Shrek 2 (2004) - The 2000s Blockbuster Pop Soundtrack Tries to Go Bigger than Its Predecessor with Pop Culture Writer/Podcaster Candice Lim

About this episode

Candice Lim joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to discuss the soundtrack of Shrek 2 and its cultural impact.

Candice Lim, former host of Slate's ICYMI, former producer of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, and total pop colture savant, joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about the soundtrack to the 2004 Adamson, Asbury, and Vernon directed film, Shrek 2. As with many blockbuster sequels, the Shrek 2 soundtrack is filled with expensive needle drops, covers of famous songs, and a new song that was nominated for the 2004 Best Original Song Oscar. That would be the Counting Crows' "Accidentally in Love", which would end up falling to Jorge Drexler's "Al Otro Lado del Rio" from The Motorcycle Diaries. For covers, you have Butterfly Boucher covering David Bowie's "Changes", Frou Frou covering Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero" and Pete Droge covering "Ever Fallen in Love" by the Buzzcocks. Tom Waits and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds also appear in the soundtrack with previously released songs, as do The Eels, who are the connective thread between the various Shrek soundtracks. Candice attributes the Shrek 2 soundtrack to filling in pop culture blind spots of her youth and joins the hosts in making predictions about the upcoming Shrek 5 sequel. For More Information About Candice Lim Substack…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nicole Barlow, Ryan Pak

Guest: Candice Lim

Topics covered

• Shrek 2 soundtrack
• pop culture
• music covers
• blockbuster films
• 2000s music
• film commentary

Keywords

• Shrek 2
• soundtrack
• Candice Lim
• Counting Crows
• pop culture
• music covers
• 2004 films

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Slate, NPR

Books & works: Shrek 2, The Motorcycle Diaries

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