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Kung Fu Panda (soundtrack)

Kung Fu Panda
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Stevenson
Mark Osborne
Produced by Melissa Cobb
Screenplay by Jonathan Aibel
Glenn Berger
Story by Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris
Starring Jack Black
Dustin Hoffman
Angelina Jolie
Ian McShane
Seth Rogen
Lucy Liu
David Cross
Randall Duk Kim
James Hong
Jackie Chan
Music by Hans Zimmer
John Powell
Cinematography Yong Duk Jhun
Edited by Clare Knight
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
Running time
92 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $130 million
Box office $631.7 million
Kung Fu Panda
Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer and John Powell
Released June 3, 2008
Recorded 2008
Genre Soundtrack
Length 60:16
Label Interscope
PDI/DreamWorks Records
Columbia Records
Sony Music Soundtrax
Producer Hans Zimmer
John Powell
The Underdogs (track 17)

Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American computer-animated action comedy martial arts film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb, and stars the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, and Jackie Chan. Set in a version of ancient China populated by anthropomorphic talking animals, the plot revolves around a bumbling panda named Po who aspires to be a kung fu master. When an evil kung fu warrior is foretold to escape after twenty years in prison, Po is unwittingly named the chosen one destined to defeat him and bring peace to the land, much to the chagrin of the resident kung fu warriors.

The idea for the film was conceived by Michael Lachance, a DreamWorks Animation executive. The film was originally intended to be a parody, but director Stevenson decided instead, to shoot an action comedy wuxia film that incorporates the hero's journey narrative archetype for the lead character. The computer animation in the film was more complex than anything DreamWorks had done before. As with most DreamWorks animated films, Hans Zimmer (collaborating with John Powell this time) scored Kung Fu Panda. He visited China to absorb the culture and get to know the China National Symphony Orchestra as part of his preparation. A sequel, Kung Fu Panda 2, was released on May 26, 2011, along with a television series, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness later that same year as a part of a franchise. A second sequel called Kung Fu Panda 3 was released on January 29, 2016.


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