shrek theme

[kentie]

can anyone tell me th classical music used in the shrek films at the start of the film???

[moomar]

Hi Kentie

I think it is an instrumental version of Hallelujah which was a song written by Leonard Cohen. It first appeared in Shrek 1 and was sung by Rufus Wainwright and now I think it has been used again in Shrek 2.

Kind regards

Moomar

[topcat]

Click on the link for a complete list ofsoundtracks for Shrek2, cheers

  http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0298148/soundtrack

[Foxybox]

Actually I think its an instrumental version of the song "It is You" which is performed by Dana Glover over the end credits of the first film and seems to be the shrek 'theme' as it were. The arrangment at the start of shrek 2 does sound a little like Hallelujah for a moment though.

Incidentally, whilst Rufus Wainwright version of Hallelujah appears on the Shrek 1 soundtrack, it is John Cale's version of the song that is actually used in the film. Don't know why they changed it though.