Track Listing

1. I Learned from You - Miley Cyrus
2. Try - Hayden Panettiere
3. Keep Your Mind Wide Open - Annasophia Robb
4. Place for Us - Tyler James, Leigh Nash
5. Another Layer - Jonathan McLaughlin
6. Shine - The Skies of America
7. Look Through My Eyes - Everlife
8. Right Here - Jeremy Camp
9. When You Love Someone - Bethany Dillon
10. Seeing Terabithia - Hollywood Studio Symphony
11. Into the Forest - Hollywood Studio Symphony
12. Battle - Hollywood Studio Symphony
13. Jesse's Bridge - Hollywood Studio Symphony

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68476 in Music
• Released on: 2007-02-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Amazon.com
If the Bridge to Terabithia soundtrack skims the surface of the movie instead of mining for the richest material, it wasn't necessarily a bad move on the producers' part--given the film's 12-and-under target audience, the disc amounts to a snug fit for kids who walk out of a matinee wishing to extend the uplifting mood. And with a trove of songs this good, the grown-ups in their lives shouldn't have much of a problem listening in, even if they're only awaiting Aaron Zigman's four majestic disc-closing score selections. Of the nine bubble-gummish tracks aimed squarely at grade-schoolers, several come across as radio-ready: Jeremy Camp's "Right Here" is crazy-catchy, Jon McLaughlin's "Another Layer" avoids laying on the message too thick, and Miley Cyrus, a.k.a. Hannah Montana, handles herself with Hilary Duff-reminiscent poise on the charming "I Learned from You." Lament the shortened score if you will, but there's still a lot to like here. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews

Bad Omissions
I loved the movie "Bridge to Terabithia," and was interested in what the soundtrack would sound like. I was disappointed, since they left out the good stuff. Aaron Zigman's orchestral score is decent; not the best I've heard, but decent. Unfortunately, the best part of the orchestral score, the opening credits, is left out of the soundtrack for some inexplicable reason. The pop songs included are a decidedly mixed bag. They range from good (I Learned From You, Keep Your Mind Wide Open- even though AnnaSophia is not the best singer) to throwaway (Shine). But above all, as mentioned in other reviews- they left out the best songs from the movie, namely, those sung by Ms. Edmonds and her class. For those of you wanting to know, those songs are "Someday" by Steve Earle, "Why Can't We Be Friends," by War, and "O-O-H Child" by the Five Stairsteps. Would it really have been difficult to put those on the soundtrack- either the versions by the original artists or as sung by Zooey Deschanel and the kids? Anyway, you can find the above-mentioned songs on various CDs here on Amazon. Or if you just want the songs by themselves, you can download them on iTunes or Real Rhapsody.

Great Movie poor soundtrack
The movie was great but the soundtrack does not capture the music of Zooey Deschanel (music teacher) and the kids. That music (carefully selected by Zooey Deschanel) was the real heart and soul of the movie and is not even included on the CD. Save your money and buy the DVD when it comes out.

Don't be so down on this album!
As an older fan of the book Bridge To Terabithia, (I first read it as a kid over 25 years ago) I was skeptical about the movie. It turned out to be wonderful! As a classicly trained musician and fan of film scores, I was skeptical about the soundtrack album, which I knew would be geared toward kids, not soundtrack album collectors.

This album contains mostly pop songs, only a couple of which were used in the movie. I'm not a fan of today's pop music, and I'd never heard of any of the artists on this album. But I would not call the songs bubblegum or a disaster! They were a lot better than I thought they'd be. The lyrics are sweet, moving, and uplifting, and fit in well with the themes of the movie. The music is also uplifting and quite catchy.

The best part, of course, is the small selection of pieces from Aaron Zigman's film score, which is one of the best scores I've heard in a long time. Disney really dropped the ball by including only a small fraction of Zigman's score on this album. Fortunately, they chose some of the best parts of the score, including the enchanting Into The Forest and the soaring, breathtaking The Battle. Jesse's Bridge, which closes the album, is one of the most moving pieces of instrumental music you will ever hear.

It's a shame that Disney didn't add more of Aaron Zigman's score to this album. There was plenty of room - as it is now, the album only runs about 48 minutes. Because there's so little of the actual soundtrack on this album, I can't give it a five-star rating. But it's still a good album and worthy of four stars.

Don't be so down on this album! Listen to it, if only for the precious few tracks of Aaron Zigman's beautiful score. And the quality of the pop songs just might surprise you.