Stuart Little 2

by Stuart Little 2 / O.s.t.

Overview

The soundtrack album for Stuart Little 2 is dominated by cheery pop/rock songs performed by artists affiliated with its releasing label, Epic Records. (Since this is a "music from and inspired by" album, some may not really be in the film.) Celine Dion occupies the position taken by Trisha Yearwood on the soundtrack to Stuart Little in 1999, singing an upbeat rhythm number called "I'm Alive." Other songs, such as Chantal Kreviazuk's "Another Small Adventure," Shawn Colvin's "Hold on to the Good Things," and Billy Gilman's "Count on Me," continue the sunny sentiments, and while Vitamin C's "Smile" acknowledges that life is not always peaches and cream, she admonishes "put a smile on your face, make the world a better place" over and over in the chorus. Making the world a better place is also the message of Mary Mary's remake of Jackie DeShannon's 1969 hit "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," one of several old songs presumably included to make parents and grandparents feel at home in the theater. The other revival of such a song is Nathan Lane's big-band version of "One," the 1969 hit by Three Dog Night written by Harry Nilsson. Lane provides the voice of a cat in the picture. Just where Steppenwolf's 1968 heavy metal anthem "Born to be Wild" or Gilbert O'Sullivan's maudlin 1972 chart-topper "Alone Again (Naturally)," in which he contemplates suicide and describes the death of his parents, fit into this scenario is not clear. But soundtrack albums of pop songs often don't make much sense unless you've seen the movies they come from. As with the first Stuart Little soundtrack, Alan Silvestri's score is restricted to two tracks. On them, he sounds like a John Williams wannabe, trying for grand themes among the by-the-numbers suspense and resolution music. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	07/16/2002
Label:	Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0696998671928

Tracks

1. I'm Alive
2. Put a Little Love in Your Heart
3. Top of the World
4. Another Small Adventure
5. One
6. What I Like About You
7. Hold on to the Good Things
8. Count on Me
9. Smile
10. Alone Again (Naturally)
11. Born to Be Wild
12. Little Angel of Mine
13. Falcon Finito
14. Silver Lining

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nathan Lane   Primary Artist
Gilbert O'Sullivan   Primary Artist
Mandy Moore   Primary Artist
Shawn Colvin   Primary Artist
Steppenwolf   Primary Artist
Vitamin C   Primary Artist
Mary Mary   Primary Artist
The Romantics   Primary Artist
Alan Silvestri   Primary Artist,Conductor
Celine Dion   Primary Artist
Chantal Kreviazuk   Primary Artist
No Secrets   Primary Artist
Billy Gilman   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Raine Maida   Producer,Composer
Jason Pennock   Producer
Jimmy Holiday   Composer
Lia Vollack   Soundtrack Producer
Randy Myers   Composer
No Secrets   Performer
Michael Patterson   Mixing
Ric Wake   Producer
Leah Haywood   Composer
Kevin Harp   Assistant
Gilbert O'Sullivan   Composer
Lucy Fisher   Executive Producer
Gordon Mills   Producer
Harry Nilsson   Composer
Chris Holmes   Assistant Engineer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Glen Brunman   Soundtrack Producer
Mandy Moore   Performer
Holly Knight   Composer
Jimmy Marinos   Composer
Jack Kugell   Arranger,Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Shawn Colvin   Performer
Steppenwolf   Performer
Andreas Carlsson   Composer
Andy Marvel   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Bob Clearmountain   Mixing
Billy Gilman   Performer
Billy Mann   Arranger,Producer
Kristian Lundin   Composer,Producer
Colleen Fitzpatrick   Composer
Chuck Zwicky   Engineer
Jackie DeShannon   Composer
Jeff Rothschild   Assistant
Mars Bonfire   Composer
Humberto Gatica   Mixing
David Thoener   Mixing
Peter Solley   Producer
Richie Jones   Producer
Matty Spindel   Mixing
Mike Skill   Composer
Alan Silvestri   Composer,Producer
Marc Greene   Engineer
Marc Tanner   Producer
Larry Blank   Producer
Mike Berkowitz   Music Contractor
David Slonaker   Orchestration
Roxanne Seeman   Composer
Ross Petersen   Engineer
Douglas Wick   Executive Producer
Kenneth Karman   Music Editor
Jacqueline Tager   Assistant Music Editor
Sandy De Crescent   Orchestra Contractor
Gina Fant-Saez   Assistant
Jeffrey Cohen   Composer
Warryn Campbell   Producer
Gabriel Mekler   Producer
Gregg Wattenberg   Engineer,Producer
Celine Dion   Performer
Chantal Kreviazuk   Composer,Performer
Garry Hughes   Producer
Dennis Sands   Mixing,Engineer
Josh Deutsch   Composer,Producer
Madeline Stone   Composer
Mark McKenzie   Orchestration
Lloyd Puckitt   Engineer