The Grinch [Original Soundtrack]

• Artist: James Horner
• Rating:
• Release Date: November 07, 2000
• Type: Soundtrack, Christmas
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

The soundtrack to The Grinch, Ron Howard's live-action adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic Christmas story The Night the Grinch Stole Christmas, features excerpts from James Horner's score and pop renditions of favorite Christmas songs. Though a more typically quirky composer like Danny Elfman would have been a more obvious choice to score an off-kilter fantasy like this, Horner's compositions manage to strike a good balance between edgy humor and sentimentality. Of the Christmas tunes, Ben Folds Five's "Lonely Christmas Eve," the eels' "Christmas Is Going to the Dogs," and Busta Rhymes and Jim Carrey's duet on "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" are the standout tracks, but songs by 'N Sync, Smash Mouth, the Barenaked Ladies, Faith Hill, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra add an appropriately eclectic, whimsical touch to the soundtrack. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Movie Dialogue: Kids Today		Taylor Momsen, Jim Carrey	(:20)
Grinch 2000 (Lyrics)	Ted Geisel, Busta Rhymes, Albert Hague	Jim Carrey, Busta Rhymes	(3:20)
Green Christmas (Lyrics)	Steven Page, Ed Robertson	Barenaked Ladies	(3:34)
Christmas of Love	Rick Chertoff, David Forman, Rob Hyman	Little Isidore & the Inquisitors	(2:35)
Lonely Christmas Eve (Lyrics)	Ben Folds	Ben Folds	(2:19)
Movie Dialogue: Grinch Schedule		Jim Carrey	(:40)
Better Do It Right (Lyrics)	Greg Camp	Smash Mouth	(3:10)
Whoville Medley: Perfect Christmas Night/Grinch	Robert Kinkel, Paul O'Neill, Jon Oliva	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	(4:59)
Movie Dialogue: Reindeer		Jim Carrey	(:35)
Christmas Is Going to the Dogs (Lyrics)		Eels	(4:06)
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch	Ted Geisel, Albert Hague	Jim Carrey	(2:31)
Movie Dialogue: Christmas Means More		Anthony Hopkins, Jim Carrey	(:49)
You Don't Have to Be Alone (On Christmas)	Veit Renn, JC Chasez, David Nicoll	*NSYNC	(4:33)
Where Are You Christmas?	Mariah Carey, James Horner, Will Jennings	Faith Hill	(2:57)
The Shape of Things to Come (Lyrics)	James Horner, Cynthia Weil		(6:32)
Memories of a Green Childhood			(3:28)
Christmas, Why Can't I Find You? (Lyrics)	Will Jennings, James Horner	Taylor Momsen	(2:09)
Stealing Christmas			(6:55)
The Big Heist			(4:04)
Does Cindy Lou Really Ruin Christmas?			(4:09)
A Change of the Heart			(3:43)
The Sleigh of Presents			(6:01)
He Carves the Roast Beast	Albert Hague		(3:12)

Credits

Adam Barber (Engineer), Eels (Performer), Veit Renn (Producer), Barbara McDermott (Assistant Music Editor), Jim Henrikson (Music Editor), Jim Carrey (Dialogue), Paul O'Neill (Producer), John Paterno (Engineer), Eric Valentine (Mixing), Terry Robertson (Art Direction), Jay Selvester (Scoring Crew), Julian King (Engineer), Ben Folds (Mixing), Stewart Lerman (Mixing), George Mayers (Mixing), Randy Kerber (Orchestration), Steve Stoute (Executive Producer), Les Scurry (Production Coordination), Rob Hyman (Producer), Byron Gallimore (Producer), Kristen Smith (Scoring Crew), Brian Grazer (Executive Producer), Barenaked Ladies (Performer), Rick Chertoff (Producer), Dave Marquette (Engineer), Marc Gebauer (Scoring Crew), Ian Underwood (Sound Design), Eric Valentine (Producer), Ben Folds (Producer), Jim Scott (Engineer), James Horner (Producer), Taylor Momsen (Performer), Sandy DeCrescent (Orchestra Contractor), Simon Rhodes (Engineer), Busta Rhymes (Performer), *NSYNC (Performer), Stewart Lerman (Engineer), Rob Hyman (Engineer), Eric Valentine (Engineer), Ron Batzdorff (Photography), Ron Howard (Executive Producer), Todd Hallowell (Executive Producer), Simon Rhodes (Producer), Faith Hill (Producer), Dave Wittman (Engineer), Randy Kerber (Producer), James Horner (Conductor), Anthony Hopkins (Dialogue), Simon Rhodes (Mixing), James Horner (Score), Randy Kerber (Sound Design), Dave Wittman (Mixing), Chris Trevett (Mixing), Randy Kerber (Music Production Supervisor), George Mayers (Engineer), Little Isidore & the Inquisitors (Performer), Luana Jackman (Vocal Contractor), Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Performer), Smash Mouth (Performer), Richard Stone (Orchestration), Bob Bornstein (Music Preparation), John Lasalandra (Music Editor), Randy Kerber (Arranger), Andy Bass (Scoring Crew), Don Was (Producer), Dave Darlington (Mixing)