The Secret Life of Pets 2 (soundtrack)

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The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Soundtrack album by
Alexandre Desplat
ReleasedMay 31, 2019 (2019-05-31)
Recorded2019
Genre
Length1:04:24
Label Back Lot Music
Producer Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat chronology
Kursk
(2019)		The Secret Life of Pets 2
(2019)		 Little Women
(2019)

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2019 film of the same name, which is the sequel to The Secret Life of Pets (2016). The film's music is composed by Alexandre Desplat and the score album, featuring 22 tracks of the score, alongside three incorporated songs were released by Back Lot Music on May 31, 2019, a week ahead of the film's release. Like the first film, the score for the sequel, uses jazz and orchestral music.

Contents

Background

Alexandre Desplat was hired for the sequel in August 2018. [1] Director Chris Renaud spoke about the film's music, saying "From a scoring point of view, it was a very interesting challenge compared to the first film. In the first film, we were really talking about a jazz-infused, big band, New York, Mancini themed score." [2] The second film had several themes, including haunted house, circus scene, countryside and superhero themes, Renaud felt the score as the biggest challenging and went on to say that "There's a lot of different ideas that had to come together musically, but again, not leave the movie or the score feeling disjointed." [3]

In addition to the score, the album features two cover songs from the 1970s, as well a hip hop song: Bill Withers' "Lovely Day", performed by LunchMoney Lewis featuring Aminé, Paul Simon's "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" produced and performed by Jack Antonoff, and Desiigner's "Panda", performed by Kevin Hart. [4] [5] Critic Mark Kennedy opined that the song is a callback to the "original song's appearance in the first film". [5]

Kaela Kimura supplies the theme song for the Japanese release, titled "BREAKER," which is centred around the theme of "breaking out of your shell to try new things." [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Reception

Filmtracks.com wrote "There is absolutely no narrative flow to any of these ideas when presented apart from the film. Not even the minor motifs for several of the specific characters, while mostly tied to instrumental flair, carries over clearly. The whole thing is overflowing with consistent antics but lacks one overarching personality with which to leave a lasting impression. Perhaps the caper tones will serve in that capacity for some listeners, but these passages occupy only a fraction of the score. In the end, The Secret Life of Pets 2 is a breezy and proficient effort from Desplat, but approach it with patience and lowered expectations." [16] The Hollywood Reporter 's Michael Rechtshaffen praised Desplat's "jazz-inflected orchestrations" that pays "homage to Scott Bradley’s Tom and Jerry scores from the ’40s and ’50s" and called it as "undeniably melodic". [17] Jake Wilson of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote "The tone sought is one of faintly retro sophistication, signalled by the jazzy music of Alexandre Desplat and by a visual style which deploys the kind of “civilised” exaggeration found in New Yorker cartoons." [18] Mark Kennedy, writing for The Philadelphia Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times called the soundtrack as "lively". [4] [5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Alexandre Desplat, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day (The Secret Life of Pets 2)" LunchMoney Lewis featuring Aminé 3:51
2."Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" Jack Antonoff 2:47
3."It's Snowtime, Baby!" 2:19
4."Max's Busy Bee" 3:38
5."Children's Heroes" 2:15
6."Road Trip" 1:05
7."Gidget's Dream" 2:29
8."Snowball's Workout" 1:50
9."Daisy's Story – Meet Sergei" 2:12
10."The Farm" 2:01
11."Fireflies" 0:49
12."Cat Lessons" 2:22
13."Keeping Liam Safe" 1:07
14."Max's Terrors" 2:23
15."Sergei's Circus" 4:06
16."Gidget's Mission" 2:22
17."Snowball's Swirl" 1:37
18."Sergei" 2:58
19."Herding" 7:05
20."Wolves & Daisy" 1:45
21."Max Finds His Howl" 0:51
22."Inner Rooster" 4:27
23."Goodbye Farm" 0:52
24."Train Chase" 7:21
25."Panda" Kevin Hart 0:44

Additional music

Film music not included in the album: [19]

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes: [20]

Orchestra
Vocalists
Instruments

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