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The Simpsons Movie: The Music

Executive producer James L. Brooks chose Zimmer to compose the film's score, as they were good friends and regular collaborators.


Doctor Who: The Music

Dick Mills is credited with "special sound" on tracks 3 - 18

#Dick Mills - "The World of Doctor Who" (composed by Dudley Simpson)

The album was re-released in 1992 by Silva Screen records as Earthshock - Classic Music From The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1, with bonus tracks including "The World of Doctor Who", a track recorded by Mills as a B-side to Dudley Simpson's 1973 "Moonbase 3" single, which featured a mix of music from the serial "The Mind of Evil" with sound effects from "Planet of the Daleks" before finishing with Simpson's "Master's Theme".

The collection was produced by Workshop member and long-time Doctor Who sound-effects creator Dick Mills.

Brian Hodgson is credited with "special sound" on tracks 1 and 2

Donut King

On 5 December, 2007 Donut King oversaw construction of the World's Largest Doughnut, in order to celebrate The Simpsons Movie's DVD release.

Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp

"Shotgun Blast" was renamed Blast in 1999 and was used on the soundtrack to WCW Mayhem: The Music.

Iris recognition

The Simpsons Movie (2007) features a scene that illustrates the difficulty of image acquisition in iris recognition.

Mayor Quimby

During the USA Today.com contest to choose which Springfield would host the release of The Simpsons Movie, Ted Kennedy himself appears in a video in which he invited "Diamond Joe" Quimby and the film to premiere in Springfield, Massachusetts, and even mocked his own oft-mocked pronunciation of the word "Chowder" (as "Chow-Dah"); however, Springfield, Vermont was chosen instead.

Take My Life, Please

It was the first episode of The Simpsons to air in 720p high-definition television, though not the first time The Simpsons appeared in high-definition, as The Simpsons Movie was rendered in HD.

The Fool Monty

Once again a cruel, heartless miser, he decides to put a dome over the town to get revenge on everyone who had treated him badly (inspired by Stephen King's novel Under the Dome), only to be informed that he had already done something similar and it would not work again because they could simply cave their way out.

Tommy Bahama

The Tommy Bahama brand has been placed in: Luck, Couples Retreat, Meet the Parents (and Fockers sequels) and 50 First Dates; as well as TV's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Scrubs, Dexter, Psych and continually on character Sam Axe from USA Network's Burn Notice, The Simpsons Movie, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.


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