The soundtrack for ''
Little Miss Sunshine
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'' is a mix of indie rock and folk music.
DeVotchKa provides the majority of the music on the soundtrack, and also the score, which they did with
Mychael Danna. There are also selections from
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens ( ; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released nine solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nomi ...
,
Rick James, and
Tony Tisdale featured on the album. The song heard on the trailer featured on TV was "Coming Home" by
The 88
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. The Internet trailer was accompanied by "
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)
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About the song ...
" by
The Flaming Lips.
Track listing
#"The Winner Is" – Mychael Danna and DeVotchKa (Score)
#"Till the End of Time" - DeVotchKa
#"You Love Me (Remix)" – DeVotchKa
#"First Push" – Mychael Danna and DeVotchKa (Score)
#"No Man's Land" – Sufjan Stevens
#"Let's Go" – Mychael Danna and DeVotchKa (Score)
#"No One Gets Left Behind" – Mychael Danna and DeVotchKa (Score)
#"
Chicago" – Sufjan Stevens
#"We're Gonna Make It" – Mychael Danna and DeVotchKa (Score)
#"Do You Think There's a Heaven" – Mychael Danna and DeVotchKa (Score)
#"Catwalkin'" – Tony Tisdale
#"
Superfreak" (
Rocasound
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Revamp) – Rick James
#"La Llorona" – Music by Luís Martz, Arranged by DeVotchKa
#"How It Ends" – DeVotchKa
Credits
*Score Composed by
Mychael Danna and
DeVotchKa
*Executive Soundtrack Producers for Lakeshore Records:
Skip Williamson and Brian McNelis
*Executive Soundtrack Album Producers: Susan Jacobs, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, and
Peter Saraf
Peter Saraf is an American film producer whose feature film credits include '' Adaptation'' (2002), '' Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006), ''Our Idiot Brother'' (2011), and ''The Kings of Summer'' (2013). In 2004, he co-founded the film production co ...
*A & R for Lakeshore: Eric Craig
*Art Director: Stephanie Mente
*Layout by Joe Chavez
Reviews
*Elisabeth Vincentelli of
Amazon.com says, "The CD actually has a rather uniform tone, and mercifully it's a lovely one. Composer Mychael Danna is paired with the Denver band DeVotchKa, who perform his score and offer a few tunes of their own. Making excellent use of strings, tuba, and
squeezebox, they set a mood that echoes the movie's warmly idiosyncratic one."
[ Amazon.com ]
"Amazon.com review"
by Elisabeth Vincentelli Clarification: the score songs are built from instrumental arrangements of original Devotchka songs, notably "We're Gonna Make It" and "The Winner Is" draw heavily from 2004's NPR album of the year, "How it Ends".
*Jonathan Jarry called the soundtrack "an intriguing experiment in smaller folk sounds with a slight Eastern European twist, an American polka for
dysfunctional families and the malaise of life."
[Soundtrack.net ]
"Soundtrack.net review"
by Jonathan Jarry
References
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Comedy-drama film soundtracks
2006 soundtrack albums
DeVotchKa soundtracks
Lakeshore Records soundtracks