Pokémon: The First Movie: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the first Pokémon film in the North American markets. Two songs were featured in the animated short Pikachu's Vacation and eight songs were exclusive to the album, not being featured in either the short or the movie. 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 on May 9, 2000.
The soundtrack was released on Atlantic Records, a sister company to Warner Bros., the film's distributor outside Japan. It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 11, 2000 for selling 2,000,000 copies.
Track listing
* Songs featured in Pikachu's Vacation, but not in the movie.** Songs not featured in the movie or the short.
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
Weekly charts Chart (1999–2000) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 48 Chart (2000) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 64 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 85 French Albums (SNEP) 31 US Billboard 200 72
Certifications and sales
Score
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 "The Birth of Mewtwo" "Dragonite Takes Flight" "Invitation to Danger" "Surviving the Storm" "Mewtwo's Island" "Pokémon Vs. Clone" "Tears of Life" "This Is My World Now" "Three on Three" "Mew's Theme" "Freeing Charizard" "Adventure in Paradise" "All Good Things Must End"
Sound Picture Box: The Birth of Mewtwo consists of two discs. The first disc contains episodes of the Japanese radio serial , released only in Japan and later adapted into The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin. 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 The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin, 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 Disc one
Also titled "Mewtwo and Amber"
Disc two
Re-recording of the Japanese opening theme of Pokémon: Indigo League Lyrics by , composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, arranged by , sung by Rica Matsumoto
Also titled "Flying Dragonite"
Lyrics by , composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, arranged by Tanaka and Kan Sawada, sung by Sachiko Kobayashi
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