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{{Italic title}}[[Image:Shrek4.png|thumb|right|250px|Cover art for ''[[Shrek Forever After: Music from the Motion Picture]]'']]'''''Shrek''''' is a film franchise by | {{Italic title}}[[Image:Shrek4.png|thumb|right|250px|Cover art for ''[[Shrek Forever After: Music from the Motion Picture]]'']]'''''Shrek''''' is a film franchise by {{Wikipedia|DreamWorks Animation}}, loosely based on the 1990 picture book ''{{Wikipedia|Shrek!}}'' by {{Wikipedia|William Steig}}. [[Weezer]] has been tangentially involved in the franchise on multiple occasions. | ||
==''Shrek'' (video game)== | ==''Shrek'' (video game)== | ||
Texture artist/character designer Ron Davey<ref>@ronfreemandavey "this was me! i did this. ill see if i still have a screenshot of it. although its almost 2 decades old now." ''Twitter''. 18 July 2023. https://twitter.com/ronfreemandavey/status/1681376266790764551</ref> hid the words "weezer rocks" in a texture in the [[2001]] video game [[Wikipedia:Shrek (video game)|''Shrek'']] for Xbox.<ref name="karlscorner">[[Karl's Corner - 02/12/2002]]</ref> Davey also hid a texture referencing "[[My Name Is Jonas]]" in the game ''Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn'' for the Playstation 2.<ref name="karlscorner" /> | Texture artist/character designer Ron Davey<ref>@ronfreemandavey "this was me! i did this. ill see if i still have a screenshot of it. although its almost 2 decades old now." ''Twitter''. 18 July 2023. https://twitter.com/ronfreemandavey/status/1681376266790764551</ref> hid the words "weezer rocks" in a texture in the [[2001]] video game [[Wikipedia:Shrek (video game)|''Shrek'']] for Xbox.<ref name="karlscorner">[[Karl's Corner - 02/12/2002]]</ref> Davey also hid a texture referencing "[[My Name Is Jonas]]" in the game ''Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn'' for the Playstation 2.<ref name="karlscorner" /> | ||
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==''Shrek 2''== | ==''Shrek 2''== | ||
{{Main|My Best Friend}} | {{Main|My Best Friend}} | ||
The producers of the [[2003]] film '' | The producers of the [[2003]] film ''{{Wikipedia|Shrek 2}}'' asked [[Weezer]] to contribute a song to the film's soundtrack. [[Rivers Cuomo]] offered up the song "[[My Best Friend]]," but the producers found the song to be ''too'' "Shrek-ish,"<ref name="rechist15">[[Recording_History_-_Page_15|Weezer Recording History - Page 15]]</ref> prompting Cuomo to re-write the song's lyrics. Ultimately, the song was not used (the film instead featuring the song "[[Wikipedia:Accidentally in Love (song)|Accidentally in Love]]" by {{Wikipedia|Counting Crows}}), but the rewritten lyrics remained in the final song, which appeared on the band's fifth album, ''[[Make Believe]]''. | ||
==''Shrek Forever After''== | ==''Shrek Forever After''== | ||
{{Main|I'm a Believer}} | {{Main|I'm a Believer}} | ||
A cover of the song "[[I'm a Believer]]" (originally written by | A cover of the song "[[I'm a Believer]]" (originally written by {{Wikipedia|Neil Diamond}} and originally performed by [[Wikipedia:The Monkees|the Monkees]]) is featured at the end of the film ''[[Shrek Forever After: Music from the Motion Picture|Shrek Forever After]]''. The original ''Shrek'' film ended with a cover of the same song performed by the band [[Wikipedia:Smash_Mouth|Smash Mouth]]. Weezer's cover is preceded on the soundtrack CD by a short interstitial track titled "Wheezer Wig", featuring the character from the film, [https://shrek.fandom.com/wiki/Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin] (voiced by actor [[Wikipedia:Walt_Dohrn|Walt Dohrn]]). | ||
Weezer's cover of "I'm a Believer" was recorded after [[Rivers Cuomo]] was involved in a bus crash in December of [[2009]], leading to uncertainty as to whether the band would be able to record the cover. The supervisor in charge of the ''Shrek'' soundtrack then reached out to the band [[Wikipedia:Vampire_Weekend|Vampire Weekend]], but frontman | Weezer's cover of "I'm a Believer" was recorded after [[Rivers Cuomo]] was involved in a bus crash in December of [[2009]], leading to uncertainty as to whether the band would be able to record the cover. The supervisor in charge of the ''Shrek'' soundtrack then reached out to the band [[Wikipedia:Vampire_Weekend|Vampire Weekend]], but frontman {{Wikipedia|Ezra Koenig}} "refused to capitalize on Weezer's misfortune."<ref>Strauss, Matthew. "Vampire Weekend "Refused to Capitalize on Weezer's Misfortune" by Replacing Them on Shrek Soundtrack" ''Pitchfork'' 7 April 2016. https://pitchfork.com/news/64667-vampire-weekend-refused-to-capitalize-on-weezers-misfortune-by-replacing-them-on-shrek-soundtrack/</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of references to Weezer in media]] | *[[List of references to Weezer in media]] | ||