Minions, those yellow caplets who wear goggles and speak in gibberish, get their own movie after playing backup in Despicable Me 1 & 2. There’s a lot of silliness in this movie (as you might expect). A large chunk of the movie is set in the 1960s so there’s plenty of Golden Oldie music in the background (just check out the soundtrack below). Some critics didn’t like Sandra Bullock as Scarlett Overkill (a Super-Villainess) but I thought she was okay. If you’re looking for a funny animated feature film on a hot Summer day, I’d recommend Minions. B+
TRACK LIST:
1. Lighting Up the Tunnel – Owl City
2. This Bastard’s Life – Swingin’ Utters
3. Night Boat to Cairo – Madness
4. Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants – The Dillinger Escape Plan
5. Keep It Comin’ Love – KC & The Sunshine Band
6. Same Old Song and Dance – Aerosmith
7. Cherub Rock – Smashing Pumpkins
8. Break On Through (To the Other Side) – The Doors
9. I’ve Done Everything for You – Rick Springfield
10. Foxy Lady – Jimi Hendrix
11. Universal Fanfare – The Minions
12. Happy Together – The Turtles
13. I’m a Man – The Spencer Davis Group
14. You Really Got Me – The Kinks
15. My Generation – The Who
16. Mellow Yellow – Donovan
17. Revolution – The Minions
Original music composed by Heitor Pereira
Score album tracklist:
1. Minions Through Time
2. Kevin, Stuart and Bob
3. Minions Run Amok
4. Orlando
5. Scarlet Overkill
6. Ruby Fight
7. Make ‘Em Laugh – The Minions
8. Scarlet’s Fortress
9. Traveling Tribe
10. Tower of London
11. Hair – The Minions
12. Fighting the Crown Keeper
13. King Bob
14. Theme from the Monkees – The Minions
15. Dungeon Mayhem
16. Goodbye Fabrice
17. Minion Mission
18. Sneaking In
19. King Kong Kevin
20. Our Hero is Back
21. Minions Victory
22. Greatest Renegade Unveiling (GRU)
Additional film music – songs that are not included in the official soundtrack list,
but are playing in the movie.
1. We Wish You A Merry Christmas – Pierre Coffin
2. We Wish You A Merry Christmas – Houseman
3. Aura Lee (traditional) – Pierre Coffin
4. 19th Nervous Breakdown – The Rolling Stones
5. The Saint (the Saint) – Edwin Astley
6. Bewitched – Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller
7. The Dating Game – Chuck Barris, David Mook
8. Ride Of The Valkyries – Marian Pivka & The Budapest Symphonic Orchestra
9. Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
10. Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67, Allegro – St. Petersburg Radio & Tv Symphony Orchestra
11. Rule Britannia – Thomas Augustine Arne, James Thomson
12. The Letter – The Box Tops
13. Pomp And Circumstance – Edward Elgar
14. Love Me Do – John Lennon, Paul Mccartney
15. Auld Lang Syne – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
16. Rocky Road To Dublin – The Dubliners
17. Taps – Pierre Coffin
18. Eruption – Van Halen
19. Got To Get You Into My Life – The Beatles
Continue reading http://www.songonlyrics.net/soundtracks/minions-soundtrack-list.html#ixzz3fVISQRjT
Pass.
Bob, although this is being marketed as a kids movie, there is an adult level.
I’ll wait for it to hit cable. INSIDE OUT is next on my list.
Jeff, INSIDE OUT is the best movie out there right now. MINIONS is fun fluff.
The soundtrack looks impressive, all those 60s bands “I grew up with” (of course I already was a student then …):
Doors, Hendrix, Donovan, Spencer Davis, …
A bit OT:
The movie will surely make its way onto Hungarian tv too – it’s funny that all Hollywood productions are translated into Hungarian. Even or should I say especially the crappy ones like those Asylum films which are usually ripoffs of blockbusters!
Wolf, JURASSIC WORLD is still dominating the movie theaters here. But INSIDE OUT is doing well, too. And many more big Summer Movies are still ahead. I’m looking forward to ANT MAN.
I probably won’t see it, even on video, but who knows? As for the music, funny, I don’t remember Smashing Pumpkins in the 1960s.. I suppose “Mello Yellow” was inevitable.
Rick, I was astonished at the amount of music crammed into this movie (and soundtrack).
Still pass, even if some of the music appeals to me. The idea of listening to gibberish has no appeal, and I dislike modern animation.
Bob, the humor in MINIONS is designed to appeal to the widest possible audience. But, I guess they missed you.
Yes. I’m the narrowest possible audience.