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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	March 26, 1991 (1991-03-26)
Genre	Pop hip hop techno Latin
Length	41:32
Label	SBK
Producer	Pat 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Select	(1/5)

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."

Track listing

Certifications

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. ^ Higginbotham, Adam (October 1991). "Reviews New Albums". Select. London: EMAP Metro: 75.
3. "Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II". Music Canada. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
4. "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - Secret of Ooze". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

External links

• TMNT soundtrack information on the official TMNT website
• Music from the film on IMDb.com
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1991 soundtrack albums
• Comedy film soundtracks
• Hip-hop soundtracks
• SBK Records soundtracks
• Superhero film soundtracks
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film series)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles soundtrack albums