Bridge to Terabithia

Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia is the accompanying soundtrack to the 2007 fantasy drama film Bridge to Terabithia, directed by Gábor Csupó, based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Katherine Paterson. The film's musical score was initially set to be composed by country singer-musician Alison Krauss, but left the project in July 2006 and Aaron Zigman was hired to score for the film. Zigman composed the score for the film within six months. The album consists of multiple pop and rock singles, performed by various artists including Miley Cyrus, Hayden Panettiere, Jon McLaughlin, Tyler James, Leigh Nash, AnnaSophia Robb amongst several others. The album was released by Hollywood Records on February 13, 2007. Background In July 2006, Aaron Zigman was roped in to score for the film, after Alison Krauss, who was initially set to compose for the film, dropped out of the project. Zigman mentioned that there are similarities between the music he composed for Bridge to Terabithia and his previous film Flicka (2006), in which "...at times there's a bit of a Celtic influence but not much", but he also went on to say that there was a more modern feel to the music he composed for the film. Zigman had implemented John Williams' musical style on producing tunes for the score, He did so as Csupó requested him to not compose "a typical Hollywood score"; and then mixed up orchestral melody with "a bit of a modern flavor." The score he composed for the film is described as "very large" compared to his other work, and Zigman commented that "Aside from the minimalist stuff and coloring that I love to do, I also like big orchestral stuff, and want to do more of that, and this film enabled me to spread my wings out a bit." He also wrote stretched musical cues for the action set pieces, while some of the musical cues ranged from "minimalist music" to "lush and very acrobatic". The soundtrack album to the film only featured four tracks from the original score, running for 15 minutes. A separate score album was released by Hollywood Records, in December 2007. Songs Incorporated songs in the film were packaged into the film's soundtrack, which includes a version of "I Learned from You" from the Hannah Montana soundtrack, originally performed by Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray Cyrus, and written by Matthew Gerrard and Steve Diamond. The film version featured only Miley's vocals and new lyrics written by Gerrard and Diamond.