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 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" and "Back to School" feature various virtuous themes in their lyrics such as world peace, staying in school, and environmentalism.

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)

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Awesome (You Are My Hero)"	Danny Poku Manuela Kamosi	Ya Kid K	4:04
2.	"Ninja Rap"	Vanilla Ice Earthquake	Vanilla Ice	3:45
3.	"Find the Key to Your Life"	Cathy Dennis David Morales	Cathy Dennis featuring David Morales	4:42
4.	"Moov!"	Karen Bernod Pierre Salandy Winston Jones	Tribal House	5:15
5.	"(That's Your) Consciousness"	Charlie Midnight Dan Hartman John Du Prez	Dan Hartman	4:10
6.	"This World"	Mickey Mahoney Rosano Martinez Troy Duncombe	Magnificent VII	3:56
7.	"Creatures of Habit"	Renée Geyer Steve Harvey	Spunkadelic	4:02
8.	"Back to School"	Fifth Platoon	Fifth Platoon	4:39
9.	"Cowabunga"	Du Prez	Orchestra on the Half Shell	3:29
10.	"Tokka and Rahzar: Monster Mix"	Du Prez	Orchestra on the Half Shell	3:58
Total length:				41:32

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)	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.

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)