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

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
ReleasedMarch 26, 1991 (1991-03-26)
Genre
Length41:32
LabelSBK
ProducerPat Lucas
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles soundtracks 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" by Magnificent VII and "Back to School" by Fifth Platoon feature various virtuous themes in their lyrics such as world peace, staying in school, and environmentalism.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Awesome (You Are My Hero)"
Ya Kid K4:04
2."Ninja Rap"
  • Vanilla Ice
  • Earthquake
Vanilla Ice3:45
3."Find the Key to Your Life"
  • Cathy Dennis
  • David Morales
Cathy Dennis featuring David Morales4:42
4."Moov!"
Tribal House5:15
5."(That's Your) Consciousness"
Dan Hartman4:10
6."This World"
  • Mickey Mahoney
  • Rosano Martinez
  • Troy Duncombe
Magnificent VII3:56
7."Creatures of Habit"
Spunkadelic4:02
8."Back to School"Fifth PlatoonFifth Platoon4:39
9."Cowabunga"Du PrezOrchestra on the Half Shell3:29
10."Tokka and Rahzar: Monster Mix"Du PrezOrchestra on the Half Shell3:58
Total length:41:32

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[3] 30
US Billboard 200[4] 30

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[5] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[6] 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

  1. ^ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b Higginbotham, Adam (October 1991). "Reviews New Albums". Select. London: EMAP Metro: 75.
  3. ^ "RPM 100 Albums" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 53, no. 24. May 18, 1991. p. 11. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  4. ^ "Album / Soundtrack / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II". Billboard Database. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  5. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II". Music Canada. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - Secret of Ooze". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
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