An American Tail (soundtrack)

An American Tail: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedNovember 21, 1986 (original)
February 12, 2019 (expansion)
GenreSoundtrack
Length49:04 (original release)
78:28 (2019 expansion)
LabelMCA Records (1986)
Geffen Records (2013)
Intrada Records (2019)
ProducerJames Horner
Don Bluth Music of Films chronology
The Secret of NIMH
(1982)
An American Tail: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1986)
The Land Before Time
(1988)
Singles from An American Tail: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Somewhere Out There"
    Released: 1986

An American Tail: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 1986 film An American Tail directed by Don Bluth. It was released on November 21, 1986, through MCA Records and featured original score composed by James Horner and songs composed by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, in collaboration with Horner. The song "Somewhere Out There", a duet performed by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, won two Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television, and was one of the popular songs from an animated feature film since the 1950s. The album was digitally released through Geffen Records in February 2013, while an expanded edition was released by Intrada Records in February 2019, featuring 26 tracks.