Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Soundtrack album by

Various Artists

Released

March 26, 1991

Genre

Length

41:32

Label

SBK

Producer

Pat Lucas

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film Soundtrack chronology

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1990)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1991)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1993)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1991 New Line Cinema film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. Released by SBK Records on March 26, 1991, It features the song "Ninja Rap" by Vanilla Ice, who made a cameo appearance in the film. Songs like "This World" and "Back to School" feature various virtuous themes in their lyrics such as world peace, staying in school, and environmentalism.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Select	(1/5)^[2]

In 1991, Select gave the album a rating of one out of five, stating the album "is despicable. Every kind of dance music has been drugged and sodomised into submission until it becomes anodyne and trite enough to accompany the weakest of children's parties."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Awesome (You Are My Hero)"	Danny Poku Manuela Kamosi	Ya Kid K	4:04
2.	"Ninja Rap"	Vanilla Ice Earthquake	Vanilla Ice	3:45
3.	"Find the Key to Your Life"	Cathy Dennis David Morales	Cathy Dennis featuring David Morales	4:42
4.	"Moov!"	Karen Bernod Pierre Salandy Winston Jones	Tribal House	5:15
5.	"(That's Your) Consciousness"	Charlie Midnight Dan Hartman John Du Prez	Dan Hartman	4:10
6.	"This World"	Mickey Mahoney Rosano Martinez Troy Duncombe	Magnificent VII	3:56
7.	"Creatures of Habit"	Renée Geyer Steve Harvey	Spunkadelic	4:02
8.	"Back to School"	Fifth Platoon	Fifth Platoon	4:39
9.	"Cowabunga"	Du Prez	Orchestra on the Half Shell	3:29
10.	"Tokka and Rahzar: Monster Mix"	Du Prez	Orchestra on the Half Shell	3:58
Total length:				41:32

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[3]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

The album version of '"Ninja Rap" has a higher tempo than the film version.
The album version of "Awesome (You Are My Hero)" omits the chorus' background vocals heard during the film's end credits.
An arranged instrumental version of "(That's Your) Consciousness" is played over the film's opening credits.

References

^ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at AllMusic
^ ^a ^b Higginbotham, Adam (October 1991). "Reviews New Albums". Select. London: EMAP Metro: 75.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II". Music Canada. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - Secret of Ooze". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

External links

TMNT soundtrack information on the official TMNT website
Music from the film on IMDb.com
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at Discogs (list of releases)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in film

Theatrical films

Live-action films

1990–1993 film series	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) The Secret of the Ooze (1991) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
2014–2016 film series	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) Out of the Shadows (2016)

Animated films

TMNT (2007)
Mutant Mayhem (2023)

Non-theatrical films

Turtles Forever (2009)
Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)

Unofficial and fan films

Casey Jones (2011)

Music

Soundtracks	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Secret of the Ooze Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III TMNT Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Score Out of the Shadows Mutant Mayhem
Songs	"Turtle Power!" "Spin That Wheel" "Shell Shocked"

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