Hans Zimmer
Composer
Steve Mazzaro
Composer
Alejandro Moros
Sequencer Programmer
Oscar Senen
Supervising Orchestrator
Joan Martorell
Orchestrator
Gavin Greenaway
Conductor
Pedro Eustache
Musician
Aleksandra Suklar
Musician
Ryan Rubin
Music Editor
Alan Meyerson
Music Scoring Mixer
Jacob Johnston
Assistant Score Mixer
Chuck Choi
Technical Score Engineer
Nolan Bacardi
Additional Engineering
Colby Donaldson
Additional Engineering
Soya Soo
Additional Engineering
Mark Wherry
Digital Instrument Design
Taurees Habib
Digital Instrument Preparation
Raul Vega
Digital Instrument Preparation
Jill Streater
Music Preparation
Cynthia Park
Assistant to Hans ZIMMER
Steven Kofsky
Music Production Services
Jessica Gibson
Studio Manager
KUNG FU PANDA 4, 2024, Directed by Mike Mitchell & Stephanie Stine
FILM CREDITS
Music by Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro
Music Editor: Ryan Rubin
Score Recording Engineer: Geoff Foster
Score Mixer: Alan Meyerson
Lead Orchestrator: Oscar Senen
Orchestrators: Nacho Cantalejo & Joan Martorell
Additional Orchestrator: Vladimir Tubić
Orchestra Conductor: Gavin Greenaway
Orchestral Leader: Thomas Bowes
Sequencer Programming: Alejandro Moros
Choirmaster: Ben Parry
Choir: London Voices
Orchestra & Choir Contractor: Isobel Griffiths Ltd
Music Production Services: Steven Kofsky
Librarians: Ann Barnard, Leo Nicholson & Jill Streater
Music Preparation: Global Music Service
Score Recordist: John Prestage
Score Editor: Chris Barrett
Score Mix Assistant: Jacob Johnston
Technical Score Engineer: Chuck Choi
Additional Engineering: Nolan Bacardi, Colby Donaldson & Soya Soo
Digital Instrument Design: Mark Wherry
Digital Instrument Preparation: Taurees Habib & Raul Vega
Studio Manager for Remote Control Productions: Jessica Gibson
Assistant to Hans Zimmer: Cynthia Park
Featured Musicians:
Clarinet: Nicholas Rodwell
Flute: Karen Jones
Percussion: Aleksandra Šuklar
Erhu: Karen Han
Woodwind: Pedro Eustache
Guzheng: Bei Bei Monter
Pipa: LiYun Wang
Score Recorded at: Abbey Road Studios, London
Abbey Road Studios Crew: Tom Ashpitel, Fiona Gillott, Kayla Hopkins & Al Russell
Score Recorded & Score Mixed at Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica
"Crazy Train"
Written by John Osborne, Randy Rhoads & Robert Daisley
Orchestral Arrangement by Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro
"...Baby One More Time (From Kung Fu Panda 4)"
Written by Max Martin
Performed by Tenacious D
Produced by John Spiker
Orchestral Arrangement by Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro & Oscar Senen
ALBUM ASSEMBLY
Journey : 5mEC Credits
Opening Day : 1m3 Opening Day Celebration - Choose Your Successor (Edited)
Tai Lung Has Returned : 1m1 Return Of Tail Lung (Edited)
No Footprint Too Small : 1m6 You Know When You Know + 1m8 Zhen In Prison - The Chameleon (Edited)
Juniper City : 2m23 Welcome To Juniper City (Edited)
A Den Of Thieves : 3m31 Need To Lay Low (Edited)
The Happy Bunny Tavern : 2m16 Welcome To The Happy Bunny Tavern (Edited)
Tavern Fight : 2m17 Tavern Fight
Looking For Po : 3m37-38 Looking For Son - Sneaking In (Edited) + 3m35-36 Time To Go (Edited)
She Could Be Anyone : 2m12 Meet The Chameleon (Edited)
Sharing Stories : 2m21 Sharing Stories
Teach Me Your Kung Fu : 3m39 Trapped (Edited) + 4m47 Teach Me Your Kung Fu (Edited)
A Different Path : 4m48 Po-Zhen Fight (Edited) + 3m40 Never Trust Anyone (Edited)
Who Are You Rooting For : 5m55 Every Opponent Ever (Edited)
I Am The Dragon Warrior : 4m53 More Violence (Edited)
You're Our Son : 4m44 You Followed Me (Edited)
My Master Plan : 2m22 Building Cages
Be The Pit : 5m56 Kick My Butt
It's Pronounced Skadoosh : 5m57-59 The Word Is... Skadoosh
Inner Peace : 5m60 Finale
Crazy Train : 3m26 Crazy Train
...Baby One More Time : 5m61S ...Baby One More Time
1m1 Return Of Tai Lung (1:59)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
1m2 Where Is Po? (1:56)
1m2 INS Stingray Fight (0:33)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
1m3 Opening Day Celebration – Choose Your Successor (4:15)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
1m4-5 Candidates Audition (0:51)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
1m6 You Know When You Know (0:59)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
1m7 Mysterious Figure – Hall Of Heroes (3:39)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
1m8 Zhen In Prison – The Chameleon (2:24)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
1m9 We Have A Deal (1:18)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
2m10 Zhen-Po Walk & Talk (0:29)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m11 Who Is The Chameleon (1:08)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m12 Meet The Chameleon (2:53)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m13 How Much Further (0:43)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m14 Let’s Find Our Son (1:10)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m15 Looking For A Captain (0:34)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m16 Welcome To The Happy Bunny Tavern (2:15)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m17 Tavern Fight (1:29)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
2m18 Tavern Escape (0:55)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
2m19-20 Sail Away – Stuck On A Ledge (0:39)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m21 Sharing Stories (1:50)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
2m22 Building Cages (1:11)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m23 Welcome To Juniper City (1:57)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
2m24 Local Celebrity (0:59)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
3m25 Escape (0:33)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
3m26 Crazy Train (2:04)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (Ozzy Osbourne)
3m27-28 Home Sweet Home (1:01)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
3m29-30 Slow & Painful (1:16)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
3m31 Need To Lay Low (1:02)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
3m32-33 Dads At The Tavern – Hands Off The Goose (1:10)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
3m34 One Of Two Ways (0:53)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
3m35-36 Time To Go (2:29)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
3m37-38 Looking For Son – Sneaking In (1:22)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
3m39 Trapped (0:59)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
3m40 Never Trust Anyone (3:30)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
3m40 INS Never Trust Anyone (Alternate Ending) (0:22)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
3m41-43 I Killed Him (1:48)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
4m44 You Followed Me (1:42)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
4m45 Don’t Fight Your Nature (1:24)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
4m46 Opening The Spirit Realm (0:38)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
4m47 Teach Me Your Kung Fu (2:57)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
4m48 Po-Zhen Fight (2:01)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
4m49 Need An Army (0:47)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
4m50 Do The Right Thing (0:50)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
4m51-52 Sneaking Back In (2:30)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
4m53 More Violence (2:32)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
5m55 Every Opponent Ever (3:01)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
5m56 Kick My Butt (2:42)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
5m57-59 The Word Is… Skadoosh (2:32)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
5m60 Finale (2:25)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
5m61S …Baby One More Time – Tenacious D (3:12)
John Spiker, Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro, Oscar Senen (Max Martin)
5mEC Credits (1:52)
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro
Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro (John Powell)
03 – Tai Lung Has Returned (1:52)
04 – No Footprint Too Small (2:11)
05 – Juniper City (1:28)
06 – A Den Of Thieves (0:53)
07 – The Happy Bunny Tavern (2:07)
08 – Tavern Fight (1:28)
09 – Looking For Po (2:08)
10 – She Could Be Anyone (2:45)
11 – Sharing Stories (1:48)
12 – Teach Me Your Kung Fu (2:58)
13 – A Different Path (3:12)
14 – Who Are You Rooting For (2:39)
15 – I Am The Dragon Warrior (2:24)
16 – You’re Our Son (1:34)
17 – My Master Plan (1:12)
18 – Be The Pit (2:39)
19 – It’s Pronounced Skadoosh (2:30)
20 – Inner Peace (2:22)
21 – Crazy Train (2:04)
22 – …Baby One More Time – Tenacious D (3:12)
Max Martin, John Spiker, Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro, Oscar Senen
It has taken me so long to realise that Baby one More Time actually features the main theme from the films in the backtrack
Since no one has done this yet to my knowledge, I’ve decided to catalog all the themes of this franchise by the composers who created them. This is based on cue sheet credits in addition to what has been mentioned in previous interviews.
Hans Zimmer’s themes:
– Oogway’s theme
– Po’s theme
– Inner Peace theme
– Gongmen City theme
– Panda Village theme (from KFP3)
– Chi theme
– The Chameleon’s theme
John Powell’s themes:
– Hero/ Furious Five’s theme
– Tai Lung’s theme
– Celebration/ Valley of Peace theme
– Shifu’s/ Training theme
– Shen’s theme
Lorne Balfe’s themes:
– Panda Village theme ( from KFP2)
– Father & Son theme
Paul Mounsey’s themes:
– Rickshaw Chase motifs
– Mr Ping’s theme ( from KFP3)
Steve Mazzaro’s themes:
– Journey theme
– Zhen’s theme
– The Dads motifs
Hopefully this provides a better sense of “who did what” when it comes to discussing this franchise’s music.
Journey Theme sounds like Hans to me. Also I think Inner Peace is Powell.
Who did General Kai´s Theme (KF3)? Balfe o Zimmer? It sounds a little Balfe to me…
Neither. Kai’s theme was composed by Imagine Dragons and rearranged mainly by Zimmer and Mounsey.
Hans did some cool arrangements of the Imagine Dragons theme in the opening Kai/Oogway fight cue.
Could you also pin point where can I hear an example of these themes? I’m pretty sure about most of them but there are others I haven’t caught yet, like the Celebration theme or the Chi theme. Great work!
Oh, good to know! Thanks! KP Fan
@Tech49 The celebration theme appears fully in this track from KFP1: https://youtu.be/zyjk7118nuc?si=S8L3bIBsvUuF5Ujh
As for the chi theme, it appears in this track from KFP3 from 0:58 : https://youtu.be/xF7jNBTvQkM?si=qSYVz_D5qxWrgqOy
Thanks @KP Fan! I had already identified the celebration theme, but I wasn’t aware of the Chi Theme.
If it’s not much trouble, could you also note down what are the new themes in KFP4? Is the score I’m less familiar with, and apart from the Zimmer’s Chameleon theme, I’m having trouble setting the themes apart. Thanks for the help!!