It features a collection of songs ranging from various genres—rock, pop, hip hop, rhythm and blues—performed by the cast and an original score composed by John Powell.

James Christopher Monger of AllMusic commented that the album "sports an even mix of upbeat dance, rock, and pop cuts and orchestral work from composer John Powell".

[4] Filmtracks.com wrote "There is less uniquely interesting activity here than in Kung Fu Panda 2 from earlier in the same year, and the listening experience on album will be a challenge for some enthusiasts of the composer because of the intrusion of source applications (like "We Are the Champions") directly into the score.

Such fans will find five to ten minutes of worthy new music to add to their playlists from the original Happy Feet score, but don't expect much more.

Meanwhile, aside from some funny treatment of a Dmitri Tiomkin standard, the songs clustered with the score this time tell you all you need to know about why the movie failed at the box office.