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 Hans Zimmer and John PowellKung Fu Panda [US Original Soundtrack] Release Date: 2008 06 03 Running Time: 60:06 Label: Dreamworks SKG Rating:  |
Composers Hans Zimmer and John Powell infuse the score for Dreamworks' 2008 animated comedy-adventure Kung Fu Panda with plenty of semi-traditional Asian motifs and instrumentation, resulting in an enjoyable -- if entirely predictable -- soundtrack that deals out clichés like candy on Halloween. The opening track introduces the "Hero" theme, a wistful flute-led melody that sounds nearly identical to Howard Shore's "Hobbit" theme from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. What follows is largely orchestral, with bursts of tribal percussion and the occasional dance number. The soundtrack closes with star Jack Black and Cee-Lo Green performing "Kung Fu Fighting," a song whose inclusion is apparently mandatory for every film, commercial, or skit ever made involving Asian culture. James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Hero | Powell, Zimmer | 4:41 |
| 2 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Let The Tournament Begin | Powell, Zimmer | 1:58 |
| 3 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Dragon Warrior Is Among Us | Powell, Zimmer | 2:56 |
| 4 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Tai Lung Escapes | Powell, Zimmer | 7:05 |
| 5 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Peach Tree of Wisdom | Zimmer, Powell | 1:53 |
| 6 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Accu-Flashback | Zimmer, Powell | 4:04 |
| 7 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Impersonating Shifu | Zimmer, Powell | 2:17 |
| 8 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Sacred Pool of Tears | Powell, Zimmer | 9:50 |
| 9 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Training Po | Zimmer, Powell | 1:28 |
| 10 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~The Bridge | Powell, Zimmer | 3:22 |
| 11 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Shifu Faces Tai Lung | Zimmer, Powell | 4:46 |
| 12 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~The Dragon Scroll | Powell, Zimmer | 2:31 |
| 13 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Po Vs Tai Lung | Zimmer, Powell | 2:40 |
| 14 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Dragon Warrior Rises | Powell, Zimmer | 3:22 |
| 15 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Panda Po | Zimmer, Powell | 2:39 |
| 16 | Kung Fu Panda, film score~Oogway Ascends | Powell, Zimmer | 2:03 |
| 17 | Kung Fu Fighting, song (as used in the film Kung Fu Panda) | Douglas | 2:31 |
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