Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||
Released | September 23, 2016 | |
Recorded | 2015–16 | |
Length | 35:05 | |
Label | RCA | |
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Singles from Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
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Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2016 DreamWorks Animation film Trolls, released on September 23, 2016 by RCA Records. The soundtrack is produced primarily by singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake, along with Max Martin and Shellback as additional producers. It features work from Timberlake himself, along with Anna Kendrick, Ron Funches, Zooey Deschanel and Gwen Stefani, who all voice characters in the film, as well as Earth, Wind & Fire and Ariana Grande. The album was certified Platinum in Australia and the United States. The song "Can't Stop the Feeling!" was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Grammy Award.
After being announced as the voice to the lead character in the musical comedy Trolls opposite Anna Kendrick,Billboard reported that Justin Timberlake also signed on to write and perform original music for the film. Timberlake said in an interview:
It kind of all happened at the same time. I've been friends with the Katzenbergs for years, and Jeffrey had always spoken to me about doing a DreamWorks Animation film. I believe his line was, "We can’t let Elton have all the fun," and I've always said, "If the right thing comes up, let’s do it."... The directors brought me to the DreamWorks campus and pitched me the movie and the character. And when I came out of the room Jeffrey was there, and he said, "And there’s this other thing you could do…"