2:59
6."Evelyn Goes It Alone"
  • Zanelli
  • McNeil
 2:33
7."Easy to Lose Your Way on a Foggy Day"Zanelli 2:04
8."Through the Tree"
  • Zanelli
  • McNeil
 1:25
9."It's Not Stress, It's Pooh"Zanelli 1:28
10."Train Station"Brion 2:28
11."Sussex"Zanelli 1:12
12."Returning to the Hundred Acre Wood"
  • Zanelli
  • McNeil
 4:26
13."Did You Let Me Go?"
  • Zanelli
  • McNeil
 3:37
14."Swimmer or Sinker"
  • Zanelli
  • McNeil
 2:11
15."Heffalump Battle"Brion 1:30
16."Is It Christopher Robin?"
 1:40
17."But I Found You, Didn't I?"
  • Zanelli
  • Brion
  • Jacobs
 2:35
18."Madeline's Red Balloon"Zanelli 0:54
19."Expotition to London"
 4:14
20."Nothing Ever Bad Came from Bouncing"
  • Zanelli
  • Brion
  • Mounsey
 1:40
21."A Father of Very Little Brain"
  • Zanelli
  • McNeil
 3:34
22."My Favorite Day"
 2:43
23."I Do Nothing Every Day"Zanelli 2:57
24."Busy Doing Nothing"ShermanSherman0:45
25."Christopher Robin"ShermanSherman1:18
Total length:56:37

Personnel

Orchestra

Instruments

Charts

Chart performance for Christopher Robin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Chart (2018)Peak
position
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [15] 38

Accolades

Accolades for Christopher Robin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
AwardsCategoryNomineeResultRef.
International Film Music Critics Association Best Original Score for a Comedy Film Geoff Zanelli and Jon Brion Nominated [16] [17]

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