Shrek (soundtrack)

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Shrek (Music from the Original Motion Picture) is the soundtrack album to the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film Shrek, released by DreamWorks Records on May 15, 2001. The album consisted of licensed contemporary songs ranging from the pop, pop rock and alternative rock genres. Shrek was one of the first mainstream animated films to use licensed songs instead of having pre-written musical material which was common in animated films during the Disney Renaissance era. The idea of utilizing pop songs had been considered through the discussions from directors Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, DreamWorks' CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, and music supervisor Marylata Elton Jacob, as they wanted the film's music to differ from the traditional animated films. Since Adamson and Jenson were not much privy to animated films, they approached Shrek as an independent film where the use of contemporary songs would provide depth and emotions to the characters, despite the film's medieval setting. Shrek's soundtrack was a commercial success topping the Billboard Soundtracks chart and entering the top-50 of several others upon release. It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling more than 2 million copies in the United States. Its success inspired the use of licensed songs in subsequent animated films. The soundtrack was nominated at the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and for the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media but lost the respective awards to Moulin Rouge! and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Since its release, the soundtrack has been considered a major cultural phenomenon.