Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Album: Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	American Empirical Pictures	More Info...	0:15
2)	The Ballad Of Davy Crockett	More Info...	1:40
3)	Mr. Fox in the Fields	More Info...	1:03
4)	Heroes And Villians 1999 Remastered	More Info...	3:37
5)	Fooba Wooba John	More Info...	1:07
6)	Boggis, Bunce and Bean	More Info...	0:51
7)	Jimmy Squirrel and Co.	More Info...	0:46
8)	Love Album Version	More Info...	1:49
9)	Buckeye Jim	More Info...	1:19
10)	High-Speed French Train	More Info...	1:26
11)	Whack-Bat Majorette	More Info...	2:57
12)	The Grey Goose	More Info...	2:49
13)	Bean’s Secret Cider Cellar	More Info...	2:07
14)	Une Petite Ile	More Info...	1:34
15)	Street Fighting Man	More Info...	3:15
16)	Fantastic Mr. Fox AKA Petey’s Song	More Info...	1:20
17)	Night and Day	More Info...	1:27
18)	Kristofferson’s Theme	More Info...	1:36
19)	Just Another Dead Rat in a Garbage Pail (behind a Chinese Restaurant)	More Info...	2:33
20)	Le Grand Choral	More Info...	2:24
21)	Great Harrowsford Square	More Info...	3:21
22)	Stunt Expo 2004	More Info...	2:28
23)	Canis Lupus	More Info...	1:16
24)	Ol' Man River	More Info...	1:18
25)	Let Her Dance	More Info...	2:35

Album: Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	American Empirical Pictures	More Info...	0:15
2)	The Ballad Of Davy Crockett	More Info...	1:40
3)	Mr. Fox in the Fields	More Info...	1:03
4)	Heroes And Villians 1999 Remastered	More Info...	3:37
5)	Fooba Wooba John	More Info...	1:07
6)	Boggis, Bunce and Bean	More Info...	0:51
7)	Jimmy Squirrel and Co.	More Info...	0:46
8)	Love Album Version	More Info...	1:49
9)	Buckeye Jim	More Info...	1:19
10)	High-Speed French Train	More Info...	1:26
11)	Whack-Bat Majorette	More Info...	2:57
12)	The Grey Goose	More Info...	2:49
13)	Bean’s Secret Cider Cellar	More Info...	2:07
14)	Une Petite Ile	More Info...	1:34
15)	Street Fighting Man	More Info...	3:15
16)	Fantastic Mr. Fox AKA Petey’s Song	More Info...	1:20
17)	Night and Day	More Info...	1:27
18)	Kristofferson’s Theme	More Info...	1:36
19)	Just Another Dead Rat in a Garbage Pail (behind a Chinese Restaurant)	More Info...	2:33
20)	Le Grand Choral	More Info...	2:24
21)	Great Harrowsford Square	More Info...	3:21
22)	Stunt Expo 2004	More Info...	2:28
23)	Canis Lupus	More Info...	1:16
24)	Ol' Man River	More Info...	1:18
25)	Let Her Dance	More Info...	2:35

Performer Notes

Audio Mixer: Andrew Dudman.
Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Studios Guillaume Tell, Paris, France.
Nearly all of Wes Anderson's films have had a strong sense of childlike wonder, but Fantastic Mr. Fox, which is based on Roald Dahl's charming book, is his first film specifically for children. The movie's soundtrack manages to take nearly all of Anderson's musical fascinations -- Anglophilia, Francophilia, '60s pop and rock, and music from other, gentler, and/or quirkier times -- and tailor them to a younger audience. Though Anderson's films and their soundtracks have been criticized for valuing style over substance, Fantastic Mr. Fox's stylization is fitting, given that the film's characters are stop-motion animal puppets. The soundtrack's songs and Alexandre Desplat's score mix delicacy and rough-and-tumble energy while reminding listeners of what children's movies and music used to be like before being cool took precedence over everything else. While there are two songs from Anderson favorites the Beach Boys, ("Heroes and Villains" and "Ol' Man River"), it's Burl Ives who contributes the most songs to Fantastic Mr. Fox. Ives' grandfatherly tone made him one of the most enduring and endearing voices in children's entertainment, and the tracks that appear here ("Fooba Wooba John," "Buckeye Jim," and "The Grey Goose") dig into his pastoral folk roots. Likewise, the Wellingtons' "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" conjures instant nostalgia and childhood adventure, both of which are echoed in Desplat's score. Cues like "Jimmy Squirrel and Co." and "Boggis, Bunce, and Bean" are as twinkly and precious as previous Anderson film scores, but more rural elements like banjo and Jew's harp roughen them up enough to fit in with the soundtrack's overall folky feel. Meanwhile, "Just Another Dead Rat in a Garbage Pail (Behind a Chinese Restaurant)," "Great Harrowsford Square," and "Stunt Expo 2004" have a spaghetti western-like air of danger and intrigue that sets the stage for the somber "Canis Lupis" and Georges Delerue's noble "Le Grand Choral." Moodier moments aside, Fantastic Mr. Fox is mostly gleeful, especially on the Bobby Fuller Four's "Let Her Dance," Jarvis Cocker's "Fantastic Mr. Fox aka Petey's Song," and the Rolling Stones' "Street Fighting Man" -- this may be one of the only children's films where a song about "violent revolution" is actually appropriate. While this album is less about digging into Anderson's deep record collection than his other film's soundtracks have been, Fantastic Mr. Fox may be the most purely joyous one since Rushmore.

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