Shrek 2 Merrill WI

Shrek 2

Soundtrack

Dreamworks Records, 2004

REVIEW BY: Jason Warburg

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 06/10/2004

First things first: who would've guessed in 1989 that thefunniest role Eddie Murphy would have in the next 15 years would beas the voice of an animated donkey?

Stacking the anomalies even higher, who in 1993 would've taggedAdam Duritz and Counting Crows as the authors/performers of theupbeat opening-sequence soundtrack (and hit single) for aquote-unquote kids' movie?

You wise guys can sit down now. Nobody, that's the answer.

There is in fact quite a stir among Counting Crows fans aboutthe band's recent commercial success -- first they team up withVanessa Carlton for "Big Yellow Taxi," now they cut a song for abig summer movie… and it's an upbeat love song for ananimated flick?