Popeye (film) - Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Popeye is a soundtrack composed by Harry Nilsson for the movie Popeye. Harry Nilsson took a break in the middle of production of his album Flash Harry to create the music for this movie. He wrote all the original songs and co-produced the music with producer Bruce Robb at Cherokee Studios. In general, the soundtrack was unusual in that the actors sang some of the songs "live". For that reason, the studio-recorded soundtrack album did not quite match the tracks heard in the film. On the end credits, Van Dyke Parks is credited as music arranger. He also acted in the movie in role of a piano player.

All songs written by Harry Nilsson except "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man," which was composed by Sammy Lerner for the original Max Fleischer Popeye animated cartoon.

1. "I Yam What I Yam" - (2:16)
2. "He Needs Me" - (3:33)
3. "Swee' Pea's Lullaby" - (2:06)
4. "Din' We" - (3:06)
5. "Sweethaven - An Anthem" - (2:56)
6. "Blow Me Down" - (4:07)
7. "Sailin'" - (2:48)
8. "It's Not Easy Being Me" - (2:20)
9. "He's Large" - (4:19)
10. "I'm Mean" - (2:33)
11. "Kids" - (4:23)
12. "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" - (1:19)

• The song "Everything Is Food" was not included on the soundtrack album, while the song "Din' We" (which was cut from the film) was.
• The song "He Needs Me" was featured in the film, Punch-Drunk Love. Coincidentally, Punch-Drunk Love was originally released on DVD the same day as the DVD release of Popeye.
• The song "Sweethaven - An Anthem" is the only song heard twice in the film.

The soundtrack is now available either as a digital download from music retailers such as iTunes and Amazon MP3 or as a CD-R through Amazon.com. Again, "Everything is Food" has not been included on the soundtrack.