Alvin and the Chipmunks (soundtrack)

Alvin and the Chipmunks (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedNovember 20, 2007 (2007-11-20)
Length48:17
Label
ProducerAli Dee Theodore
The Chipmunks chronology
Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks
(2004)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2007)
Christmas with The Chipmunks (2008 reissue)
(2008)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (Original Motion Picture Score)
Film score by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2008 (2008-09-19)
Recorded2007
GenreFilm score
Length35:39
Label
  • 20th Century Fox
  • Fox Music
  • La-La Land Records
Christopher Lennertz chronology
The Comebacks
(2007)
Alvin and the Chipmunks
(2007)
Meet the Spartans
(2008)

Alvin and the Chipmunks (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2007 jukebox musical comedy film Alvin and the Chipmunks based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. Released on November 20, 2007, through Rhino Records, Razor & Tie and Chipmunk Records, the album featured original songs as well as existing musical numbers from the Chipmunks' discography. Ali Dee Theodore served as an executive producer on the soundtrack. An album, consisting of an original score composed by Christopher Lennertz, released as Alvin and the Chipmunks (Original Motion Picture Score) as a limited edition album on September 19, 2008 through La-La Land Records.

Alvin and the Chipmunks is directed by Tim Hill and starred Jason Lee, David Cross and Cameron Richardson while Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney voice the titular Chipmunks; Bagdasarian Sr., Steve Vining and Janice Karman provides the playback singing for the Chipmunks.

The soundtrack eventually peaked at Billboard 200 and topped the soundtrack charts within the few weeks of its release. It sold over 1 million copies in the United States and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, thereby becoming the group's sixth album, third Platinum album and first since Chipmunks in Low Places (1992). It also won the American Music Award for Top Soundtrack in 2008.