| Product Summary | | UPC: 00050086122776 | | Release Date: 3/15/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 63962027 | | Item#: M267QM | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2005 Walt Disney Records
(C) 2005 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | A better than average Disney soundtrack, Ice Princess features lots of aptly pretty, girly pop from the studio's performers as well as other artists. Though songs like Caleigh Peters' "Reach" and Emma Roberts' cute, 21st century bubblegum "If I Had It My Way" sound more or less like typical teen pop, this album is actually a little more eclectic than it appears at first. Raven-Symon?'s "Bump" has a very appealing, Neptunes-lite production that adds some dancefloor appeal to the collection; Tina Sugandh's "There Is No Alternative" has Bollywood-like strings, lending it an exotic flair; Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" features a gospel choir; and Lucy Woodward's "It's Oh So Quiet" is a pleasantly theatrical version of the standard that uses Bj?rk's version as its blueprint. The Disney artists' work is all over the map, ranging from Aly & A.J.'s acoustic ballad "No One" to Hayden Panettiere's nice but nondescript "I Fly." Though Ice Princess is dominated by young women, there's room for a few male vocalists, as Jump5's "Just a Dream" and professional dreamboat Jesse McCartney's "Get Your Shine On" demonstrate. Other standout tracks include Michelle Branch's "You Set Me Free," a very sweet, well-crafted song with a little more personality and soul than the Disney approximations of this sound, and American Idol runner-up Diana DeGarmo's "Reachin' for Heaven," a somewhat saccharine, over-produced track that nevertheless makes the most of her approachable, girl-next-door vocals. Ice Princess is never less than sweet, and every now and then, it throws listeners a few slightly unexpected curves. ~ Heather Phares | | Disney's ICE PRINCESS tells the story of a multi-talented teenage girl (played by Michelle Trachtenberg), at a crossroads, undecided about following her dream of becoming a world-famous ice skater or enrolling in college at Harvard as a budding scientist. Meanwhile, her mom is deaf to the feelings of her young, hopeful daughter. For a movie dominated by females, it's unsurprising that the soundtrack features only one song by a solo male artist (Jesse McCartney). It's also not shocking that the music brims with inspiration, starting with newcomer Caleigh Peters's flowering anthem "Reach." | | Like the movie's star, the majority of artists on the ICE PRINCESS album are talented young women set on realizing their ambitions. There are a few (relative) veterans, however--Michelle Branch offers a fetching pop concoction with "You Set Me Free" and Raven Symone brings in a touch of sultriness on "Bump." The real stars of the ICE PRINCESS soundtrack are the lesser-known artists, though, particularly Lucy Woodward, who performs a take of Bjork's jazzy (and skate-routine perfect) hit "It's Oh So Quiet" and movie co-star Hayden Panettiere, who reveals an appealingly sweet voice on the ballad "I Fly." |
Producer: Mitchell Leib; Lisa Brown |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/15/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 861 227 | | Label : Walt Disney | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00050086122776 |
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