Soul Surfer (soundtrack)

Soul Surfer (Music From The Motion Picture) is the soundtrack to the 2011 film Soul Surfer, released on April 5, 2011 by Rhino Records. The album featured numerous songs performed by artists James “Bla” Pahinui, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Britt Nicole, Brian Setzer and Two Door Cinema Club.

It also had two original recordings written for the film: an original song "Runaway" by Mat Kearney and a cover of Katy Perry's 2010 hit single "Firework" by American Idol finalist Chris Sligh. Mat Kearney claimed that he met Bethany Hamilton (whom the film is based) in Hawaii, before the accident and impressed with her and when the film's biopic was under production, Keaney was offered to write a song from the production's music staff, thereby leading his track "Runaway" being made into the final soundtrack. The musical choices were supervised by Hamilton's family.

Reception
James Christopher Monger of AllMusic called it as "a pleasant mix of alternative rock, CCM, teen pop, and a little slack key Hawaiian music tossed in for good measure."

Original score
Soul Surfer (Original Motion Picture Score) is the score album to the film composed by Marco Beltrami and released on April 5, 2011 by Madison Gate Records.

Reception
Filmtracks.com wrote "Like Christopher Young's Priest from the same period of time, Soul Surfer is a score that merits the expenditure. You rarely hear a score with so many integrated facets, all of them successful. "