Bolt (Soundtrack)

The soundtracks starts with a couple of songs. The first is a song performed by Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, titled "I Thought I'd Lost You", the second is performed by Jenny Lewis and titled "Barking At The Moon". Both songs are pretty catchy and fit into the country music genre. Only the second song though actually appears in the film. The first song is probably played over the end credits.

The rest of the soundtrack features the score by John Powell. I really enjoyed listening to this soundtrack and couldn't pick out a bad track. There were some really good outstanding tracks as well, and Bolt sits comfortably amongst Powell's great animated scores, such as Ice Age: The Meltdown.

There are a number of action cues on the soundtrack, but this just fits with the film which did have a lot of action scenes. Some are better than others, and there are a couple of outstanding ones, but there definitely aren't any bad ones.

As for the other tracks, they're great too. They're mostly light hearted tracks that are real fun to listen too. There aren't too many emotional cues on the soundtrack, but the ones that there are, are very good. "Where Were You On St Rhino's Day?" is one of the emotional ones. Whilst it doesn't start off that great it does build up and makes quite a beautiful listen by the end.

Some of my favourite cues include, "Bolt Transforms", "The RV Park", "A Fast Train", "Saving Mittens", "House On Wheels", "Rescuing Penny", "Unbelievable TV", and "Home At Last / Barking At The Moon (Reprise)".

This is a must buy for any Powell fan and for anyone who has listened to one of his animated scores and loved it. Or if you fit into neither of those categories then simply buy this if you like listening to fun soundtracks.

Can't wait for Powell's score to Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs now.