Toy Story (soundtrack) explained

Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Randy Newman
Cover:ToyStoryOST.jpg
Released:November 22, 1995
Recorded:1994–1995
Studio:
Genre:
Length:53:51
Label:Walt Disney
Producer:
  • Chris Montan
  • Frank Wolf
  • Don Davis
  • Jim Flamberg
  • Randy Newman
Chronology:Randy Newman
Prev Title:Maverick (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:James and the Giant Peach (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Next Year:1996

Toy Story is the soundtrack album for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story, with music composed, conducted, and performed by Randy Newman. The soundtrack includes the film score, as well as three original songs written and performed by Newman. It was released by Walt Disney Records on November 22, 1995, the week of the film's release, and the first soundtrack album from a Pixar film.

The soundtrack for Toy Story received praise for its "sprightly, stirring score".[1] It received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Song ("You've Got a Friend in Me"). Despite the album's critical success, the soundtrack only peaked at number 94 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[2] A cassette and CD single release of "You've Got a Friend in Me" was released on April 12, 1996, to promote the soundtrack's release.[3]

After it went out of print, the album was made available for purchase digitally in retailers such as iTunes.[4] The soundtrack, along with Newman's complete unreleased score for the film was remastered and reissued on July 17, 2015 as the tenth entry of The Legacy Collection series.

Track listing

Walt Disney Records the Legacy Collection

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruhlmann. William. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r227571|pure_url=yes}} Toy Story]. AllMusic. Macrovision.. July 23, 2009.
  2. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r227571/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Toy Story > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums]. AllMusic. Macrovision. July 30, 2009.
  3. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r297423|pure_url=yes}} You've Got a Friend in Me > Overview]. AllMusic. Macrovision. July 30, 2009.
  4. Web site: Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). https://web.archive.org/web/20140511125043/https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=217548973&id=217548963&s=143444. dead. May 11, 2014. iTunes. Apple Inc.. July 30, 2009 .