Summary
Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection is the first and only soundtrack to the popular Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo. The soundtrack consist of songs and theme songs from the incarnations produced from 1969 to 1985, from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! to The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. Three songs, "Move Over", "Ruby Cool Guy" and "Gotta Have Time", were taken from the 1979 animated telefilm Scooby Goes Hollywood. A bonus track, called "Scooby's Mystery Mix", takes a majority of the sound bites included on the soundtrack as a musical mix. The sound bites featured on the soundtrack were taken primarily from the second season of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, but also from a few episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, and features the entire cast from both series. Two guest stars from The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Jerry Reed and Davy Jones, appeared on the soundtrack singing the songs they performed in their guest-appearance episodes. The soundtrack was released on CD and cassette tape on September 15, 1998.[1][2] It was later discontinued.
| Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | September 15, 1998 |
| Recorded | 1969-1985, 1998 |
| Genre | Bubblegum pop, Techno |
| Length | 33:34 |
| Label | Kid Rhino |
| Producer | Joseph Barbera, Craig Bartock, Craig DeGraff, William Hanna |
The album peaked at number five on the Billboard Kids Album chart.[3]
Critical reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
Jason Ankeny of Allmusic gave a mixed review of the soundtrack. He praised the songs from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1970) series stating that the songs are "pleasantly kitschy bubblegum confections". Ankeny stated that the inclusion of later theme songs were "far less engaging" and that the songs by Jerry Reed and Davy Jones, as well as the song "Me and My Shadow", ranged "from the harmless to the tedious" and that the bonus remix, "Scooby's Mystery Mix", was "a lame techno remix." The album was rated three out of five stars.[4]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" (Main Title, 1969) | David Mook, Ben Raleigh | Larry Marks | 1:12 |
| 2. | "Recipe for My Love" | Danny Janssen | Austin Roberts | 2:31 |
| 3. | "Seven Days a Week" | Janssen, Austin Roberts | Roberts | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Daydreamin'" | Janssen, Sue Steward | Roberts | 2:02 |
| 5. | "Love the World" | Janssen | Roberts | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Tell Me, Tell Me" | Janssen, Steward | Roberts | 2:09 |
| 7. | "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" (Main Title, 1972) | Joseph Barbera, Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna | Cast | 1:28 |
| 8. | "Pretty Mary Sunlite" | Janssen, Roberts | Jerry Reed | 2:13 |
| 9. | "I Can Make You Happy" | Janssen, Steward | Davy Jones | 2:01 |
| 10. | "The Scooby-Doo Show" (Main Title, 1976) | Barbera, Curtin, Hanna | 1:27 | |
| 11. | "Move Over" | Barbera, Curtin, Hanna | Casey Kasem | 1:24 |
| 12. | "Ruby Cool Guy" | Barbera, Curtin, Hanna | Don Messick | 2:14 |
| 13. | "Gotta Have Time" | Barbera, Curtin, Hanna | Messick | 1:39 |
| 14. | "The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries" (Main Title, 1984) | Barbera, Curtin, Hanna, Ron Jones | 0:59 | |
| 15. | "I Could Be a Star" | Barbera, Curtin, Hanna | Kasem, Messick | 1:13 |
| 16. | "Dooby Doo" | Barbera, Curtin, Hanna | Messick | 0:52 |
| 17. | "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" (Main Title, 1985) | Barbera, Curtin, Hanna, Jones | Kasem, Messick, Vincent Price, Arte Johnson, Howard Morris | 1:02 |
| 18. | "Me and My Shadow" | Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer | Messick | 1:12 |
| 19. | "Scooby's Mystery Mix" (Bonus track) | Craig DeGraff, E.J. Dick | Cast | 3:02 |
| Total length: | 33:34 | |||
Personnel edit
Credits for Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection were adapted from Allmusic.[5]
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Charts edit
| Chart (1998–99) | Peak position |
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| Kids Album (Billboard)[3] | 5 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ cake Decorating. "Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection: Various Artists: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ^ cake Decorating. "Scooby Doo: Snack Tracks - Ultimate Coll / TV Ost: Scooby Doo's Snack Tracks: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
- ^ a b "Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection - Original TV Soundtrack". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason (1998-09-15). "Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection - Original TV Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ^ "Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection - Original TV Soundtrack". AllMusic. 1998-09-15. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
External links edit
- Allmusic