“It was great to be invited to contribute a song to the movie and soundtrack,” said Buckner. “It’s a very bouncy, happy, uplifting song, but there’s a bittersweet part of it, leaving a key relationship in the film open-ended.”Īlso contributing to the end credits are Buckner & Garcia, the team behind the 1982 Top-10 hit “Pac-Man Fever.” Jerry Buckner of Buckner & Garcia co-produced the song “Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph” with hit songwriter/producer Jamie Houston (Steven Tyler, Macy Gray). Owl City (“Fireflies,” “Good Time”) provides an upbeat and story-driven cap to the film with “When Can I See You Again?” According to singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Adam Young, the song offers a bit of an emotional tug-of-war.
“So we went to Japan and got the hottest J-pop group to perform the song that really sets the tone for this ’90s-era cart-racing game: young and hip.” Japan’s pop phenomenon AKB48 accompanies Ralph to the land of sweets with the aptly named theme song “Sugar Rush.” “We’ve always thought of Sugar Rush-with its nod to anime-as a game that may have originated in Japan,” said Spencer. I make music with many different colors of the emotional spectrum-this reflects a more aggressive side of my music.” “The mood of that game world is high-energy and futuristic. Underscoring the chaos and excitement of the first-person shooter game, GRAMMY®-winning artist Skrillex wrote the game-play music, “Bug Hunt,” hand-picking Netherlands’ producers/DJs/videogame soundtrack composers Noisia to remix the track for the album. Ralph’s quest leads him to the intense, cy-bug-infested world of Hero’s Duty, where he hopes to land a medal.
“When something emotional is developing, it actually opens the door to the orchestral score without it feeling imposed,” he said. is fantastic.”Īccording to Jackman, the score was driven by the story, which allowed him to tap his classical roots, too. Jackman researched arcade games and incorporated their classic sounds into the score, bringing the arcade and its individual games to life. What sounds like classics to us now-Ukulele Ike in ‘Pinocchio,’ Peggy Lee in ‘Lady and the Tramp’-were very unexpected choices.”Ĭlassically trained composer Henry Jackman (“Winnie the Pooh,” “X-Men: First Class”) was called on to write the score for “Wreck-It Ralph,” helping to shape the diverse worlds with music. “Walt Disney was a pioneer when it came to music. Moore said he took his lead from the original director of animated movies. But when they hear the music and how it supports the story and drives the emotion, they’ll say, ‘This is perfect.'” “When it came to the music of ‘Wreck-It Ralph,'” said Moore, “we wanted to work with some really talented artists and I love that they aren’t necessarily the people audiences expect to hear in a Disney animated movie.
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