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The Lego Ninjago Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2017 film The Lego Ninjago Movie which is the third instalment in The Lego Movie franchise. The album featured five original songs along with the score composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. The 23-track soundtrack album released through WaterTower Music on 15 September 2017.
Background
Mark Mothersbaugh who composed the score for The Lego Movie, returned to score The Lego Ninjago Movie. Along with the score, the album includes five new songs created for the film—"Heroes", "Operation New Me", "It's Garmadon", "Found My Place", and "Dance of Doom". The Japanese version features an exclusive theme song, performed by the band Johnny's West, "Mou 1% (Another 1%)". Flautist Greg Pattillo covered three songs as a part of Master Wu's flute music, which are—"(It's the) Hard Knock Life" from Annie (2014), "Welcome to the Jungle" by the hard rock band Guns N' Roses and "The Power" by Snap!. The soundtrack was released through WaterTower Music on 15 September 2017, a week ahead of the film's release.
Additional music
The song "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar appeared in the film's trailers, while the second trailer also featuring "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette, "Ain't Gonna Die Tonight" by Macklemore and "I Wanna Go Out" by American Authors. Both songs were not featured in the soundtrack album, along with other pop songs, which includes—"The Weekend Whip" by The Fold, "Secret Garden" by Bruce Springsteen, "Cui Cui" by Xavier Cugat, Fausto Curbelo and Al Stillman, "I Got a Name" by Jim Croce. "The Weekend Whip" by The Fold, which serves as the opening theme to the Ninjago TV series, appears in the film as Lloyd's ringtone.
Critical reception
Tom Alphin of Brick Architect reviewed the film's music, describing it as "a bit heavy-handed at times, but the film isn't trying to be subtle, so it works". Andrew Barker of Variety described the music as "forgettable". Angie Han of Mashable felt that "there aren't any songs in it catchy enough to get stuck in your head."
Track listing
All tracks are written and produced by Mark Mothersbaugh, Shawn Patterson and Joshua Bartholomew, except where indicated.
Personnel
Credits adapted from WaterTower Music:
Music composed and produced by – Mark Mothersbaugh
Programming – Albert Fox, Annie Rosevear, Bobby Brader, Christopher Guardino, Jeremy Levy, John Enroth, Jordan Siegel, Maxwell Karmazyn, Pete Siebert, Richie Kohan, Sarah Lynch, Sunna Wehrmixer, Wataru Hokoyama, Tim Jones
Arrangements – Wataru Hokoyama
Sound engineer – Mal Luker
Mixing – Brad Haehnel
Mastering – Stephen Marsh
Music editor – Dominick Certo
Music supervisor – Kier Lehman
Music co-ordinator – Linda Christie
Executive producer – Chris McKay
Art direction – Sandeep Sriram
Orchestra and choir
Orchestra – The Sydney Scoring Orchestra
Choir – Cantillation Choir
Conductor and orchestrator – Tim Davies
Choir manager – Alison Johnston
Chart performance
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