Home on the Range [Disney]

Title: Home on the Range [Disney] Release Date: 2004 Label: Disney Duration: 326:35 Album Type(s): soundtrack, children, lyrics/libretto, Enhanced CD-ROM UPC: 050086106677 Genre: Film Music Total Copies: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Home On The Range, film score
   - (You Ain't) Home on the Range
2. Home On The Range, film score
   - Little Patch of Heaven
3. Home On The Range, film score
   - Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo
4. Home On The Range, film score
   - Will the Sun Ever Shine Again
5. Home On The Range, film score
   - (You Ain't) Home on the Range - Echo Mine Reprise
6. Home On The Range, film score
   - Wherever the Trail May Lead
7. Home On The Range, film score
   - Anytime You Need a Friend
8. Home On The Range, film score
   - Cows in Town / Saloon Song
9. Home On The Range, film score
   - On the Farm
10. Home On The Range, film score
    - Bad News
11. Home On The Range, film score
    - Storm and the Aftermath
12. Home On The Range, film score
    - Cows to the Rescue
13. Home On The Range, film score
    - Buck
14. Home On The Range, film score
    - My Farm is Saved / Little Patch of Heaven - Finale
15. Home On The Range, film score
    - Anytime You Need a Friend

Disney's Home on the Range, which chronicles the (mis)adventures of a group of animals trying to save their farm, is one of the studio's first big-screen animated features to have a heavily song-based soundtrack in several years. While the movies Pixar made with Disney featured one or two memorable songs apiece, they usually weren't intrinsic to the films' action in the way that they were in Disney films from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Tarzan. Home on the Range is a partial return to that style of soundtrack, and also the return of composer Alan Menken, who teams up this time with lyricist Glenn Slater. Menken and Slater take their cue from classic Western musicals like Oklahoma! and Paint Your Wagon as well as the spacious, sweeping feel of the scores from vintage Westerns. Home on the Range isn't as song-oriented as Aladdin or even Mulan were, but the songs that are here are quite enjoyable. k.d. lang lends some western swing flair to "Little Patch of Heaven," which is the soundtrack's most charming song, although the chorus' "(You Ain't) Home on the Range" and Randy Quaid's "Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Ooo" are nearly as much fun. Bonnie Raitt's "Will the Sun Ever Shine Again" is Home on the Range's best ballad , a simple but heartfelt song that Raitt keeps simple and heartfelt. The same can't be said for Tim McGraw's "Wherever the Trail May Lead," which is slick and overblown in the way that too much contemporary country is, or for the Beu Sisters' "Anytime You Need a Friend," which has a glossy, teen pop production that goes against the grain of everything else on the album. Alan Menken's version of the song closes the album, and while it sounds unfinished, it's still an improvement over the Beu Sisters' rendition. Menken's score continues the soundtrack's Wild West theme, but sounds a little bland and faceless compared to the vocal tracks (although "Cows to the Rescue," which moves from subdued to cartoonish, is a notable exception). It may not be as consistently brilliant as Disney's soundtracks were in the late '80s and early '90s (to say nothing of the '40s and '50s), but Home on the Range is still a fun and well-made soundtrack that doesn't insult or bore its audience. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan Menken Vocals, Score, Score Producer, Composer, Arranger, Producer Andrew Page Production Coordination Arnaldo D'Alfonso Cover Art Arnaldo DAlfonso Cover Art Beth Gwinn Photography Beu Sisters Vocals, Group Bill Whittington Engineer, Recording Bonnie Raitt Vocals Booker T. Washington White Music Preparation Booker White Music Preparation Brian Dixon Assistant Engineer Byron Gallimore Producer Charles Paakkari Engineer Charlie Paakkari Recording Chris Montan Executive Producer Daniel Gaber Orchestration, Assistant Music Editor Daniel Kresgo Assistant Engineer Danny Troob Orchestration Dave Dillbeck Mixing Dave Marquette Engineer David Bryant Assistant Engineer, Assistant Engineer David Burnham Actor, Vocals David Campbell Woodwind Arrangement, Conductor, String Conductor, String Arrangements, String Arrangements, Woodwind Arrangement, Conductor David Dillbeck Mixing David Marquette Assistant Engineer Deniece Hall Production Coordination Dominic Gonzales Assistant Engineer Dominick Gonzales Assistant Engineer Douglas Besterman Orchestration Earl Ghaffari Music Editor Ed Woolley Assistant Engineer Elliott Marks Photography Eric Charbonneau Photography Errin Familia Assistant Engineer Evan Lloyd Assistant Engineer Federico F. Tio Creative Director Federico Tio Creative Director Frank Wolf Mixing, Engineer, Recording Glen Lajeski Marketing, Creative Consultant Glenn Slater Lyricist, Composer Greg Dennen Assistant Engineer Greg Dennon Studio Assistant, Assistant Engineer Gregory Jbara Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Actor Jason Graae Vocals, Actor Jay Landers Executive Producer Jay Selvester Assistant Engineer Jill Iverson Production Assistant Jimmy Hoyson Assistant Engineer Joel Berke Production Assistant John Blas Cover Art Johnny Blas Cover Art k.d. lang Vocals Kerry Christenson Yodeling Koji Egawa Assistant Engineer Luis M. Fernández Art Direction Marc Gebauer Assistant Engineer Marcella Wong Design Mark Hammond Producer Michael Kosarin Conductor, Score Conductor, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Contractor Michael Starobin Arranger, Score Orchestration Mike Shipley Mixing Norm Dlugatch Assistant Engineer Patricia Sullivan Fourstar Mastering Paul Wertheimer Engineer, Assistant Engineer Peter Samuel Choir, Chorus, Vocals Randy Erwin Yodeling Randy Quaid Vocals Reggie Wilson Contractor, Song Contractor Rich Toenes Assistant Engineer Rich Wheeler Assistant Engineer Richard Cartwright Photography Ricky Cobble Recording, Engineer Ryan Petrie Assistant Engineer Ryan Robinson Assistant Engineer Sandy DeCrescent Contractor, Score Conductor Seth Deckstader Assistant Engineer Seth Dockstader Assistant Engineer Tiffany Quon Design Tim Lauber Assistant Engineer Tim McGraw Producer, Vocals Timothy Blevins Vocals Tom Coyne MacDougall Production Supervisor, Music Production Supervisor Tom Hardisty Assistant Engineer Victor Carillo Assistant Engineer Victor Carrillo Assistant Engineer Wilbur Pauley Choir, Chorus, Vocals William Parry Choir, Chorus, Vocals