Zootopia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2016 computer-animated film of the same name, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film's score is composed by Michael Giacchino, marking his first feature-length project for Walt Disney Animation Studios, after composing for specials and short films produced by the company, as well as multiple Pixar films. In addition to the original score, the film features a song titled "Try Everything" performed by Shakira, apart from providing voice-over to the character Gazelle, with the song written by Sia and Stargate. The soundtrack was released digitally and through CD on March 4 and 25, 2016 by Walt Disney Records. A double-LP picture disc titled Music From Zootopia was released on May 19, 2017.
Composition
Giacchino started recording for the film's score on November 16, 2015. He called the film as "one of those films with a huge heart and wonderfully realized characters set within a story that’s not only incredibly fun and entertaining but takes an honest look at our own world and the important issues we deal with living in such a diverse society. That’s what really attracted me to the film, the chance to write music that reflects these kind of challenges." While adding that the score had "flavors of world music sprinkled everywhere", it always follow the emotional story of Hopps and Nick. With executive music producer Chris Montan and music supervisor Tom McDougall, the recording sessions began with an 80-piece orchestra conducted by Tim Simonec and was completed within 4 days.
The score consisted entirely of percussion instruments, such as onglong, gamelan, African drums, South American drums, bells and special instruments imported from Indonesia. All these were arranged and played by prominent percussionist Emil Richards, known for his collaborations with Jerry Goldsmith on the Planet of the Apes score. Emil offered Giacchino, a mixing bowl and a ram horns, which he blended and used in the score, calling it as a "perfect combination of sounds and weirdness that we can throw in there". Giacchino further created an 8-minute suite, driven through piano, making it devoid from the comedic elements and focuses in a more emotional way.
Track listing
Credits
Credits and personnel for the soundtrack adapted from AllMusic.
Mike Anderson – engineer
Amund Björklund – arranger
Marshall Bowen – conductor
Connie Boylan – assistant contractor
Ashley Chafin – management, music production
Vincent Cirilli – engineer
Dave Clauss – engineer
David Coker – scoring assistant
Donna Cole-Brulé – management, music business affairs
Mae Crosby – synthesiser programming
Andrea Datzman – music editor, score
Brad Dechter – orchestration
Greg Dennen – scoring crew
Luke Dennis – technician
Mikkel Eriksen – engineer, text
Patricia Sullivan – mastering
Sia Furler – text
Earl Ghaffari – music editor, producer
Michael Giacchino – composer, primary artist, score producer
Tom Hardisty – engineer
Greg Hayes – scoring crew
Jill Heffley – executive assistant
Tor Erik Hermansen – text
Joel Iwataki – engineer, mixing
Jeff Kryka – orchestration
Espen Lind – arranger
Tom MacDougall – music supervisor
Chris Montan – executive producer
Jamie Olvera – scoring crew
Andrew Page – music production, executive director
Cameron Patrick – orchestration
Daniela Rivera – assistant engineer
Ryan Robinson – scoring crew
Shakira – primary artist
Tim Simonec – conductor, score orchestration
Alki Steriopoulos – orchestration
Phil Tan – mixing
Brian Taylor – synthesiser programming
Jimmy Tsai – production assistant
Miles Walker – engineer
Eric Wegener – synthesiser programming
Richard Wheeler Jr. – scoring crew
Booker White – music preparation, copyist
Reggie Wilson – contractor
Accolades
Notes
References
2016 soundtrack albums
Disney animation soundtracks
Walt Disney Records soundtracks
Animated film soundtracks
Michael Giacchino soundtracks
Film scores
Zootopia (franchise)