Barney's Great Adventure: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album with songs from and inspired by the 1998 film Barney's Great Adventure and is Barney's seventh US album. It was released on March 31, 1998 being distributed under the music division of Lyrick Studios. It was the first US Barney album to not be under the Barney Music Label.
The same year of the album's release, it commercially went on to peak at #136 on Billboard 200 during the week of April 25, 1998[4] making it Barney's fourth and final album to hit the chart.
Unlike previous and future Barney albums, it features a star-studded cast such as Bernadette Peters, Peabo Bryson, Sheena Easton, Jeffrey Osborne, Valerie Carter, Linda Ronstadt, Roberta Flack, George Hearn, Jennifer Rush, Take 6, Johnny Van Zandt, Jennifer Warnes and the young Latina sensation, Gina.[5][6]
Background[]
Discussions for the film's musical approach had been thought about for a while. Joyce D. Slocum, the senior VP of legal and business affairs for Lyrick Studios at the time, viewed a mother singing "I Love You" to her child when taking a walk in the park. Slocum questioned as to why the song was beloved by children and yet hated by everyone else. To avoid ridicule, the thought would be to create "new songs for Barney's voice and get new voices for Barney's songs." David Helfant, Los-Angeles-based music attorney, helped spread the word to pop artists that the upcoming Barney film was looking for guest artists.
The composition for the film's title song came after hearing about a playdate that Jerry Herman's great goddaughter, Sarah Haspell, had with a stuffed Barney doll. Herman watched as Barney opened up a world of imagination to his great goddaughter. Sheryl Leach, Barney's creator, also encouraged him to write this song.
Release[]
Barney's Great Adventure: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released at a suggested retail price of $14.98 on CD and $9.98 on cassette.[7] This soundtrack was occasionally bundled with the CD sampler Songs in the Key of Purple during the year of its release. The soundtrack was soon re-released by Koch Records and HIT Entertainment on July 27, 2004
Critical reception[]
| Professional ratings | |
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| Source | Rating |
| allmusic | 1.5/5 stars |
At AllMusic, Ross Boissoneau rated the album one and a half stars out of five, saying that Barney's Great Adventure: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is "bloated" and features "overblown arrangements". He stated that the arrangements "don't serve the big purple dinosaur well."[8]
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Barney - The Song" (Bernadette Peters) |
Jerry Herman | Jerry Herman | 3:13 | |
| 2. | "Imagine" (Barney, Abby, Cody and Marcella) |
David Friedman • Barbara Rothstein | Lyrick Studios | 2:56 | |
| 3. | "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (Grandpa Greenfield) |
Leo Friedman • Beth Slater Whitson | Lyrick Studios | 0:51 | |
| 4. | "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (Reprise) (Valerie Carter with background vocals by Linda Ronstadt) |
Leo Friedman • Beth Slater Whitson | Valerie Carter • Mark Goldenberg | 3:14 | |
| 5. | "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" (Barney, Abby and Marcella) |
Traditional | Lyrick Studios | 1:20 | |
| 6. | "If You're Happy and You Know It" (Barney) |
Traditional | Lyrick Studios | 2:38 | |
| 7. | "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" (Johnny Van Zandt) |
Traditional | Shane Keister | 2:19 | |
| 8. | "Count the Stars" (Roberta Flack) |
Joseph Phillips • Curtis Russell Riddle • Joyce D. Slocum | Shane Keister | 2:34 | |
| 9. | "Who's Inside It?" (Barney, Abby, Marcella, Cody and Miss Goldfinch) |
René Dupéré • Michael Sinelnikoff | Lyrick Studios | 3:08 | |
| 10. | "All The Pretty Little Ponies" (Jane Siberry) |
Traditional | Jane Siberry | 1:42 | |
| 11. | "If All the Raindrops" (Peabo Bryson) |
Traditional | Shane Keister | 2:50 | |
| 12. | "Frère Jacques" (Jennifer Rush) |
Traditional | Shane Keister | 3:05 | |
| 13. | "We're Gonna Find a Way" (Barney, Abby, Marcella and Cody) |
David Friedman • Barbara Rothstein | Lyrick Studios | 2:02 | |
| 14. | "You Can" (Jennifer Warnes) |
Chrys Atwood • Steve Ferguson | Fred Mollin • Jennifer Warnes | 1:48 | |
| 15. | "Dream (Twinken's Tune)" (Peabo Bryson) |
Essra Mohawk | Peabo Bryson | 4:15 | |
| 16. | "Let's Sing All the Way Home" (Jennifer Warnes) |
Chrys Atwood • Steve Ferguson | Fred Mollin • Jennifer Warnes | 1:54 | |
| 17. | "You Can Do Anything" (Stephen Bishop) |
Stephen Bishop • Jeff Jones | Lyrick Studios | 2:46 | |
| 18. | "Rainbows Follow the Rain" (Colin Boyd) |
Colin Boyd • Tim Clott | Joseph Phillips • Jan Rhees | 3:00 | |
| 19. | "Lavender's Blue" (Jane Siberry) |
Traditional | Jane Siberry | 2:55 | |
| 20. | "Goodnight" (Sheena Easton) |
David Bernard Wolf | Shane Keister | 2:57 | |
| 21. | "I Love You (Extended Version)" (Take 6, First AME Choir of Los Angeles, Sheena Easton, Gina Osborne and Jeffrey Osborne) |
Traditional • Lee Bernstein • Joseph Phillips • Curtis Russell Riddle • Joyce D. Slocum | Ricky Lawson, Sr. • Jan Rhees | 2:50 | |
| Total length: | 54:17 | ||||
Personnel[]
Credits for Barney's Great Adventure: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack adapted from AllMusic.
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Vocals
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Managerial and creative
Production
Technical
Musicians
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Gallery[]
Releases[]
Charts[]
| Chart (1998) | Peak Position |
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| US Billboard 200 | 136 |
Release history[]
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| Various | March 31, 1998 | Cassette • CD | Lyrick |
| July 27, 2004 | CD | HIT • Koch |
Trivia[]
- This soundtrack marks the final US Barney album to be executive produced by Sheryl Leach.
- Lyrick gave thought into releasing a commercial single for the film. However, it was never known what the song was.
Videos[]
Promos[]
References[]
- ↑ Barney's Great Adventure - Barney | Songs, Reviews, Credits | Allmusic
- ↑ Fred Mollin Music
- ↑ Barney's Great Adventure - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2004, CD)|Discogs
- ↑ Billboard 200
- ↑ BARNEY SOUNDTRACK COURTS GROWN-UPS
- ↑ STARS CAME OUT AND SOUNDTRACKS DOMINATED IN KIDS' AUDIO
- ↑ KidScreen Retail: News Briefs April 1, 1998 Retrieved July 13, 2024
- ↑ Barney's Great Adventure - Barney| Songs, Reviews, Credits | Allmusic
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