Turning Red＜限定盤＞

While occasionally tense and suspenseful, the primarily playful soundtrack to Disney-Pixars Turning Red consists of Ludwig Goranssons alternately elevator-jazzy and orchestral score alongside three original songs (and various reprises) written by the sibling powerhouse duo of Billie Eilish and FINNEAS. A coming-of-age story about a Chinese-Canadian girl, Meilin, who inherits a problematic supernatural ability triggered by strong emotions, its set in Toronto in 2002. Majorly factoring into the plot is a concert by fictional teen boy band 4*TOWN, the recipient of the songs -- "Nobody Like U," "True Love," and "U Know Whats Up" -- which find the voice lineup of FINNEAS, Jordan Fisher, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo, and Grayson Villanueva delivering melodic earworms in tandem with corny gems like "Had friends and Ive had buddies, its true/But they dont turn my tummy the way you do." Bolstered by the popularity of these throwback pop tunes, the Turning Red soundtrack landed on the Billboard 200. ~ Marcy Donelson