The Road to El Dorado (soundtrack)

The Road to El Dorado
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Don Paul Eric "Bibo" Bergeron
Produced by	Brook Breton Bonne Radford
Screenplay by	Ted Elliott Terry Rossio
Starring	Kevin Kline Kenneth Branagh Armand Assante Jim Cummings Edward James Olmos Tobin Bell Rosie Perez
Narrated by	Elton John
Music by	Hans Zimmer John Powell
Edited by	John Carnochan Dan Molina Vicki Hiatt Lynne Sutherland
Production company	DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures
Release date	March 31, 2000 (2000-03-31)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$95 million
Box office	$76.4 million

Review scores
Publication	Score
	GBC	PC	PS
Adventure Gamers	N/A		N/A
AllGame		N/A	N/A
EGM	N/A	N/A	7/10
Game Informer	4.5/10	N/A	1/10
Game Revolution	N/A	N/A	C−
GameSpot	7.3/10	N/A	3/10
IGN	5/10	4.2/10	4.8/10
Nintendo Power	7.3/10	N/A	N/A
OPM (US)	N/A	N/A
Aggregate scores
GameRankings	59%	60%	52%
Metacritic	N/A	N/A	34/100

The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure musicalfantasy comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. It was directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul; Will Finn and David Silverman directed additional sequences. The film stars Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Armand Assante, Jim Cummings, Edward James Olmos, Tobin Bell and Rosie Perez. The soundtrack features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, as well as composers Hans Zimmer and John Powell.

The film follows two con artists, who after winning the map to El Dorado escape from Spain. After being stranded on the island, they use it to lead them to the city of El Dorado, where the people mistake them for gods. Released on March 31, 2000, The Road to El Dorado grossed $76.4 million worldwide on a $95 million budget.

In Spain 1519, two con artists, Tulio and Miguel, win a map to the legendary City of Gold, El Dorado, in a rigged gamble. After their conning is exposed, the two evade the guards and hide aboard one of the ships to be led by Hernán Cortés for the New World. During the voyage, they are caught as stowaways and imprisoned, but manage to break free and take a rowboat with the help of Cortés' horse Altivo.