Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (soundtrack)

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is the soundtrack album to the 2022 film Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, based on the children's story of the same name and its prequel The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber. The album featured original songs written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul along with Ari Afsar, Emily Gardner Xu Hall, Mark Sonnenblick, and Joriah Kwamé, alongside classic pop/rock songs written by Elton John and Stevie Wonder. Shawn Mendes, who voices the titular crocodile, had provided vocals for eight of the tracks. The album was released by Island Records on September 30, 2022. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile , another album featuring original score composed by Matthew Margeson was released on October 7, 2022 by Madison Gate Records.

Background

The directors Will Speck and Josh Gordon had zeroed in songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known for their work in La La Land (2016) and The Greatest Showman (2018), understanding the importance of the project as a musical. During the production, Pasek and Paul agreed to executively produce the film as the premise of a singing crocodile, made the film "exciting". But, with Mendes, being the voice actor, the duo "blended musical theater with contemporary pop, aiming to create something with his voice". Will Speck and Josh Gordon had worked on mostly diegetic music, with Mendes performing the majority of the tracks as a singing crocodile. He also felt "really comfortable" on voicing the titular crocodile as it sings throughout the film. == Release ==

Release

On September 21, 2022, Shawn Mendes revealed the track list of the original soundtrack, which features 15 tracks. The incorporated songs of the film include Elton John's "Crocodile Rock", Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke", Pete Rodriguez's "I Like It Like That", while also including original tracks written by Pasek, Paul, Shawn Mendes and an array of writers. titled "Heartbeat" was released as the album's promotional single on September 23, 2022. The soundtrack was released on September 30, by Island Records. == Track listing ==

Score album

}} In June 2022, Matthew Margeson was reported to score the film. The score album was released by Madison Gate Records on October 7. == References ==

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