The Road To El Dorado -

: The music features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice . While not a traditional musical where characters sing their feelings (songs are mostly used as background narration), the soundtrack provides a zesty, zany backdrop to the adventure. Main image for The Road to El Dorado

In the pantheon of DreamWorks Animation, certain titles get the lion’s share of nostalgia-baiting headlines. Shrek deconstructed fairy tales. How to Train Your Dragon redefined epic bonding. But lurking in the release slate of 2000—sandwiched between the Disney Renaissance’s hangover and the CGI revolution—lies a hand-drawn gem that has aged like a fine, albeit chaotic, vintage: The Road to El Dorado . The Road to El Dorado

Most people note the catchy tunes, but one sharp review pointed out that the songs (“It’s Tough to Be a God,” “The Trail We Blaze”) are only sung when the duo are performing or hallucinating. The music isn’t magical—it’s their own vaudevillian theater bleeding into reality. It’s the sound of con artists falling for their own act. : The music features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice