'Turning Red' Soundtrack: All the Pixar, Disney Songs Plus Billie Eilish's 'Nobody Like U'

'Turning Red' Soundtrack: All the Pixar, Disney Songs Plus Billie Eilish's 'Nobody Like U'

Turning Red is Pixar's newest feature film, which is a coming-of-age story that everyone can relate to and has a catchy soundtrack to boot.

Meilin Lee (played by Rosalie Chiang) is a 13-year-old girl who one day wakes up as a giant red panda, a power she inherited from her ancestors that allows her to transform into the animal whenever she feels a strong emotion.

Not so useful when she has to navigate the emotional challenge that is life as a teenager, especially when she wants to be her own person but has to contend with her mother Ming's (Sandra Oh) overprotective nature.

Like many animation films, Turning Red has a stellar soundtrack and Newsweek can share everything you need to know about it, including the tracklist.

All The Songs Featured on the 'Turning Red' Soundtrack

Turning Red features three songs written by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, who is known by the mononym Finneas, which they made for the film's fictional boyband 4*Town.

The duo wrote and composed "Nobody Like U", "1 True Love" and "U Know What's Up", and Finneas sings on all three alongside Jordan Fisher, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, and Grayson Villanueva.

Of creating the songs, Eilish said in a press release: "We had to write songs that would be popular in 2000, which at the time, I was one year old.

"But boy bands have a very specific sound, and it's music I grew up listening to and loved. It was really, really fun to just play around in that world and write in the mind of a corny boy."

Ludwig Göransson also composed the soundtrack for Turning Red, writing almost 30 classical songs that highlight Mei's story to its fullest.

The composer, like Eilish and Finneas, tried to recreate the sounds of classic boy bands in the soundtrack, and he said in a press release: "I used a lot of the same sounds and synths that were inspired by the Cheiron studio—the Swedish studio that established the '90s boy-band sound.

"The boy band is a part of Mei's identity, so it was important to weave that sound into the score."

He added: "The score is a clash of cultures as well a clash between the older generation and the new. The clash in musical styles also represents Mei's internal struggle with her own identity. But these conflicts push her forward into her journey of self-discovery."

Here is the Full Tracklist for 'Turning Red':

  1. Nobody Like U – 4*TOWN, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O'Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, Grayson Villanueva [written by Billie Eilish and Finneas]
  2. 1 True Love – 4*TOWN, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O'Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, Grayson Villanueva [written by Billie Eilish and Finneas]
  3. U Know What's Up – 4*TOWN, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O'Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, Grayson Villanueva [written by Billie Eilish and Finneas]
  4. Family – Ludwig Göransson
  5. Turning Red – Ludwig Göransson
  6. Meilin Lee – Ludwig Göransson
  7. Temple Duties – Ludwig Göransson
  8. Jin's Family Dinner – Ludwig Göransson
  9. Drawing Love – Ludwig Göransson
  10. Never Again Dream – Ludwig Göransson
  11. Turning Panda – Ludwig Göransson
  12. Panda-monium – Ludwig Göransson
  13. Ancestors – Ludwig Göransson
  14. Inconvenient Genetics – Ludwig Göransson
  15. U Know What's Up (The Panda Hustle Version) – 4*TOWN, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O'Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, Grayson Villanueva
  16. Tyler's Deal – Ludwig Göransson
  17. The Aunties – Ludwig Göransson
  18. Grandma's Warning – Ludwig Göransson
  19. Keeping The Panda – Ludwig Göransson
  20. Dad Talk – Ludwig Göransson
  21. Red Moon Ritual – Ludwig Göransson
  22. I'm Keeping It – Ludwig Göransson
  23. Making It Right – Ludwig Göransson
  24. Unleashing The Panda – Ludwig Göransson
  25. Stadium Ritual – Ludwig Göransson
  26. Pandas Unite / Nobody Like U (Reprise) – Ludwig Göransson, 4*TOWN, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O'Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, Grayson Villanueva, Turning Red – Cast
  27. The Real Ming – Ludwig Göransson
  28. No Going Back – Ludwig Göransson
  29. Let Your Inner Panda Out – Ludwig Göransson
  30. Nobody Like U (Instrumental) – Finneas O'Connell
  31. 1 True Love (Instrumental) – Finneas O'Connell
  32. U Know What's Up (Instrumental) – Finneas O'Connell

Turning Red is out on Disney+ now.

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Meilin Lee, the lead character in Pixar's new film "Turning Red". The film features a stellar soundtrack that includes three songs written by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell. © 2022 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.

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