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Randy Newman
Meet the Fockers
Release Date: 2005 01 11
Running Time: 37:18
Label: Varèse Sarabande
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With songs and a small score by Randy Newman, as well as tracks by Canned Heat and Tim Hardin, Meet the Fockers is a short, often perfunctory-feeling soundtrack. Indeed, the soundtrack to the movie's predecessor, Meet the Parents -- which also featured songs and a score by Newman -- had one-and-a-half times as many tracks on it. More disappointing is that what is here feels scattered and deflated. Newman's songs, "We're Gonna Get Married" and "Crazy 'Bout My Baby," are breezy and humorous enough, but aren't all that developed. His score fares better, but cartoony cues like "Baby and Me" and "Jack" still feel more serviceable than inspired. The film's theme, which mixes tiptoeing pizzicato strings with wacky brass and saccharine flutes, is, for better or worse, an accurate portrayal of Meet the Fockers' mix of broad humor and sentimentality. "Suspicious Mind" also works well, managing to sound tense, funny, and smart. Though the soundtrack includes only a handful of pop songs, Canned Heat's "Going Up the Country" and Tim Hardin's "If I Were a Carpenter" evoke the hippie roots of the Focker family. A pair of dubby tracks by HeadBone, "Wilderness (Dub)" and "Dancing," round out the album. Die-hard Meet the Fockers fans might need this soundtrack, but it probably won't satisfy anyone else. Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Meet the Fockers, film score~We're Gonna Get MarriedNewman2:23
2Meet the Fockers, film score~Crazy 'Bout My BabyNewman2:48
3Meet the Fockers, film score~Baby and MeNewman2:11
4Meet the Fockers, film score~JackNewman2:56
5Meet the Fockers, film score~Meet The FockersNewman4:20
6Meet the Fockers, film score~Suspicious MindNewman3:18
7Meet the Fockers, film score~The ShotNewman2:12
8Meet the Fockers, film score~Here's My Plan / It's All Right NowNewman4:21
9Meet the Fockers, film score~Going Up The Country (Written by Alan C. WWilson2:51
10Meet the Fockers, film score~If I Were A Carpenter (Written by Tim HardHardin2:41
11Meet the Fockers, film score~Wilderness (Dub) (Written by Bruno Coon) [Coon3:35
12Meet the Fockers, film score~Dancing (Written by Bruno Coon)Coon3:42







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