Pokémon: The First Movie (soundtrack)
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Pokémon: The First Movie is the soundtrack
to the first Pokémon movie
in America. Some of the songs were featured in the animated short Pikachu's Vacation, and some songs did not feature in either the short or the movie at all. The CD contains extra features, such as Pokémon videos and a screensaver. When it was released it included a promotion for you to send a Proof of Purchase to receive an exclusive promo Jigglypuff
card from the Pokémon TCG that lasted for a few months.
Alongside this soundtrack, the orchestral score from the movie was also released on the CD Pokémon: The First Movie Original Motion Picture Score.
** These tracks were not in the movie or the short at all.
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
to the first Pokémon movie
Pokémon: The First Movie
Pokémon: The First Movie, originally released as , is a 1998 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, the chief director of the Pokémon television series. It is the first theatrical release in the Pokémon franchise...
in America. Some of the songs were featured in the animated short Pikachu's Vacation, and some songs did not feature in either the short or the movie at all. The CD contains extra features, such as Pokémon videos and a screensaver. When it was released it included a promotion for you to send a Proof of Purchase to receive an exclusive promo Jigglypuff
Jigglypuff
Jigglypuff, known in Japan as , is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Jigglypuff first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed...
card from the Pokémon TCG that lasted for a few months.
Alongside this soundtrack, the orchestral score from the movie was also released on the CD Pokémon: The First Movie Original Motion Picture Score.
Track listing
* These tracks were not in the movie itself, but were part of Pikachu's Vacation.** These tracks were not in the movie or the short at all.
Charts
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart | 9 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 8 |
| French Albums Chart | 2 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 10 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 17 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 18 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 14 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 65 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums | 15 |