We welcome you and all fairytale creatures across the land to our 37th Score Guide! Will & Wend set off from Duloc to embark on a great and noble quest to guide their loyal listenership through the masterful score to the 2001 Academy Award-winning, DreamWorks animation, Shrek by Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell.
Your hosts journey past French Merry Men, slime-covered toadstools and nice boulders, to discuss, analyse and gush over the themes, leitmotifs, hidden roto toms, and all their favourite musical moments in each cue, taking you, the listener, on an informative and entertaining track-by-track ride through the rare but extensive soundtrack release.
Prepare for a gushing!
Release
Shrek Varèse Sarabande (2001)
Timestamps
0:00 – Intro Tag: Todd Horan
4:01 – 1. Fairytale
7:03 – 2. Ogre Hunters/Fairytale Deathcamp
12:57 – 3. Donkey Meets Shrek
15:30 – 4. Eating Alone
18:39 – 5. Uninvited Guests
23:41 – 6. March of Farquaad
26:31 – 7. The Perfect King
28:20 – 8. Welcome to Duloc
30:31 – Halloween Version
32:31 – 9. Tournament Speech
33:27 – 10. What Kind of Quest
39:07 – 11. Dragon!/Fiona Awakens
43:59 – 12. One of a Kind Knight
47:18 – 13. Saving Donkey’s Ass
49:17 – 14. Escape From the Dragon
56:06 – 15. Helmet Hair
57:19 – 16. Delivery Boy Shrek/Making Camp
1:00:09 – 17. Friends Journey to Duloc
1:03:22 – 18. Starry Night
1:06:56 – 19. Singing Princess
1:11:08 – 20. Better Out Than In/Sunflower/I’ll Tell Him
1:15:02 – 21. Merry Men
1:18:08 – 22. Fiona Kicks Ass
1:20:41 – 23. Fiona’s Secret
1:24:19 – 24. Why Wait to Be Wed/You Thought Wrong
It is time once again to talk about a composer we’ve barely mentioned on the show. Join Will & Wend in San Ricardo for their score guide to the 2011 Dreamworks animation Puss in Boots and it’s amazing film score by the talented English film composer Henry Jackman.
Produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Chris Miller, this spin-off prequel to the Shrek franchise features music which plays to the comedy, excitement, adventure, spirit and magic of this imaginative fairytale. Inspired by one of the most important Spanish composers of the 20th Century, Manuel de Falla, Henry Jackman used folk instruments from Latin America and blended the incredible guitar talents of Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela with an orchestral palette influenced by Debussy and Ravel to create the score.
It is our pleasure to guide you through this under-appreciated and rarely talked about underscore, so sit back, relax, tap your feet and enjoy our 12th Score Guide as we explore the highly rhythmic and melodic instrumentation on show here, discussing all our favourite themes and musical moments whilst providing you, our attentive and gracious listener, with an entertaining and informative accompaniment to one of our favourite Henry Jackman scores.
Link to the relaxed, entertaining and enjoyable podcast Talk and Trivia with J&J!
Release
Puss in Boots Sony Classical (2011)
Timestamps
00:00 – Intro Tag: Rob & Jordan Dodson
07:17 – 1. A Bad Kitty
09:11 – 2. One Leche
11:14 – 3. Jack and Jill
12:54 – Accordion Source Music
13:32 – 4. Holy Frijoles
15:31 – 5. Chasing Tail
17:17 – 6. Diablo Rojo (Written and Performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela)
19:59 – 7. Humpty Dumpty & Kitty Softpaws
21:09 – 8. The Orphanage
24:25 – 9. Honor and Justice
26:07 – 10. That Fateful Night
28:28 – 11. The Wagon Chase
29:33 – 12. Team Effort
30:18 – 13. Planting the Beans
32:23 – 14. The Magic Beanstalk
34:20 – 15. Castle in the Clouds
36:05 – 16. Golden Goose of Legend
39:26 – 17. Hanuman (Written and Performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela)
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