Stuart Little 2

1	I'm Alive / Celine Dion 3:28
2	Put a Little Love in Your Heart / Mary Mary 3:09
3	Top of the World / Mandy Moore 3:22
4	Another Small Adventure / Chantal Kreviazuk 2:57
5	One / Nathan Lane 2:18
6	What I Like About You / The Romantics 2:56
7	Hold on to the Good Things / Shawn Colvin 3:30
8	Count on Me / Billy Gilman 3:42
9	Smile / Vitamin C 3:58
10	Alone Again (Naturally) / Gilbert O'Sullivan 3:38
11	Born to Be Wild / Steppenwolf 3:30
12	Little Angel of Mine / No Secrets 3:47
13	Falcon Finito / Alan Silvestri 6:51
14	Silver Lining / Alan Silvestri 4:21

Barnes & Noble

When E. B. White's classic mouse adventure first ascended to the big screen, young moviegoers found a new hero in the charming Stuart Little. The furry rodent brings his optimistic worldview to his second movie adventure, and the soundtrack has "Little" family values written all over it. The film's heartwarming themes -- among them friendship, love, and silver linings -- resound in every track. Mandy Moore's smooth pop ballad "Top of the World" evokes Stuart's daring rescue of Margalo, a wounded bird: "You lift me up when I have fallen / You're my friend when I was calling / Now I'm on top of the world." Contemporary gospel duo Mary Mary's upbeat and soulful rendition of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" will have kids clapping along. Equally soulful is Shawn Colvin's "Hold On to the Good Things," which ties her sweet vocals to reassuring lyrics: "Hold on to the good things, darlin' / Hold on to the silver lining / Hold on to the beautiful melodies /And leave those worries behind us." Adding a country-pop flavor to the mix, precocious preteen sensation Billy Gilman applies his surprisingly sophisticated vocals to the kid-friendly dance tune "Count On Me," on which he touts "what friendship's all about." When Margalo is kidnapped by the evil falcon, Stuart's lonely woes are appropriately marked with Gilbert O' Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)" and Snowbell's humorous rendition of the rock hit "One," sung by Nathan Lane, who voices the character. But, of course, Stuart's determination to save his new friend brings out his wacky side -- perfectly expressed by Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild." With cheery tracks and stirring lyrics, this Little soundtrack has an awfully big heart. Amy Barkat

All Music Guide

The soundtrack album for Stuart Little 2 is dominated by cheery pop/rock songs performed by artists affiliated with its releasing label, Epic Records. (Since this is a "music from and inspired by" album, some may not really be in the film.) Celine Dion occupies the position taken by Trisha Yearwood on the soundtrack to Stuart Little in 1999, singing an upbeat rhythm number called "I'm Alive." Other songs, such as Chantal Kreviazuk's "Another Small Adventure," Shawn Colvin's "Hold on to the Good Things," and Billy Gilman's "Count on Me," continue the sunny sentiments, and while Vitamin C's "Smile" acknowledges that life is not always peaches and cream, she admonishes "put a smile on your face, make the world a better place" over and over in the chorus. Making the world a better place is also the message of Mary Mary's remake of Jackie DeShannon's 1969 hit "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," one of several old songs presumably included to make parents and grandparents feel at home in the theater. The other revival of such a song is Nathan Lane's big-band version of "One," the 1969 hit by Three Dog Night written by Harry Nilsson. Lane provides the voice of a cat in the picture. Just where Steppenwolf's 1968 heavy metal anthem "Born to be Wild" or Gilbert O'Sullivan's maudlin 1972 chart-topper "Alone Again (Naturally)," in which he contemplates suicide and describes the death of his parents, fit into this scenario is not clear. But soundtrack albums of pop songs often don't make much sense unless you've seen the movies they come from. As with the first Stuart Little soundtrack, Alan Silvestri's score is restricted to two tracks. On them, he sounds like a John Williams wannabe, trying for grand themes among the by-the-numbers suspense and resolution music. William Ruhlmann