1998 Soundtrack – A Bug’s Life
A Bug’s Life is a 1998 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.
The film’s score was composed and conducted by Randy Newman. Walt Disney Records released the soundtrack on October 27, 1998. The album’s first track is a song called “The Time of Your Life” written and performed by Newman, while all the other 19 tracks are orchestral cues. Although the album was out of print physically in the United States during the 2000s, in June 2018 Universal Music Japan announced that a re-mastered edition would be released on October 3, 2018, along with other soundtrack albums from the Walt Disney Records pre-2018 catalogue. The album is also available for purchase on iTunes. The time duration is 47 minutes and 32 seconds.
Tracks
1 The Time Of Your Life (Randy Newman) 03:16
2 The Flik Machine (Randy Newman) 02:54
3 Seed To Tree (Randy Newman) 01:01
4 Red Alert (Randy Newman) 01:49
5 Hopper And His Gang (Randy Newman) 03:21
6 Flik Leaves (Randy Newman) 02:38
7 Circus Bugs (Randy Newman) 01:27
8 The City (Randy Newman) 02:35
9 Robin Hood (Randy Newman) 00:59
10 Return To Colony (Randy Newman) 01:33
11 Flik’s Return (Randy Newman) 01:24
12 Loser (Randy Newman) 02:43
13 Dot’s Rescue (Randy Newman) 04:00
14 Atta (Randy Newman) 01:08
15 Don’t Come Back (Randy Newman) 01:07
16 Grasshopper’s Return (Randy Newman) 03:01
17 The Bird Flies (Randy Newman) 02:38
18 Ants Fight Back (Randy Newman) 02:14
19 Victory (Randy Newman) 02:33
20 A Bug’s Life Suite (Randy Newman) 05:12
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Dennis Budimir |
| Guitar | John Goux |
| Piano | Ralph Grierson |
| Piano | Randy Kerber |
| Bassoon | Ron Jannelli |
| Bassoon | Patricia Kindel |
| Bassoon | Ken Munday |
| Bassoon | Michael O’Donovan |
| Bassoon | Allen Savedoff |
| Bassoon | John Steinmetz |
| Clarinet | Emily Bernstein |
| Clarinet | Gary Bovyer |
| Clarinet | Gary Gray |
| Clarinet | Ralph Williams |
| Flute | Paul Fried |
| Flute | Susan Greenberg |
| Flute | Geraldine Rotella |
| Flute | David Shostac |
| Flute | Louise Di Tullio |
| Flute | Jim Walker |
| French Horn | Steve Becknell |
| French Horn | David Duke |
| French Horn | Daniel Kelley |
| French Horn | Todd Miller |
| French Horn | Yvonne Moriarty |
| French Horn | Brian O’Connor |
| French Horn | John Reynolds |
| French Horn | Kurt Snyder |
| French Horn | James Thatcher |
| French Horn | Richard Todd |
| French Horn | Brad Warnaar |
| French Horn | Phil Yao |
| Oboe | Tom Boyd |
| Oboe | Phil Ayling |
| Oboe | Barbara Northcutt |
| Sax | Steve Tavaglione |
| Sax | Gary Foster |
| Sax | Steve Fowler |
| Sax | Glen Garrett |
| Sax | Dan Higgins |
| Sax | Marty Krystall |
| Sax | Joel Peskin |
| Sax | Brian Scanlon |
| Sax | Tom Scott |
| Sax | Bob Sheppard |
| Trombone | Bruce Fowler |
| Trombone | Charlie Loper |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trombone | George Thatcher |
| Trumpet | Rick Baptist |
| Trumpet | Burnette Dillon |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Warren Luening |
| Trumpet | Malcolm McNab |
| Trumpet | Tim Morrison |
| Trumpet | David Washburn |
| Tuba | Tommy Johnson |
| Woodwinds | Kim Hutchcroft |
| Percussion | Mike Englander |
| Percussion | Greg Goodall |
| Percussion | Brian Kilgore |
| Percussion | Joe Porcaro |
| Percussion | Mark Zimosky |
| Percussion | Luis Conte |
| Percussion | Alan Estes |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Percussion | Peter Limonick |
| Percussion | Donald Williams |
| Percussion | Steve Schaeffer |
| Percussion | Jerry Williams |
| Vocals | Joan Beal |
| Vocals | Vangie Gunn |
| Vocals | Karen Harper |
| Vocals | Edie Lehmann |
| Vocals | Bobbi Page |
| Vocals | Sally Stevens |
| Vocals | Aleta Braxton |
| Vocals | Scottie Haskell |
Other Musicians
Bass – Nico Abondolo, Timothy Barr, Drew Dembowski, Chuck Domanico, Steve Edelman, Arni Egilsson, Richard Feves, Neil Garber, Oscar Hidalgo, Christian Kollgaard, Sue Ranney, Ian Walker
Cello – Andrew Cook, Gianna Abondolo, Tony Cooke, Matthew Cooker, Larry Corbett, Douglas Davis, Steve Erdody, Christine Ermacoff, Todd Hemmenway, Paula Hochhalter, Dennis Karmazyn, Armen Ksajikian, Timothy Landauer, Roger Lebow, Dane Little, David Low, Steve Richards, David Speltz, Martin Tillman, Sebastian Toettcher, John Walz, Kevan Torfeh
Harp – Marcia Dickstein, Katie Kirkpatrick, Joann Turovsky
Viola – Denyse Buffum, Brian Dembow, E. Duke-Kirkpatrick, Marlo Fisher, Rick Gerding, Pamela Goldsmith, Steven Gordon, Keith Greene, Jennie Hansen, Carrie Holzman-Little, Roland Kato, Carol Kleister-Castillo, Victoria Miskolczy, Dan Neufeld, Mike Nowak, Simon Oswell, Robin Ross, John Scanlon, Dan Seidenberg, Mihail Zinovyev
Violin – Eun-Mee Ahn, Armen Garabedian, Miran Kojian, Richard Altenbach, Jacqueline Brand, David Ewart, Harris Goldman, Endre Granat, Larry Greenfield, Alan Grunfeld, Clayton Haslop, Tamara Hatwan, Amy Hershberger, Patricia Johnson, Karen Jones, Ray Kobler, Connie Kupka, Dimitrie Leivici, Phillip Levy, Rene Mandel, Liane Mautner, Jayme Miller, Dennis Molchan, Robin Olson, Sid Page, Claudia Parducci, Mark Robertson, Jay Rosen, Anatoly Rosinsky, Haim Shtrum, David Stenske, Jennifer Walton, Rita Dynell Webber, Roger Wilkie, Julie Gigante, Rafael Rishik
Liner Notes
Producer – Frank Wolf, Randy Newman
Producer (Executive) – Chris Montan
Concertmaster – Bruce Dukov
Engineer (Recording Assistant) – Greg Dennen, Mark Eshelman, Pat Weber, Rich Weingart, Sean O’Dwyer, Sue McLean, Tulio Torrinello
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By – Frank Wolf
Orchestrator – Bruce Broughton
Recorded By – Frank Wolf
Art Direction – Luis M. Fernández
Design – Marcella Wong
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Sony Scoring Stage
Mixed At Signet Sound Studios
Mixed At Conway Studios
Recorded At Sony Scoring Stage
Recorded At Signet Sound Studios
Recorded At Conway Studios
Phonographic Copyright Walt Disney Records
Phonographic Copyright Pixar
Copyright Walt Disney Music Company
Copyright Pixar