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Genre: Soundtrack
Release Date: 08/05/2008

The soundtrack for director David Gordon Green's stoner action comedy Pineapple Express is notable mainly for the inclusion of a brand new track (and custom title cut) from America's favorite bar band, Huey Lewis & the News. Taking its name from a particularly potent strain of marijuana, "Pineapple Express" (the song) is a throwback to Sports-era Lewis, mirroring the bluesy, sax-driven backbeat of "Heart of Rock and Roll" and "I Want a New Drug." It's not a bad tune at all, but the lack of a memorable chorus and the inclusion of a sample of actor Seth Rogen taking bong hits keep things squarely in the parody camp. What follows is a fairly pedestrian collection of disparate tracks for such a deliberately constructed "weed" movie, including a couple of left-field '80s hits from Robert Palmer ("Woke Up Laughing") and Eddy Grant ("Electric Avenue"); a little bit of Public Enemy, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and Bell Biv DeVoe to welcome in the '90s; and some Cypress Hill and Peter Tosh to help keep the smoke from sneaking past the wet dorm room towel and into the hallway.

~James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

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Rick Todd - French Horn
Sid Page - Violin
Graeme Revell - Producer
Rick Baptist - Trumpet
Peter Boyle - Orchestration
Robert Brosseau - Violin
Johnny Colla - Producer
Larry Corbett - Cello
Charles Everett - Violin
Stefanie Fife - Cello
Armen Garabedian - Violin
Pamela Goldsmith - Viola
Harris Goldman - Violin
M.B. Gordy - Percussion
Clayton Haslop - Violin
Clayton Haslop - Concert Master
Alan Kaplan - Trombone
Peter Kent - Violin
Gina Kronstadt - Violin
Razdan Kutumjain - Violin
Huey Lewis - Producer
Joe Meyer - French Horn
Gregg Nestor - Music Preparation
Gregg Nestor - Copyist
Bruce Otto - Trombone
Paul Salvo - Trumpet
Bob Sanders - Trombone
Harry Shirinian - Viola
Haim Shtrum - Violin
Tim Simonec - Orchestration
Jim Sitterly - Violin
Raymond Tischer - Viola
John Wittenberg - Violin
Ken Yerke - Violin
Ken Yerke - Principal
Shari Zippert - Violin
Ezra Kliger - Violin
Suzie Katayama - Cello
Ron Folsom - Violin
Gavin Lurssen - Mastering
Norm Hughes - Violin
Judd Apatow - Executive Producer
Joe Chavez - Layout Design
Norman Ludwin - Bass
John A. Reynolds - French Horn
Skip Williamson - Executive Soundtrack Producer
Karen Van Sant - Viola
Richard Rintoul - Viola
Jean Sudbury - Violin
Shalini Vijayan - Violin
Karl Vincent - Bass
Jonathan Karp - Music Supervisor
Jonathan Karp - Soundtrack Producer
Marda Todd - Viola
Shauna Robertson - Executive Producer
Brian McNelis - Executive Soundtrack Producer
Dan Tobin Smith - Cello
Eric Craig - A&R
Stephanie Mente - Art Direction
Gina Zimmitti - Music Contractor
David Gordon Green - Executive Producer
Seth Rogen - Executive Producer
Lia Volalck - Executive in Charge of Music

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Release Date: 08/05/2008
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