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Someone get Amy Adams on the Broadway stage, stat! She may not have the huge pipes that are supposed to be necessary for singers nowadays, but based on her sweet performance of three songs on this soundtrack, she gets a tune. Leaving aside High School Musical-style contemporary pop, Disney returns to its sources here, with a fairy tale set to a traditional-minded score by Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, etc.). The first three songs are loving, well-crafted homages to Disney classics, such as Cinderella and Snow White; tellingly, the lovely "Happy Working Song" (with lyrics by Stephen "Wicked" Schwartz) sounds like it could have been lifted from any number of Disney movies--and that's meant as a compliment. Carrie Underwood brings us back into the 21st century with the single "Ever Ever After", which in comparison feels a bit more anonymous. Menken also supplies several instrumental cues, often reprising themes alluded to in the songs, and James Marsden wraps things up with a hilariously straight-faced version of "That's Amore." --Elisabeth Vincentelli More from Disney 
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 Customer Reviews 
Songs great, instrumentals great but.....
Rating: 3
The songs are great and before you know it you are singing along. The instrumentals are lovely as always. How the cd was put together is very dissappointing. Instead of the music telling the story of Enchanted as is done on both the Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid cds, the music for Enchanted was put on the cd in a divided fashion. On this cd, the music with lyrics are all first then all the instrumentals are next finishing with the single song "that's amore" sung by James Marsden. What a shame. When listening to a soundtrack the music ques in scenes and emotions without the visuals. Out of sequence, the music looses its flow and no longer tells the story. Also is the fact out of like 15 songs, only 6 have words. Again if the music followed the movie, this would not be so apparent. For children, it makes the instrumentals seem very very long after the fun of singing the songs.
Even a Non-Disney Fan Admits This Movie and Music is Good!
Rating: 4
When I first saw the preview of Enchanted in cinemas, I thought, "Oh Lord. Disney is so past its heyday, it's even resorted to satirizing itself to come up with new content!" However, I went along to a film screening of this at a children's party and I am totally in love with this film. Amy Adams is an actress that I have noticed in "supporting roles" for a long time - as the assistant in "Charlie Wilson's War", a bit role in "Catch Me If You Can", I've always thought her interesting and hoped she got a larger role. I didn't even recognize her as the lead in this movie, and I am totally blown away by her singing voice. James Marsden is another supporting actor whom I've always thought was cool - and although in this film he reprises his role in Superman Returns as the "Tier 2" lead man, I'm glad he got the lead in "27 Dresses". And he sings, too! This is a complex satire and the feminists would go crazy dissecting it. A fun uplifting film.
Enchanting
Rating: 5
The soundtrack to the film Enchanted is enchanting. The first five songs are symbolic of classic Disney fairytales with a modern twist and a somewhat self-mocking approach. Amy Adams is as sweet a singer as she is an actress and radiates in all of her performances, as does James Marsden (Prince Edward). The other tracks make up the score of the film and are composed by multi-Oscar winners Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz - who worked on The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules - and are beautiful creations that compliment the songs perfectly. The soundtrack has already rightly received three Oscar nominations and is an essential part of any soundtrack or Enchanted lover.
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