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Score and soundtrack

“ It was very important for us to find the right sound for this movie. We hoped that we could find it before we actually filmed the picture because that's how we worked for years and we've found that music informs our choices. ”

—Jonathan Dayton, director[8]

The score for Little Miss Sunshine was written by the Denver band DeVotchKa and composer Mychael Danna.[10] Performed by DeVotchKa, much of the music was adapted from their pre-existing songs, such as "How It Ends," which became "The Winner Is" "The Enemy Guns," and "You Love Me" from the album How It Ends and "La Llorona" from Una Volta.

Directors Dayton and Faris were introduced to DeVotchKa's music after hearing the song "You Love Me" on Los Angeles' KCRW radio station.[63] The directors were so impressed with the music that they purchased iPods for cast members containing DevotchKa albums.[64] Mychael Danna was brought in to help arrange the pre-existing material and collaborate with DeVotchKa on new material for the film. The Little Miss Sunshine score was not eligible for Academy Award consideration due to the percentage of material derived from already written DeVotchKa songs.[65] The DeVotchka song "Til the End of Time" did receive a nomination for a 2006 Satellite Award as Best Original Song.[66] Both DeVotchKa and Danna received 2007 Grammy nominations for their work on the soundtrack.[64]

The soundtrack also contains two songs by Sufjan Stevens ("No Man's Land" and "Chicago"), and songs by Tony Tisdale ("Catwalkin'"), and Rick James ("Super Freak").[67][10] The soundtrack reached number 42 on the "Top Independent Albums" and 24 on "Top Soundtracks" in 2006.[68] According to one of the film's DVD commentary tracks, "Super Freak", the source music danced to by Olive during the pageant competition, was introduced during post-production.[69] Arndt's screenplay had called for Prince's song "Peach"; during filming, the ZZ Top song "Gimme All Your Lovin'" was used. Two additional songs in the film that were written by Gordon Pogoda — "Let It Go" (aka "If Cupid Had a Heart") and "You've Got Me Dancing" (the latter of which he co-wrote with Barry Upton) — are featured during the pageant scenes near the end of the film.[70]

Little Miss Sunshine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Little Miss Sunshine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released July 11, 2006
Length 46:31
Label Lakeshore S
Professional reviews
Track # Title Performer Length (M:SS)
1 "The Winner Is" DeVotchKa 3:04
2 "Til the End of Time" 3:56
3 "You Love Me" 4:02
4 "First Push" 1:05
5 "No Man's Land" Sufjan Stevens 4:47
6 "Let's Go" DeVotchKa 3:21
7 "No One Gets Left Behind" 1:14
8 "Chicago" Sufjan Stevens 6:07
9 "We're Gonna Make It" DeVotchKa 2:32
10 "Do You Think There's A Heaven" 1:23
11 "Catwalkin'" Tony Tisdale 1:38
12 "Superfreak" (Rocasound Revamp) Rick James 4:13
13 "La Llorona" DeVotchKa 3:24
14 "How It Ends" 5:39

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DVD release

The DVD was released on December 19, 2006. It includes a dual-disc widescreen/full screen format, two commentary tracks, four alternate endings, and a music video by DeVotchKa. In its first week of release, DVD sales totaled $19,614,299 and it was the sixth-most sold DVD of the week.[72] For the first sixteen weeks of the DVD's releases, gross sales were $49,152,435.[72]

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