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Jun 24, 2003 · Bolt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Album by John Powell - Apple Music. John Powell. SOUNDTRACK · 2003. Preview. 1. I Thought I Lost You. Miley Cyrus, John Travolta. 3:35. 2. Barking At the Moon. Jenny Lewis. 3:17. Meet Bolt. 1:49. 4. Bolt Transforms. 1:00. 5. Scooter Chase. 2:29. 6. New York. 1:43. 7. Meet Mittens. 1:25. 8. The RV Park.
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is the soundtrack for the 2008 animated film of the same name. The soundtrack was released on November 18, 2008.
The score to Bolt was composed by John Powell who also composed the music for DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon and How to Train Your Dragon 2 and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. The soundtrack featured the film's score and two original songs: "I Thought I Lost You" by John Travolta and Miley Cyrus (nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 2009), as well as "Barking at the Moon" by Jenny Lewis.
According to John Lasseter, John Powell was handpicked out of several potential composers because he had good experiences with providing music for animated movies. Given that animated films can go from comedy to drama and vice versa in just a matter of minutes, the composer must be very flexible to keep up. When composing for Bolt, Powell was also required to create a soundtrack that would fit the lively action scenes, as well as the sweet, calm and sentimental parts.
Consequently, when writing and composing the soundtrack for the movie, Powell experiment with many different tones and rhythms to create the contrasty soundtrack needed. The opening song titled “Meet Bolt”, is sweet, cute and ends up in a beautiful piano melody when Bolt and Penny meet for the first time. In the next song “Bolt transforms”, the overall tone changes dramatically as Powell experiments with different electronic and synthetic sounds to create a soundtrack that fits the lively action scenes from Bolt’s TV show. In the movie, John Powell managed to reflect the story’s conflict between reality and fiction by providing the scenes taking place inside the studio with an over the-top electronic and artificial sounds to create a feeling of cold, fake unrealism, whereas the scenes focusing in Bolt’s relation to Penny and his adventuress in the real world is accompanied with warm tunes and acoustic instruments. John Powell also scored a special piano melody for the relationship between Bolt and Penny which is played when the puppy Bolt meets Penny for the first time, when the two characters are alone in Bolt’s trailer and in the end when Bolt saves Penny from the fire, in different versions. As such, this melody runs through the entire soundtrack.
Review for the movie soundtrack were generally positive. Scott Gwin, writer for Cinemablend.com, wrote about Powell’s work
”Christopher Coleman from Tracksounds.com wrote that
•1m1 Meet Bolt
•1m2 Scooter Chase
•1m2B The Green-Eyed Man
•1m3 Meet the Director
•2m4 Bolt's Trailer
•2m5 Bolivia
No credit card needed. Listen to Bolt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on Spotify. Various Artists · Compilation · 2008 · 19 songs.
Nov 18, 2008 · Get this album or track at: 1:29. Total Album Time: 36:57. Bolt soundtrack from 2008, composed by John Powell. Released by Walt Disney Records in 2008 (D000278102) containing music from Bolt (2008).
Jun 24, 2003 · Listen to Bolt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by John Powell on Apple Music. Stream songs including “I Thought I Lost You”, “Barking At the Moon” and more. Album · 2003 · 19 Songs
Nov 18, 2008 · Bolt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Tracklist. 1. I Thought I Lost You by Miley Cyrus & John Travolta Lyrics. 7.5K. 2. Barking at the Moon by Jenny Lewis Lyrics. 8.4K. 3. Meet...
