


Perhaps the caper tones will serve in that capacity for some listeners, but these passages occupy only a fraction of the score. The whole thing is overflowing with consistent antics but lacks one overarching personality with which to leave a lasting impression. Not even the minor motifs for several of the specific characters, while mostly tied to instrumental flair, carries over clearly. Reception į wrote "There is absolutely no narrative flow to any of these ideas when presented apart from the film. Critic Mark Kennedy opined that the song is a callback to the "original song's appearance in the first film".

In addition to the score, the album features two cover songs from the 1970s: Bill Withers' " Lovely Day", performed by LunchMoney Lewis featuring Aminé, and Paul Simon's " Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" produced by Jack Antonoff.
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In the first film, we were really talking about a jazz-infused, big band, New York, Mancini themed score." The second film had several themes, including haunted house, circus scene, countryside and superhero themes, Renaud felt the score as the biggest challenging and went on to say that "There's a lot of different ideas that had to come together musically, but again, not leave the movie or the score feeling disjointed." Director Chris Renaud spoke about the film's music, saying "From a scoring point of view, it was a very interesting challenge compared to the first film. Like the first film, the score for the sequel, uses jazz and orchestral music.Īlexandre Desplat was hired for the sequel in August 2018. The film's music is composed by Alexandre Desplat and the score album, featuring 22 tracks of the score, alongside three incorporated songs were released by Back Lot Music on May 31, 2019, a week ahead of the film's release. The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2019 film of the same name, which is the sequel to The Secret Life of Pets (2016).
