He finished writing the song within 20 minutes. While writing the track, did not write the melodic portions, but only just the chorus part of the film. In a 2014 interview to The New York Times, Williams recalled that the song was rejected nine times, by the producer Chris Meledandri, before finally being approved. Williams wrote three original songs, including the popular track " Happy" that was released as a single on Novemto wider commercial success. He added that the "continuity was honestly based on lifting people up emotionally". Williams and Pereira discussed about several main themes for the album, and went ahead with the overarching theme, which was not about the characters but much about the air of the film. Pereira also created new themes for the characters, including for the minions, whose themes needed to be "more threatening and menacing". Pereira attributed that for El Macho, being a Mexican wrestler and the main antagonist, had to implement "full choir with a latin flair to emphasize his presence". The co-director of Despicable Me 2, Chris Renaud had recalled the "distinctive music of the first film" that born out of the collaboration between Pereira and Williams, leading them to work for its sequel. Eight years after the single release, the track "Just a Cloud Away" was released in March 2022. The song also received an Academy Award-nomination for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards, but lost the award to " Let It Go" from Frozen. Besides, topping the charts in over 19 countries, it was the best-selling song of 2014 in the United States and United Kingdom. A visual presentation of the track, being advertised as "the world's first 24-hour music video" coincided the single, featuring Williams and directed by We Are from LA, and went viral upon release. The track " Happy" served as the only single from the album released on Novemby Back Lot Music, and was also part of Williams' second studio album Girl (2014). Besides that, two tracks from Despicable Me: "Fun, Fun, Fun" and the titular track is also featured in the soundtrack. Out of the eight songs, three original tracks, written by Williams, were featured in the album as well as the tracks "Another Irish Drinking Song", " I Swear" and " Y.M.C.A." were incorporated into the album. The soundtrack to the film featured 24 tracks – eight songs and the remainder of the album, consists of original score tracks. The original music was composed by Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams, whom previously scored for Despicable Me. The album was released on July 2, 2013, through Back Lot Music. I remember the last time we were there, I went to a bar and had a drink that was on fire, and that was the first time I ever had anything like that.Despicable Me 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the 2013 film Despicable Me 2 the sequel to Despicable Me (2010). Kennedy gushes: "We love, love, love Singapore and the people are just amazing. They last performed at Suntec City in 1996. Until then, they are looking forward to their trip to Singapore, their first time here in almost two decades. We sang it once with John at the Grammys in 1994 but, this time, we'll have a proper recording of it. Kennedy says: "We've been talking about this duet for the longest time, but never got around to doing it. One highlight is a duet of I Swear between All-4-One and Montgomery, 50. I look at Motown music from the 1960s as retro, but I still think the music is great."īesides, the band are actively working on a new album, which is slated for release later this year and will feature re-recorded versions of old songs as well as new original music. If people look at old acts, but still think their music is great, that's more important. Jones says: "The funny thing is, I think, we feel so young and we're still young, but it has been 20 years that we've been doing this professionally, so I guess that's why a lot of people may look at us as retro. Ask All-4-One how they feel about being considered a retro act and they appear not to be bothered.
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