Soundtrack Review: Camp Rock (2008)
This is a review of the original soundtrack to the Disney Channel original movie Camp Rock.
“I imagine if I had kids, that they would love this soundtrack and play it constantly. In the end, the soundtrack would suddenly disappear under the lawnmower as I’m doing a bit of gardening. Accidents do happen you know.”
Are you ready to rock? Disney certainly is with their new Disney Channel Original Movie that aired last night. The movie is about an amazingly talented singer (Demi Lovato) who wants to be a pop star and decides to join Camp Rock with her mom (!). Sounds like a nice Cinderella type of story and since the movie is about music, the soundtrack is highly anticipated, especially for the kids. I was on Twitter checking the buzz on this one, and a lot of people were talking about this soundtrack, so I thought I might as well do a review of it. It feels a bit strange being 31 years old, having no children, to review a soundtrack targeted at a younger audience, but luckily I never quite grew up ;). This is the track list for Camp Rock:
Track List
- Cast Of Camp Rock - We Rock
- Jonas Brothers - Play My Music
- Joe Jonas - Gotta Find You
- Jordan Francis - Start The Party
- Demi Lovato - Who Will I Be
- Demi Lovato - This Is Me
- Jordan Francis - Hasta La Vista
- Renee Sandstrom - Here I Am
- Meaghan Martin - Too Cool
- Demi Lovato - Our Time Is Here
- Meaghan Martin - 2 Stars
- Aaron Doyle - What It Takes
Jonas Who?
Most of these artists are pretty unfamiliar to me, but I’ve heard of the Jonas Brothers which basically are the 2008 version of The Hanson Brothers (remember them?). The soundtrack has 12 tracks and it plays for 38 minutes. Normally I would say that it’s too short, but the attention span of children and grown-ups are not that long, so this soundtrack better be good to keep everyone listening through it all. I have listened to it all, and I have to say it isn’t bad. It’s a bit teeny-rock as expected, but as it played I started to move a little with the music. I am a big fan of various alternative rock bands, and that’s probably why this isn’t horrible to me. I imagine if I had kids, that they would love this soundtrack and play it constantly. In the end, the soundtrack would suddenly disappear under the lawnmower as I’m doing a bit of gardening. Accidents do happen you know.
Rock & R&B
Apart from the rock, there is a bit or R&B in there as well coming from young actor Jordan Francis who sings very well I must add. The highlights for me are Demi Lovato’s songs which remind me of a debuting Avril Lavigne which is not bad at all. There is also a very talented girl by the name of Renee Sandstrom who voiced Princess Fiona in Shrek and Shrek 2 who shouts “Here I Am” and welcome to you. Meaghan Martin is apparently the bad girl in this movie and it’s fun to hear that the songs reflect it. Demi has a softer, but edgy rock style, that comes across as a nice girl while Meaghan’s two songs has a different, more harder style, more percussion and bass that comes across as pushy “look at me, I am better than you” kind of girl. All in all it’s a fun, high-tempo soundtrack for the kids and grown-up kids out there. Listen to Camp Rock below:
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