Meet the Parents (soundtrack)
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Meet the Parents is the soundtrack
that accompanies the 2000 film Meet the Parents
. The soundtrack album was released on September 26, 2000 on the DreamWorks Records
label. "A Fool in Love", an original composition by Randy Newman
featured on the album, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song
at the 73rd Academy Awards
which marked the 14th time that Newman's music was nominated for an Oscar. The same song also won the 16th Annual ASCAP Film & Television Music Award and was nominated at the Golden Satellite Awards 2000
.
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
that accompanies the 2000 film Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents is a 2000 American comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. Starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, the film chronicles a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless male nurse while visiting his girlfriend's parents...
. The soundtrack album was released on September 26, 2000 on the DreamWorks Records
DreamWorks Records
DreamWorks Records was an American record label. Founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG, the label operated until 2005 when it was shut down...
label. "A Fool in Love", an original composition by Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
featured on the album, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song
Academy Award for Best Original Song
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film...
at the 73rd Academy Awards
73rd Academy Awards
The 73rd Academy Awards honored the best films of 2000 and was held on March 25, 2001. It was the last Academy Awards to take place at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium...
which marked the 14th time that Newman's music was nominated for an Oscar. The same song also won the 16th Annual ASCAP Film & Television Music Award and was nominated at the Golden Satellite Awards 2000
Golden Satellite Awards 2000
The list of the winners of the 5th Golden Satellite Awards were announced on 14 January 2001.-Best Actor - Drama: Geoffrey Rush - Quills*Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot*Sean Connery - Finding Forrester*Russell Crowe - Gladiator...
.
Track listing
- Randy NewmanRandy NewmanRandall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
– "A Fool in Love" (2:16) - Randy Newman – "Poor Me" (1:34)
- Randy Newman – "Got My Mojo Working" (1:58)
- Randy Newman – "Give Me a Sign" (3:20)
- Randy Newman – "Meet the Parents (2:40)
- Randy Newman – "Could You Milk Me?" (2:39)
- Randy Newman – "Greg Loses Jinx" (1:48)
- Randy Newman – "Burning Down the House" (1:56)
- Randy Newman – "Wrong Cat" (1:05)
- Randy Newman – "The Car Race" (2:48)
- Randy Newman – "Broken Hearted" (1:14)
- Randy Newman – "Pam's Problem" (1:50)
- Randy Newman – "Jack to the Rescue" (1:05)
- Randy Newman – "Together Again" (1:21)
- Bobby WomackBobby WomackRobert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40...
– "I'm Your Puppet" (3:32) - Lee DorseyLee DorseyLee Dorsey was an African American pop/R&B singer during the 1960s. Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters.-Career:...
– "Ya YaYa Ya (Lee Dorsey song)"Ya Ya" is a song by Lee Dorsey. The song was written by Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson and Morris Levy. It was inspired by a children's nursery rhyme.-Chart performance:...
" (2:27) - Dr. JohnDr. JohnMalcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...
– "Big ChiefBig Chief"Big Chief" is a song composed by Earl King in the early 1960s. It became a hit in New Orleans for Professor Longhair in 1964, featuring a whistled first chorus in a rollicking blues piano style and subsequent lyrics written in a Creole patois . The tune became popular in New Orleans, frequently...
" (3:25) - [untitled] (2:27)
Release history
| Year | Format | Label | Catalog Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | CD | DreamWorks | DRMD 450286 |
External links
- Meet the Parents soundtrack at the soundtrackINFO project
- Meet the Parents soundtrack at BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
- Meet The Parents soundtrack at RandyNewman.info