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Pokémon: The First Movie
Pokémon The First Movie.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released November 9, 1999
Recorded 1997–1999
Genre
Length 64:47
Label Atlantic
Producer Garry Hughes, Kaj Robole, Jimmy Bralower, Ron Fair, Neil Jason, Rhett Lawrence, Guy Roche, Eric Foster White, Blessid Union of Souls, Josh Deutsch, Emosia, John Loeffler, 98 Degrees, Todd Chapman, Craig Kallman, Steven Nikolas, Peter Zizzo, Brendon Sibley, Brian Steckler, Harvey Mason Jr., Gary Carolla, Darren Higman
Various artists chronology
Pokémon 2.B.A. Master
(1999)
Pokémon: The First Movie
(1999)
Pokémon World
(2000)
Singles from {{{Name}}}
 Professional ratings
Source Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly C+

Pokémon: The First Movie is the soundtrack to the first Pokémon film in the American English dub. Some of the songs were featured in the animated short Pikachu's Vacation, and some songs did not feature in either the short or the movie at all. The CD contains extra features, such as Pokémon videos and a screensaver. When it was released, it included a promotion to send in a proof of purchase for an exclusive Jigglypuff card from the Pokémon TCG.

Alongside this soundtrack, the orchestral score from the movie was also released on the CD Pokémon: The First Movie Original Motion Picture Score.

The soundtrack was released on Atlantic Records, a sister company to Warner Bros., the film's distributor outside Japan.

Track listing

No. Title Performed by Length
1. "Pokémon Theme" (Movie Version) Billy Crawford 3:22
2. "Don't Say You Love Me"   M2M 3:46
3. "It Was You**"   Ashley Ballard with So Plush 4:18
4. "We're a Miracle"   Christina Aguilera 4:12
5. "Soda Pop**"   Britney Spears 3:23
6. "Somewhere, Someday**"   NSYNC 4:07
7. "Get Happy**"   B*Witched 3:06
8. "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind"   Emma Bunton 3:24
9. "Fly with Me**"   98° 3:52
10. "Lullaby**"   Mandah 4:00
11. "Vacation*"   Vitamin C 3:20
12. "Makin' My Way (Any Way That I Can)**"   Billie Piper 4:25
13. "Catch Me If You Can*"   Angela Via 3:28
14. "(Have Some) Fun with the Funk**"   Aaron Carter 3:34
15. "If Only Tears Could Bring You Back"   Midnight Sons 4:03
16. "Brother My Brother"   Blessid Union of Souls 3:49

* These tracks were not in the movie itself, but were part of Pikachu's Vacation.
** These tracks were not in the movie or the short at all.

Personnel

  • 98° - Composer, Primary Artist, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer
  • Lars Aass - Arranger
  • Josh Abbey - Engineer
  • Christina Aguilera - Composer, Performer, Primary Artist
  • Stig Anderson - Composer
  • Alan Armitage - Assistant Engineer
  • B*Witched - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Chris Bailey - Assistant Engineer
  • Ashley Ballard - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Mikey Bassie - Composer
  • Billie - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Blessid Union of Souls - Primary Artist, Producer
  • Steve Boyer - Engineer
  • Jimmy Bralower - Arranger, Composer, Drum Programming, Drums, Engineer, Mixing, Percussion, Producer
  • Derek Brin - Drum Programming, Keyboards, Synthesizer
  • Chris Brooke - Assistant
  • Emma Bunton - Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
  • Gary Carolla - Arranger, Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming, Mixing, Producer
  • Aaron Carter - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Elaine Caswell - Vocals (Background)
  • Will Catterson - Engineer
  • Todd Chapman - Composer, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Producer
  • Vivian Cherry - Vocals (Background)
  • Rob Chiarelli - Mixing
  • Melanie Jayne Chisholm - Composer
  • Billy Crawford - Performer, Primary Artist
  • LaShawn Daniels - Composer
  • Russ Desalvo - Composer
  • Josh Deutsch - Composer, Guitar, Producer, Programming
  • Tim Donovan - Engineer, Mixing Engineer
  • Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis - Composer
  • Emosia - Producer
  • Ron Fair - Executive Producer
  • Colleen Fitzpatrick - Composer, Vocals (Background)
  • Sherree Ford-Payne - Vocals (Background)
  • Humberto Gatica - Mixing
  • Brad Gilderman - Mixing
  • Andy Goldmark - Composer
  • Jeff Golub - Guitar
  • Nikki Gregoroff - Vocals (Background)
  • Jeff Griffin - Mixing Assistant
  • Halle - Composer
  • Darren Higman - Executive Producer
  • Garry Hughes - Keyboards, Producer, Programming
  • Neil Jason - Arranger, Musician, Producer, Vocals (Background)
  • k. - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Craig Kallman - Executive Producer
  • Jerry Lane - Mixing
  • Marit Larsen - Composer
  • Rhett Lawrence - Composer, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Programming
  • Emily Lazar - Mastering
  • John Loeffler - Executive Producer, Producer, Vocals (Background)
  • Tom Lord-Alge - Mixing
  • Mario Lucy - Engineer
  • Steve Lunt - Composer
  • M2M - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Mandah - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Brandon Mason - Mixing Assistant
  • Harvey Mason, Jr. - Assembly, Engineer, Producer
  • Harvey Mason, Sr. - Composer
  • Charles McCrorey - Assistant Engineer
  • Andrew McIntyre - Guitar (Electric)
  • Vaughn Merrick - Engineer, Mixing
  • Midnight Sons - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Joanie Morris - Production Coordination
  • Mark Mueller - Composer
  • B.J. Nelson - Vocals (Background)
  • Steven Nikolas - Composer, Engineer, Musician, Producer, Programming
    • NSYNC - Performer, Primary Artist
  • P - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Dave Pensado - Mixing
  • Dan Petty - Guitar (Acoustic)
  • Doug Petty - Keyboards
  • Janice Prendergast - Production Coordination
  • Lloyd Puckitt - Engineer
  • Kaj Robole - Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
  • Guy Roche - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Synthesizer
  • Arif St. Michael - Vocals (Background)
  • Tom Schick - Assistant Engineer
  • Mark Schulman - Guitar
  • Brendon Sibley - Engineer, Musician, Producer, Programming
  • John Siket - Engineer
  • Frank Simms - Vocals (Background)
  • Britney Spears - Primary Artist, Vocals (Background)
  • Brian Steckler - Clapping, Composer, Engineer, Musician, Producer, Vocals
  • Biti Strauchn - Vocals (Background)
  • Chris Theis - Engineer, Mixing Engineer
  • Vaneese Thomas - Vocals (Background)
  • Darryl Tookes - Vocals (Background)
  • Chris Trevett - Engineer, Mixing
  • Michael Tucker - Digital Editing, Engineer
  • Angela Via - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Vitamin C - Performer, Primary Artist
  • Kieran Wagner - Assistant Engineer
  • Diane Warren - Composer
  • Bruce Watson - Guitar
  • Eric Foster White - Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer
  • Robert Wieger - Product Manager
  • Holly Wormworth - Soundtrack Coordination
  • Scott Young - Assistant Engineer
  • David Zippel - Composer
  • Peter Zizzo - Bass, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 9
Austrian Albums Chart 8
French Albums Chart 2
Canadian Albums Chart 10
Finnish Albums Chart 17
New Zealand Albums Chart 18
Swedish Albums Chart 14
Swiss Albums Chart 65
U.S. Billboard 200 8
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 15

Certifications

Region Certification Sales
Australia (ARIA) 2× Platinum 140,000^
Canada (Music Canada) 2× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA) 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Score

Pokémon: The First Movie Original Motion Picture Score
Pokémon The First Movie Original Motion Picture Score.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released May 9, 2000
Genre Film score
Length 46:12
Label Koch Records
Producer John Loeffler
Various artists chronology
Pokémon World
(2000)
Pokémon: The First Movie Original Motion Picture Score
(2000)
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 Soundtrack
(2000)

Alongside this soundtrack, the orchestral score from the movie was also released on the CD Pokémon: The First Movie Original Motion Picture Score.

Track listing

  1. "The Birth of Mewtwo"
  2. "Dragonite Takes Flight"
  3. "Invitation to Danger"
  4. "Surviving the Storm"
  5. "Mewtwo's Island"
  6. "Pokémon Vs. Clone"
  7. "Tears of Life"
  8. "This Is My World Now"
  9. "Three on Three"
  10. "Mew's Theme"
  11. "Freeing Charizard"
  12. "Adventure in Paradise"
  13. "All Good Things Must End"

Sound Picture Box: The Birth of Mewtwo

Sound Picture Box: The Birth of Mewtwo (サウンドピクチャーボックス ミュウツーの誕生, Saundopikuchābokkusu myuutsū no tanjō) consists of two discs. The first disc contains episodes of the Japanese radio serial The Birth of Mewtwo (ミュウツーの誕生), released only in Japan and later adapted into Origin of Mewtwo. The second disc contains full score of the original Japanese release of the film in addition to two theme songs sung in Japanese.

Synopsis

The first three episodes of the drama mirror the anime short seen in Origin of Mewtwo, describing the circumstances behind Mewtwo's creation under a team of scientists and the tragic loss of his first friend, Amber. However, the last two episodes take place during the start of the first movie, after the prologue ends. The drama also goes into detail the leadership of Team Rocket under Madame Boss and the last known whereabouts of Miyamoto (ミヤモト), the mothers of Team Rocket members Giovanni and Jesse respectively.

Track listing

  1. "Episode 1: The Phantom 'Mew'" (第1話 幻の「ミュウ」)
  2. "Episode 2: The Birth of Mewtwo" (第2話 ミュウツーの誕生)
  3. "Episode 3: Mewtwo and Ai" (第3話 ミュウツーとアイ)
    Also titled "Mewtwo and Amber"
  4. "Episode 4: The World's Strongest Pokémon" (第4話 世界最強のポケモン)
  5. "Episode 5: Mewtwo Strikes Back" (第5話 ミュウツーの逆襲)
  1. "The Phantom 'Mew'" (幻の「ミュウ」)
  2. "The Awakening of Mewtwo" (ミュウツーの目覚め)
  3. "The Mighty Mewtwo" (強者ミュウツー)
  4. "Start of the Counterattack" (逆襲のはじまり)
  5. "Aim to Be the Pokémon Master '98" (opening theme) (めざせポケモンマスター'98(オープニング主題歌), Mezase Pokémon Masutā)
    Re-recording of the Japanese opening theme of Pokémon: Indigo League
    Lyrics by Akihito Toda [ja], composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, arranged by Chell Watanabe [ja], sung by Rika Matsumoto
  6. "We won't give up on Pikachu" (ピカチュウあきらめないニャ)
  7. "Flying Kairyu" (FLYINGカイリュー)
    Also titled "Flying Dragonite"
  8. "Messenger" (メッセンジャー)
  9. "Sign of the Storm" (嵐の予兆)
  10. "Departing for the Pokémon Castle!" (ポケモン城へ出発!)
  11. "A Stormy Sea" (嵐の海を)
  12. "Pokémon Castle" (ポケモン城)
  13. "The Shadow Haunting Team Rocket" (ロケット団につきまとう影)
  14. "Mewtwo Appears" (ミュウツー登場)
  15. "Cloned Pokémon Awaken!" (コピーポケモン目覚める!)
  16. "Showdown! Real vs. Cloned Pokémon" (対決! 本物対コピーポケモン)
  17. "Flight of the Poké Balls" (乱れ飛ぶモンスターボール)
  18. "Watch Out! Pikachu!" (危うし! ピカチュウ!)
  19. "Satoshi's Will to Battle" (サトシ戦いの決意)
  20. "Real vs. Cloned! Which Is Stronger?!" (本物とコピー! 強いのはどっちだ!)
  21. "The Meaning of Life" (命あるもの)
  22. "Tears of Miracle" (奇跡の涙)
  23. "To the Sky of Hope" (希望の空へ)
  24. "The Storm Clears" (晴れゆく嵐)
  25. "Together with the Wind" (ending theme) (風といっしょに(エンディング主題歌), Kaze to issho ni)
    Lyrics by Akihito Toda [ja], composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, arranged by Tanaka and Kan Sawada, sung by Sachiko Kobayashi
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