The Bob's Burgers Movie [A Major Motion Burger Soundtrack]

by Bob's Burgers

Overview

With the exception of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, no American television show of the 2010s has made better and more entertaining use of original songs than Bob's Burgers, the animated sitcom about the travails of the Belcher Family as they live their lives and struggle to keep their burger restaurant above water. The show's creator, Loren Bouchard, enjoys having his characters burst into song, and he and his music staff have written enough witty, engaging, and genuinely satisfying tunes for the show to fill two healthy albums that have been issued to the delight of the show's fans. 2022 saw the release of The Bob's Burgers Movie, a feature film that gave the characters a chance to tell a story on a larger and more elaborate scale than was possible in 30 minutes of prime-time TV, and predictably, The Bob's Burgers Movie (A Major Motion Burger Soundtrack) opens with three songs that play on a larger stage than anything on the TV series. "Sunny Side Up Summer" and "Lucky Ducks" are elaborate production numbers in the movie, and heard on this album, they give the voice actors a chance to shine with songs that help advance the narrative and focus the characters while also generating laughs, especially Kristen Schaal, who as Louise Belcher gets a major showpiece in both songs, and Eugene Mirman as Gene, who takes center stage in the grand finale "The Itty Bitty Ditty Committee/My Burger Buns." The arrangements also fill out the sound and style of the show's musical vignettes, especially in the whimsical use of woodwinds, brass, hand percussion, and low-budget keyboards. The three songs are good enough that you can't help but wish there were more of them, but the rest of The Bob's Burgers Movie (A Major Motion Burger Soundtrack) is taken up by Tim Davies' background score for the picture, with the exception of instrumental versions of "Sunny Side Up Summer" and "Lucky Ducks," handy for your next karaoke party. Since the film trades in drama and suspense almost as much as laughs, for the most part this sounds like a typical set of musical cues for a major motion picture, and while the music is well-crafted, like most movie soundtracks, it doesn't sound as vital when heard without the accompanying visuals. In short, The Bob's Burgers Movie (A Major Motion Burger Soundtrack) gives you three great songs and a bunch of glossy, high-quality filler, and it's hard not to wish the album had been enlivened with additional dialogue excerpts, or perhaps an extended dance remix of "The Itty Bitty Ditty Committee/My Burger Buns." Here's hoping the sequel is an opera. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	01/13/2023
Label:	Hollywood / Hollywood Records
UPC:	0050087510404

Tracks

1. Sunny Side Up Summer
2. Lucky Ducks
3. Not That Evil
4. The Itty Bitty Ditty Committee/My Burger Buns
5. Opening, Six Years Ago [Instrumental]
6. No One Came in Today [Instrumental]
7. Emergency Kid Meeting [Instrumental]
8. Try to Look Like Alley Trash [Instrumental]
9. Treehouse Go [Instrumental]
10. He's Here [Instrumental]
11. Tina You Go First [Instrumental]
12. Left at the Clown Head [Instrumental]
13. Brave Little Cart [Instrumental]
14. Go Burger People Go [Instrumental]
15. Would It Be Faster to Get Out and Walk? [Instrumental]
16. These Friggin' Ears [Instrumental]
17. The Mole Hill [Instrumental]
18. Sunny Side Up Summer [Instrumental]
19. Lucky Ducks [Instrumental]
20. My Butt Has a Fever

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob's Burgers   Primary Artist
Kevin Kline   Primary Artist
Eugene Mirman   Primary Artist
Dan Mintz   Primary Artist
Paul F. Tompkins   Primary Artist
John Roberts   Primary Artist
David Wain   Primary Artist
Zach Galifianakis   Primary Artist
Larry Murphy   Primary Artist
Kristen Schaal   Primary Artist
Jon Benjamin   Primary Artist
John Q. Kubin   Primary Artist
Chris Maxwell   Vocals (Background)
Phil Hernandez   Vocals (Background)
Nicole Bayer   Vocals (Background)
Brian Huskey   Vocals (Background)
Brent Knopf   Vocals (Background)
Nora Smith   Vocals (Background)
Loren Bouchard   Vocals (Background)
Tim Dacey   Vocals (Background)
Angelica Cox   Vocals (Background)
Patrick Dacey   Vocals (Background)
Emily Goldstein   Vocals (Background)
Brooke Dillman   Vocals (Background)
Nicole Byer   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Shirley Walker   Composer
Chris Maxwell   Composer
Carmine Coppola   Composer
Mike Kalajian   Mastering Engineer
Phil Hernandez   Composer
Kelly Pratt   Recording Arranger
Alex Prieto   Mixing
Greg Hayes   Mixing,Recording
John Dylan Keith   Composer
Matt Friedman   Assistant Engineer
Noah Snyder   Recording
Elizabeth Wilson   Editing
Tim Davies   Recording Arranger
Brent Knopf   Composer,Recording Arranger
Gavin Paddock   Mixing
Nora Smith   Composer,Lyricist
Loren Bouchard   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Recording Arranger
Tim Dacey   Mixing,Editing,Composer,Recording Arranger
Patrick Dacey   Composer
Catherine Wilson   Editing
Noah Scot Snyder   Recording