Happy Feet [Original Soundtrack] (CD, Oct-2006, Atlantic)

My daughter and I went to the movie and were so struck by the POWERFUL music that I went out and immediately bought the soundtrack. Where are all those songs the penguins sang? And what about those great mixes? When are these movie folks going to realize that we don't want to hear singers performing songs that were not in the movie--I don't care who they are. We want to hear the same people who sang in the movie, singing on the soundtrack. This makes no sense to me and made even less sense to my 4 year old daughter, who was hugely disappointed with the bulk of the songs on the cd.

We wanted to hear more of the penguin songs and less of the background songs that no one cares about (i.e. "Beach Boys"). If I wanted to hear the Beach Boys, I'd go out and buy their cd. Put something on the soundtrack cd that we can't get anywhere else and forget that old stuff we can get any time we want to.

"Boogie Wonderland," "Somebody to Love" and "Kiss/Heartbreak Hotel" are the only truly awesome songs with actual "Penguin" voices that you will hear on this soundtrack--although "Kiss/Heartbreak" had a much better mix on screen. There is one Robin Williams song, but it was much better in the movie too.

Except for "Boogie Wonderland" (which ends abruptly) you miss out on the great STOMP, tap and mix effects that were so overpowering in the movie.

Let's hope they put a lot more of the original stuff on 2nd soundtrack coming out and get it right.

After seeing the movie I HAD to have the soundtrack!! It has a great variety of songs, styles and singers - and I had no idea Brittany Murphy had such singing pipes!! I drove across the state for Christmas and it was a perfect CD to listen to on the way!! The opening song, performed by Prince, was also written by him specifically for the movie. If I could tap dance I'd get up on the floor and groove to this soundtrack!! :)

My little girl loves penguins and the movie, Happy Feet. She would watch Happy Feet just so she could sing along with all the great songs. I had no idea that there was a cd made with all the songs from the movie. She flipped!!! She has listened to her new cd everyday since she got it. I love that!! Now, she can go into her room and listen to it on her cd player. Now, my dvd player will last me much longer then the last 3, because she is not looping all the songs.
Thanks so much!!!

This is an awesome mix of songs from the beloved "Happy Feet" movie. So easy to dance to for any age.

I bought it because I loved 2 of the songs from it but found I liked the whole CD.

Nothing to dislike.

A great mix of music to get those feet going! If you liked the movie, you'll love the music. Includes all highlighted numbers and some instrumental scores. A no-brainer buy at a great price used.