| Despicable Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Pharrell Williams and various artists | ||||
| Released | July 9, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | September 2008–January 2010 | |||
| Studio | Midnight Blue Studios in Miami, FL The Record Plant in Los Angeles, CA | |||
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| Length | 35:09 | |||
| Label | Interscope • Star Trak | |||
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| Despicable Me chronology | ||||
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Despicable Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, and it was released on July 6, 2010. It features new songs from the film written, performed, produced and/or composed by Pharrell Williams, and performances by Destinee & Paris, The Sylvers, Robin Thicke, The Bee Gees, and David Bisbal.[1] A soundtrack album including the many other songs that appear in the film has been unofficially unreleased.
The film's score was composed by Pharrell Williams & Heitor Pereira and produced by Hans Zimmer. It was recorded with a 67-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox.[2] As of December 30, 2010, the film's score had not been officially released; however, 8 tracks appeared on MagicBoxMusic.com in November 2010.[3][4]
Two of the songs that appeared in the film, "Despicable Me" and "Prettiest Girls", appeared on the Best Original Song shortlist for the 83rd Academy Awards.[5]
Rip Slyme provides the theme song for the Japanese release for the first film "Good Times (Bad Times remix)".[6]
- ^ "DESPICABLE ME: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Album to be Released July 6 on Star Trak/Interscope". PR Newswire. June 15, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ Goldwasser, Dan (June 30, 2010). "Heitor Pereira scores 'Despicable Me'". ScoringSessions.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
- ^ "Despicable Me" Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine. MagicBoxMusic.com. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Mika (November 10, 2010). "'Despicable Me' Promo Score (2010)". TheNeptunes.org. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ^ "Oscar Taps 41 Movie Tunes For Original Song Category". Deadline Hollywood. December 15, 2010. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
- ^ "少女時代にRip Slymeが対抗 映画『怪盗グルーの月泥棒 3D』の日本版主題歌決定". 5 October 2016.