Michael Crawford

This is a review of the motion picture score for Wall-E by Thomas Newman. “There is enough music on this score to satisfy both Disney and Thomas Newman fans” Disney and Pixar are back again with their latest 3D animated motion picture. It’s not Randy Newman doing the soundtrack this time but Thomas Newman. At least they keep it in the family. Thomas Newman also composed for Finding Nemo in 2003. He doesn’t do too many animated movies and mostly stick to drama movies. Wall-E is about a lonely waste allocation robot, who’s left alone on earth after all humans left the planet. Wall*E ... Read Full Story

Release Date: June 24, 2008 Composer: Thomas Newman Label: Walt Disney Records Quality: VBR Purchase from: iTunes | Amazon Description: "The soundtrack was released on June 24, 2008. The album features excerpts from "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" and "It Only Takes a Moment" (both sung by Michael Crawford) from the Hello, Dolly! soundtrack, and "La Vie en Rose" by Louis Armstrong, as well as an original composition, "Down to Earth" by Peter Gabriel. The music was mainly composed by Thomas Newman with orchestration credit to Carl Johnson, JAC Redford, Thomas Pasatieri, and Gary K. Thomas. Newman previously scored Finding Nemo. Almost all other ... Read Full Story

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