Shrek (score): History and Key Facts

Shrek (Original Motion Picture Score) is the film score composed by Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell to the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film Shrek directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson. The film score was released through Varèse Sarabande on December 4, 2001, featuring 27 tracks from their score. Shrek was also their third and final collaboration between Gregson-Williams and Powell, as they decided to work on individual projects; the former would reprise his roles for the forthcoming instalments.

The score received a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and Saturn Award for Best Score, which was lost to Craig Armstrong for Moulin Rouge! and John Williams for A.I. Artificial Intelligence, but won Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production and Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Film Score.

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