Toy Story (soundtrack)

Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Randy Newman
ReleasedNovember 22, 1995
Recorded1994–1995
Studio
Genre
Length53:51
LabelWalt Disney
Producer
  • Chris Montan
  • Frank Wolf
  • Don Davis
  • Jim Flamberg
  • Randy Newman
Randy Newman chronology
Maverick (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1994) 		Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1995) 		James and the Giant Peach (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1996)
Pixar soundtrack chronology
Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1995) 		A Bug's Life (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1998)
Singles from Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  1. "You've Got a Friend in Me"
    Released: April 12, 1996[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Filmtracks[3]
Movie Wave[4]

Toy Story is the soundtrack album for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story, with music composed, conducted, and performed by Randy Newman. The soundtrack includes the film score, as well as three original songs written and performed by Newman. It was released by Walt Disney Records on November 22, 1995, the week of the film's release, and the first soundtrack album from a Pixar film.[5][6]

The soundtrack for Toy Story received praise for its "sprightly, stirring score".[5] It received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Song ("You've Got a Friend in Me"). Despite the album's critical success, the soundtrack only peaked at number 94 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart.[7] A cassette and CD single release of "You've Got a Friend in Me" was released on April 12, 1996, to promote the soundtrack's release.[1]

After it went out of print, the album was made available for purchase digitally in retailers such as iTunes.[6] The soundtrack, along with Newman's complete unreleased score for the film was remastered and reissued on July 17, 2015 as the tenth entry of The Legacy Collection series.

  1. ^ a b "You've Got a Friend in Me > Overview". AllMusic. Macrovision. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
  2. ^ "Toy Story [Original Soundtrack] - Randy Newman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Filmtracks: Toy Story (Randy Newman)". www.filmtracks.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Newman: Toy Story". www.movie-wave.net. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Toy Story". AllMusic. Macrovision. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Apple Inc. Archived from the original on May 11, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
  7. ^ "Toy Story > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Macrovision. Retrieved July 30, 2009.