Penguins of Madagascar (soundtrack)

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Penguins of Madagascar: Music from the Motion Picture
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Film score by
ReleasedNovember 21, 2014 (2014-11-21)
Recorded2014
Genre Film score
Length52:46
Label Relativity Music Group
Producer Hans Zimmer
DreamWorks Animation chronology
How to Train Your Dragon 2
(2014)
Penguins of Madagascar
(2014)
Home
(2015)

Penguins of Madagascar: Music from the Motion Picture is the score album for the 2014 film Penguins of Madagascar . [1] The fourth instalment and spin-off of the Madagascar film series, features original score composed by Lorne Balfe, in his first solo debut in a DreamWorks Animation film. He previously wrote additional music for the previous two Madagascar films and also co-composed the score of Megamind (2010) with Hans Zimmer. Zimmer and his music company Remote Control Productions produced the original soundtrack.

Contents

The soundtrack album was released digitally on November 21, 2014 and through CDs on December 5, by Relativity Music Group. [1] It featured a special edition bonus track, that consisted the musical score as well as tracks from the extended play, Penguins of Madagascar: Black & White Christmas Album, which featured five holiday songs. [1] Pitbull performed a non-album single titled "Celebrate" for the film, which was played during the credits, and released as a part of his eighth studio album Globalization. A music video of the song was also released on YouTube on October 21, 2014, and the full song released the following day. [2] [3] [4]

Reception

The score received mixed reviews from critics. James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "anyone who likes this sort of thing will certainly like this because it’s done very well – it’s accomplished music, it’s a great example of how to do essentially monothematic scoring for this type of film in an interesting way (indeed, the score’s weakest moments tend to be when Balfe leaves the theme behind and goes a bit more mickey-mousey) and it certainly has entertainment value." [5] Entertainment Junkie critic wrote "Penguins of Madagascar is a rewarding and highly enjoyable induction into the Lorne Balfe canon; a canon populated with more accomplished releases than many would care to admit. The repetition of the central thematic concept all throughout the running time will undeniably irritate many of the listeners, but the composer's meticulous attempts to provide variation prove effective." [6]

Writing for The Highlander, Edward Dave wrote "The soundtrack was actually pretty impressive for the simple fact that it made the larger-than-life events in the movie have gravity and weight. It encompasses city music with lots of instrumentation to emphasize the hustle and bustle of the land and tropical sounds which were simpler to set the tone of the island regions. Every musical choice transitioned seamlessly and there were never any parts where the music seemed too overbearing to incorporate comedy or exposition, which many cartoon movies happen to do." [7]

Penguins of Madagascar's score by Lorne Balfe was shortlisted as one of the 114 contenders in the Academy Award for Best Original Score category. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Penguins of Madagascar"4:10
2."Antarctica"3:31
3."Demersus"2:53
4."Sclateri"3:25
5."Adeliae"3:31
6."Forsteri"2:52
7."Patagonicus"3:03
8."Magellanicus"1:24
9."Private’s Theme"2:34
10."Robustus"3:36
11."Eudyptula Minor"1:35
12."Chrysolophus"2:51
13."Chrysocome"1:59
14."Antipodes"1:20
15."Schlegeli"2:46
16."Mendiculus"3:14
17."Papua"1:56
18."Humboldti"2:52
19."He Is Dave" (featuring Antony Genn)3:14

Chart performance

Chart (2014)Peak

position

UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [9] 41
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) [10] 19

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [11]

Orchestra
Choir
Instrumentation

Penguins of Madagascar: Black & White Christmas Album

Penguins of Madagascar: Black & White Christmas Album
EP by
Penguins of Madagascar
ReleasedNovember 24, 2014 (2014-11-24)
Recorded2014
Genre
Length18:36
Label Relativity Music Group

Penguins of Madagascar: Black & White Christmas Album is the extended play consisting of six holiday songs, performed by the cast members, released by Relativity Music Group on November 24, 2014. [12] The album was also included into the two-disc "special edition" bonus album released on December 5. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Real Chill Christmas"3:04
2."Jingle Bells" (Power Mix)2:41
3."Stuck In The Chimney"2:26
4."12 Days Of Missions"3:58
5."Flying Home For Christmas"3:49
6."Silver Smelt"2:41
Total length:18:39

Release history

RegionDateEditionFormat(s)LabelRef.
VariousNovember 21, 2014Standard Relativity [13]
December 5, 2014Special editionCD
February 20, 2015 Vinyl

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