Muppets Most Wanted (soundtrack)

Muppets Most Wanted: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is a soundtrack album released by Walt Disney Records on March 18, 2014 for the musical comedy film Muppets Most Wanted. The soundtrack features six original songs, two re-recordings of popular Muppet songs ("The Muppet Show Theme" and "Together Again"), three cover versions of existing songs (Allen Toussaint's "Working in the Coal Mine", Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger", and Los del Río's "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"), an orchestral suite by Christophe Beck, five demos by Bret McKenzie, and eight dialogue tracks.[3]
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Songs not included in the album, but featured in the film include "Long Train Runnin'" by The Doobie Brothers, "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men and Marvin Hamlisch's "I Hope I Get It" (from A Chorus Line).[4]
== Overview ==
In November 2012, it was announced that Bret McKenzie would be returning to write songs for Muppets Most Wanted following the success of its 2011 predecessor, The Muppets.[5] As opposed to the previous film, McKenzie wrote all of the original songs for Muppets Most Wanted; his songwriting influences for the film include the Sherman Brothers, Irving Berlin, Paul Williams, and Harry Nilsson.[6] With song ideas originating from short descriptions in the film's screenplay,[7] McKenzie developed numerous songs and performed demo versions of each by doing impressions of various Muppets. "I'm usually just on piano, with me singing and doing my now quite extensive catalog of Muppet impressions," said McKenzie. "I play a rough version then we get together and work out the best. James [Bobin] often has an idea that's visual that he needs to change the lyric to suit the visual and then we record it with the Muppets."[8]
A music video of McKenzie performing "I'll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu)" was released on March 19, 2014 on Funny or Die.[9]
== Track listing ==
No.	Title 	Writer(s) 	Artist(s) 	Length
1. 	"They've Ordered a Sequel" 	Dialogue 	Walter and Statler and Waldorf 	0:12
2. 	"We're Doing a Sequel" 	Bret McKenzie 	The Muppets with Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett 	4:16
3. 	"My Name First, Your Name" 	Dialogue 	Constantine and Ricky Gervais 	0:20
4. 	"I'm Number One" 	Bret McKenzie 	Constantine and Ricky Gervais 	2:29
5. 	"The Casa Grande" 	Dialogue 	Kermit, Tina Fey, Jemaine Clement, Danny Trejo, and Ray Liotta	0:12
6. 	"The Big House" 	Bret McKenzie 	Tina Fey and Josh Groban 	2:24
7. 	"Stick with Me" 	Dialogue 	Constantine and Miss Piggy 	0:03
8. 	"I'll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu)" 	Bret McKenzie 	Constantine 	2:46
9. 	"The Muppet Show Theme" 	Sam Pottle, Jim Henson 	Los Muppets 	2:56
10.	"Answer Some Questions" 	Dialogue 	Ty Burrell 	0:06
11.	"Interrogation Song" 	Bret McKenzie, Paul Roemen 	Ty Burrell, Sam Eagle, and The Muppets 	3:21
12.	"Oh Foo Foo, It's Always Been a Fight" 	Dialogue 	Miss Piggy and Foo Foo 	0:05
13.	"Something So Right" 	Bret McKenzie 	Miss Piggy, Kermit, Celine Dion, and The Muppets 	3:44
14.	"We're Goin' Underground" 	Dialogue 	Kermit 	0:04
15.	"Working in the Coal Mine" 	Allen Toussaint 	Jemaine Clement 	1:56
16.	"The Gulag Finale" 	Dialogue 	Kermit 	0:04
17.	"Together Again" 	Jeff Moss 	The Muppets and Josh Groban 	3:44
18.	"Moves Like Jagger" (featuring Pepe the King Prawn) 	Adam Levine, Benny Blanco, Ammar Malik, Shellback	Scooter and The Penguins 	5:44
19.	"Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)" 	Antonio Romero, Rafael Ruiz, Labou Lutz 	Miss Piggy, Manolo Flamingo, and Carlo Flamingo 	3:33
20.	"Muppets Most Wanted Score Suite" 	Christophe Beck 	Christophe Beck 	3:07
21.	"We're Doing a Sequel (Demo)" 	Bret McKenzie 	Bret McKenzie 	4:32
22.	"The Big House (Demo)" 	Bret McKenzie 	Bret McKenzie 	2:23
23.	"What You Want (Outtake)" 	Bret McKenzie 	Bret McKenzie 	2:31
24.	"I'll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu) (Demo)"	Bret McKenzie 	Bret McKenzie 	2:32
25.	"Something So Right (Demo)" 	Bret McKenzie 	Bret McKenzie 	4:09
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No. 	Title 	Writer(s) 	Artist(s) 	Length
26. 	"My Heart Will Go On" 	James Horner, Will Jennings 	Miss Piggy (Eric Jacobson) 	3:05
27. 	"The Muppet Show Theme" (German version)	Sam Pottle, Jim Henson 	Die Muppets 	1:00