By Various Artists, 2006

Executive soundtrack producer Sunny Park is not the kind of guy who leaves the seat up. Scan through the tracks to Flushed Away, as conscientiously assembled as the gag-a-minute film itself, and the evidence pours forth faster than an overfilled tank: when he's not sending his target audience of 5- to 12-year-olds into paroxysms of punk-fueled glee with Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl," he's strapping them in for a ride with the mother of all riverboat queens, Tina Turner ("Proud Mary"). Animated accompaniments don't get much more likable, not only because Park so skillfully weaves pop with movie snippets in a way that feels unforced (note the sly segue from the cartoon Slugs' "Mr.

Lonely" to Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy"), but also because he's captured the loopy zig-zag spirit of the film so completely. Billy Idol belongs here every bit as much as Fatboy Slim, Tom Jones as much as Hugh Jackman, who stars. As soundtrack fun factors go, Flushed Away is on a par with Shrek; rarely will entire families feel so good while plungers loom at the periphery of their thoughts.

--Tammy La GorceThe soundtrack from Flushed Away--a delightful animated film from DreamWorks Animation, the creators of Shrek and Madagascar and Aardman Studios, the creators of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. The album overflows with pop hits from an all-star lineup including Billy Idol, Jet, The Dandy Warhols, Bobby McFerrin, Fatboy Slim, Tina Turner and Tom Jones. The CD also captures the fun mood of the film by including original musical moments and audio snippets from the slithering slug characters.

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