Man on the Moon (soundtrack)

Man on the Moon (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack to the 1999 film Man on the Moon. The soundtrack was released on November 22, 1999, in the UK and November 23, 1999, in the US. It was issued on Warner Bros. Records, in conjunction with Jersey Records, a part of Danny DeVito's Jersey Group.

Man on the Moon
Soundtrack album by R.E.M.
Released	November 23, 1999 (1999-11-23)
Recorded	May 1999
Genre	Alternative rock, film score
Length	36:59
Label	Warner Bros. Records/Jersey Records
Producer	Pat McCarthy and R.E.M.
R.E.M. chronology
Up (1998) Man on the Moon (1999) Reveal (2001)
Singles from Man on the Moon
"Mighty Mouse Theme" Released: 1999 "The Great Beyond" Released: November 16, 1999

The soundtrack was written by rock band R.E.M., whose 1992 song "Man on the Moon" (originally written in honor of Kaufman) gave the film its title. The soundtrack also included the Grammy-nominated song "The Great Beyond", which remains the band's highest-charting single in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Mighty Mouse Theme (Here I Come to Save the Day)", (Philip, Scheib, Marshall Barer)^[2] performed by The Sandpipers^[3] – 1:53
2. "The Great Beyond" (Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe), performed by R.E.M. – 5:05
3. "Kiss You All Over" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn), performed by Exile – 3:37
4. "Angela" (Theme to Taxi) (Bob James), performed by Bob James – 1:27
5. "Tony Thrown Out" (Buck, Mills, Stipe), performed by orchestra – 1:08
6. "Man on the Moon" (Bill Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe), performed by R.E.M. – 5:13
7. "This Friendly World" (Ken Darby), performed by Michael Stipe and Jim Carrey (with the latter portraying both Tony Clifton and Andy Kaufman) – 3:02
8. "Miracle" (Buck, Mills, Stipe), performed by Mike Mills and an orchestra – 2:53
9. "Lynne & Andy" (Buck, Mills, Stipe), performed by an orchestra – 1:46
10. "Rose Marie" (Herbert Stothart, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Rudolf Friml), performed by Andy Kaufman – 2:36
11. "Andy Gets Fired" (Buck, Mills, Stipe), performed by an orchestra – 1:07
12. "I Will Survive" (Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris), performed by Tony Clifton – 1:49
13. "Milk & Cookies" (Buck, Mills, Stipe), performed by an orchestra – 1:59
14. "Man on the Moon" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe), performed by an orchestra – 1:50
15. "One More Song for You" (Michael Omartian, Stormie Omartian), performed by Andy Kaufman – 1:16

Personnel

• Chris Bilheimer – packaging design
• Anita Camarata – music supervisor
• Kaylin Frank – associate music supervisor
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Pat McCarthy – production

References

1. "Man on the Moon - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
2. "Man on the Moon". allmusic. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
3. "Sandpipers, The (2)". Discogs. Retrieved 14 June 2014.