Name: Wreck-It Ralph [Original Score] *
Brand: Walt Disney
SKU: 63649953
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Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Wreck-It Ralph [Original Score] *

Rating

Album: Wreck-It Ralph [Original Score] *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	When Can I See You Again?
2)	Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph
3)	Celebration
4)	Sugar Rush
5)	Bug Hunt [Noisia Remix]
6)	Shut Up and Drive
7)	Wreck-It Ralph: Wreck-It Ralph
8)	Wreck-It Ralph: Life In The Arcade
9)	Wreck-It Ralph: Jumping Ship
10)	Wreck-It Ralph: Rocket Fiasco
11)	Wreck-It Ralph: Vanellope Von Schweetz
12)	Wreck-It Ralph: Royal Raceway
13)	Wreck-It Ralph: Cupcake Breakout
14)	Wreck-It Ralph: Candy Vandals
15)	Wreck-It Ralph: Turbo Flashback
16)	Wreck-It Ralph: Laffy Taffies
17)	Wreck-It Ralph: One Minute To Win It
18)	Wreck-It Ralph: Vanellope's Hideout
19)	Wreck-It Ralph: Messing With The Program
20)	Wreck-It Ralph: King Candy
21)	Wreck-It Ralph: Broken-Karted
22)	Wreck-It Ralph: Out Of The Penthouse, Off To The Race
23)	Wreck-It Ralph: Sugar Rush Showdown
24)	Wreck-It Ralph: You're My Hero
25)	Wreck-It Ralph: Arcade Finale
26)	[CD-ROM Track]

Album: Wreck-It Ralph [Original Score] *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	When Can I See You Again?
2)	Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph
3)	Celebration
4)	Sugar Rush
5)	Bug Hunt [Noisia Remix]
6)	Shut Up and Drive
7)	Wreck-It Ralph: Wreck-It Ralph
8)	Wreck-It Ralph: Life In The Arcade
9)	Wreck-It Ralph: Jumping Ship
10)	Wreck-It Ralph: Rocket Fiasco
11)	Wreck-It Ralph: Vanellope Von Schweetz
12)	Wreck-It Ralph: Royal Raceway
13)	Wreck-It Ralph: Cupcake Breakout
14)	Wreck-It Ralph: Candy Vandals
15)	Wreck-It Ralph: Turbo Flashback
16)	Wreck-It Ralph: Laffy Taffies
17)	Wreck-It Ralph: One Minute To Win It
18)	Wreck-It Ralph: Vanellope's Hideout
19)	Wreck-It Ralph: Messing With The Program
20)	Wreck-It Ralph: King Candy
21)	Wreck-It Ralph: Broken-Karted
22)	Wreck-It Ralph: Out Of The Penthouse, Off To The Race
23)	Wreck-It Ralph: Sugar Rush Showdown
24)	Wreck-It Ralph: You're My Hero
25)	Wreck-It Ralph: Arcade Finale
26)	[CD-ROM Track]

Performer Notes

Audio Mixer: Alan Meyerson.
Recording information: Sony Pictures Studios.
Arranger: Matthew Margeson.
The team behind Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, the tale of a video game villain who wants to go good, committed to authenticity at every level of the movie, from including Q-Bert and and Clyde (aka the orange ghost from Pac-Man) as minor characters to making sure the film's music conveyed the golden age of arcade games and the feel of the games that followed. Wreck-It-Ralph shows that composer Henry Jackman and the other artists featured here did an impressive job of capturing that spirit without getting geeky enough to alienate anyone not steeped in gamer culture. That said, this soundtrack relishes that culture, most notably on "Wreck-It, Wreck-It-Ralph" by Buckner & Garcia, the duo who had their fingers on the pulse of the early '80s with "Pac-Man Fever." While "Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph" isn't quite as charmingly wacky as its predecessor, it still harks back to a time when a hit song could be written about a video game, instead of a game including a hit song on its soundtrack. Elsewhere, the J-pop group AKB48 embodies the kawaii feel of many Japanese games with the theme song for the candy-based racing game "Sugar Rush," while Skrillex's "Bug Hunt (Noisia Remix)" delivers a more-than-reasonable facsimile of the tense, aggressive music that soundtracks the first-person shooters of the 21st century. Jackman's score mostly follows suit, especially when it incorporates electronic elements as on "Royal Raceway"'s bleepy synth-pop paradise, the brilliantly rudimentary 8-bit doodles of "Life in the Arcade," or the relentless beat of "Rocket Fiasco." However, Jackman's music also relies heavily on orchestral arrangements that, while perfectly effective and even inspired in some cases ("Vanellope von Schweetz"'s playful pauses and dynamics recall the way Looney Tunes used these kind of cues) aren't quite as distinctive as an all- or mostly electronic score would have been. While Wreck-It-Ralph misses out on being a Tron for the preteen set, the soundtrack still scores high when it comes to playfulness and devotion to its subject matter. ~ Heather Phares