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WALL*E

06/24/2008 | Walt Disney Records 

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All Music Guide Review

The makers of the Walt Disney/PIXAR CGI-animated movie WALL·E, which concerns the adventures of a cute robot in a post-apocalyptic future, must have had quite a budget. Thomas Newman has composed what sounds like five different movie scores for it, and he has gotten a giant studio orchestra (there are 52 violinists, just to begin with) as well as plenty of other instrumentalists to play it. There are grand orchestral themes full of lush string playing; stirring action music; cues that sound like they combine sound effects with the music; contemporary pop tunes; and even a complement of those quirky little motifs, usually played on odd instruments, that are Newman's signature as a composer. (Think of the theme he wrote for the TV series Six Feet Under.) As if that's not enough, there are plot-derived excerpts from the soundtrack to Hello, Dolly!, Louis Armstrong playing and singing "La Vie en Rose," and, last but not least, a story-concluding song by Peter Gabriel that should earn him (and Newman) an Academy Award nomination for best song. Clearly, the music plays a big part in WALL·E, and Newman has done his part to make it another hit from the already wildly successful PIXAR animation studio. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Put on Your Sunday Clothes
  • 1:17

  • 2
  • 2815 A.D.
  • 3:28

  • 3
  • Wall·E
  • 1:59

  • 4
  • The Spaceship
  • 1:41

  • 5
  • Eve
  • 1:02

  • 6
  • Thrust
  • 0:41

  • 7
  • Bubble Wrap
  • 0:50

  • 8
  • La Vie en Rose
  • 3:24

  • 9
  • Eye Surgery
  • 0:40

  • 10
  • Worry Wait
  • 1:19

  • 11
  • First Date
  • 1:19

  • 12
  • Eve Retrieve
  • 2:19

  • 13
  • The Axiom
  • 2:24

  • 14
  • BNL
  • 0:20
  • 15
  • Foreign Contaminant
  • 2:06

  • 16
  • Repair Ward
  • 2:20

  • 17
  • 72 Degrees and Sunny
  • 3:12

  • 18
  • Typing Bot
  • 0:47

  • 19
  • Septuacentennial
  • 0:14
  • 20
  • Gopher
  • 0:40

  • 21
  • WALL·E's Pod Adventure
  • 1:13

  • 22
  • Define Dancing
  • 2:23

  • 23
  • No Splashing No Diving
  • 0:47

  • 24
  • All That Love's About
  • 0:37

  • 25
  • M-O
  • 0:46

  • 26
  • Directive A-113
  • 2:05

  • 27
  • Mutiny!
  • 1:29

  • 28
  • Fixing Wall·E
  • 2:07

  • 29
  • Rogue Robots
  • 2:02

  • 30
  • March of the Gels
  • 0:54

  • 31
  • Tilt
  • 2:00

  • 32
  • The Holo-Detector
  • 1:07

  • 33
  • Hyperjump
  • 1:04

  • 34
  • Desperate Eve
  • 0:56

  • 35
  • Static
  • 1:43

  • 36
  • It Only Takes a Moment
  • 1:07

  • 37
  • Down to Earth
  • 5:58

  • 38
  • Horizon 12.2
  • 1:27

  • Credits

    • Ben Burtt
    • Sound Effects, Voice Design, Voice Engineer
    • Larry Mah
    • Digital Remastering, Digital Recording
    • Steve Tavaglione
    • Flute, Harp, Brass, EWI, Whistle (Instrument), Whistle (Human)
    • Bill Bernstein
    • Guitar (Bass), Lyricist, Music Editor, Ambience, Producer
    • Daniel Greco
    • Percussion, Metal Objects, Flapamba, Bass Marimba, Drums (Snare), Tympani (Timpani), Drums (Bass)
    • George Doering
    • Dulcimer, Autoharp, Harp, Valiha, Coordination, Epinette, Sound Coordinator, Contrabass Guitar, E-Bow, Guitar (Electric)
    • Michael Fisher
    • Percussion, Drums (Bass), Tympani (Timpani), Marimba, Drums, Drums (Snare), Cajon, Clay Drums, Metal Objects, Flapamba, Metal Percussion, Floor Tom, Vibraphone
    • Steve Kujala
    • Flute, Flute (Alto), Flute (Bass), Whistle (Instrument), Piccolo

    Notes

    Nominee - 51st GRAMMY® Awards
    Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
    (Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)
    Wall-E
    Thomas Newman, composer

    Best Instrumental Arrangement
    (An Arranger's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
    "Define Dancing (From Wall-E)"
    Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman)

    Nominee - 51st GRAMMY® Awards
    Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
    (A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
    "Down To Earth" (From Wall-E)
    Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel)



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