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Album cover. WaterTower Music (WTM39273) (2012)
Joyful Noise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2012 movie of the same name. It was released on January 10, 2012, by WaterTower Music. Dolly stars in the film and composed original music for the soundtrack. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Soundtrack Albums chart. The album's two singles, "He's Everything" and "From Here to the Moon and Back" at number 15 and number two, respectively, on the Billboard Gospel Digital Song Sales chart.

Track listing

  1. Not Enough   Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah (Dolly Parton) 4:30
  2. Man in the Mirror   Keke Palmer (Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett) 4:24
  3. Maybe I'm Amazed   Jeremy Jordan and Keke Palmer (Paul McCartney) 3:17
  4. In Love   Kirk Franklin (Kirk Franklin) 4:30
  5. Fix Me, Jesus   Queen Latifah (Traditional) 3:06
  6. From Here to the Moon and Back   Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson, and Jeremy Jordan (Dolly Parton) 4:24
  7. I'm Yours   Keke Palmer, Dequina Moore, and Angela Grovey (Mervyn Warren) 3:19
  8. Mighty High   Karen Peck (David Crawford, Richard Downing) 3:07
  9. That's the Way God Planned It   Ivan Kelley Jr. (Billy Preston) 3:47
  10. Higher Medley: I Want to Take You Higher / Forever / Yeah! / Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours   Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Andy Karl, Angela Grovey, and Dequina Moore (Sylvester Stewart / Chris Brown, Jamal Jones, Brian Kennedy, Andre Merritt, Rob Allen / Christopher Bridges, James Phillips, Jonathan Smith, LaMarquis Jefferson, Patrick Smith, Sean Garrett / Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta Wright, Lula Mae Hardaway) 5:33
  11. He's Everything   Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Andy Karl, and Dequina Moore (Dolly Parton) 4:58
  12. Joyful Noise Suite   Instrumental (Mervyn Warren) 2:45

Recording

The soundtrack was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California; Silent Sound Studios in Atalanta, Georgia; The Bridge Recording in Glendale, California; Leapyear Studio; and Luminous Sound in Dallas, Texas.

Dolly would re-record "From Here to the Moon and Back" in 2013 with Willie Nelson. It was released as a single from his To All the Girls... album. This recording would also be included on Dolly's 2014 album, Blue Smoke.

Release and promotion

​The soundtrack was released January 10, 2012, on CD, digital download, and streaming.

Singles

"He's Everything" was released as the first single from the soundtrack on October 28, 2011. It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Gospel Digital Song Sales chart dated January 28, 2012, and charted for 20 weeks.

The second single, "From Here to the Moon and Back", was released on July 6, 2012. It peaked at number two on both the Billboard Christian Digital Song Sales chart and the Gospel Digital Song Sales chart, both dated June 16. It charted for five weeks and 20 weeks, respectively.

Other charted songs

Several album tracks charted on Billboard digital sales charts. "Man in the Mirror" peaked at number seven on the Billboard Christian Digital Sales chart and number two on the Billboard Gospel Digital Sales chart. "Maybe I'm Amazed" peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Christian Digital Sales chart and number three on the Billboard Gospel Digital Sales chart. "Fix Me, Jesus" peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Gospel Digital Sales chart. "That's the Way God Planned It" peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Gospel Digital Sales chart. "Higher Medley" ​peaked at number four on the Billboard Christian Digital Sales chart and number one on the Billboard Gospel Digital Sales chart.

Commercial performance

The album debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard Soundtrack Albums chart dated January 28, 2012, where it remained for two additional weeks. It charted for 25 weeks. The album also peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart and and the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.

It charted at number 25 on the Billboard Soundtrack Albums year-end chart for 2012, number 15 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums year end chart for 2012, and number 7 on the Billboard Gospel Albums year-end chart for 2012 and number 31 on the year end chart for 2013.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Performance
  • Teddy Campbell – drums, percussion
  • Tim Carmon – organ
  • George Doering – featured musician on "Joyful Noise Suite"
  • ​Steve Erdody – featured musician on "Joyful Noise Suite"​
  • Brandon Fields – saxophone
  • Don Foster – featured musician on "Joyful Noise Suite"
  • Scott Frankfurt – drums, percussion, programming
  • Kirk Franklin – lead vocals
  • John Goux – featured musician on "Joyful Noise Suite"
  • Gary Grant – trumpet
  • Angela Grovey – lead vocals
  • Reggie Hamilton – bass
  • ​The Holy Vision Church of Detroit Choir – vocals
    • Faith E. Anderson, Michael Bethany, Amber Bullock, Myron Butler, Chadney Christie, Aisha Cleaver, Deonis "Pumah" Cook, Debette Draper, Sedrick Jenkins, Kriste Kirk, Marian Sanders, Rachella Searight, Bridgette Jernigan Washington. Chelsea "Peaches" West, Steve Wyatt
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Jeremy Jordan – lead vocals
  • Andy Karl – lead vocals
  • Ivan Kelley, Jr. – lead vocals
  • Kris Kristofferson – lead vocals
  • The Mighty High Choir – vocals
    • ​Morgan Ames, Brian Benning, Alex Brown, Katie Campbell, Scottie Haskell, Teri Koide, Sueis Stevens Logan, Donna Medine, Mervyn Warren, Oren Waters, Gerald White​
  • Dequina Moore – lead vocals
  • Michael O'Donovan – featured musician on "Joyful Noise Suite"​
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Tears Choir – vocals
    • Maxi Anderson, Mariah Britt, La Ron Huff, Evyn Johnson, lana Linsey, Zachary Mitchell, Cayla Grace Nisperos, Peyton Pearson, Mervyn Warren, Tristina Watkins, Sierra Ne Shelle Watson, Trinity Willard, Justemonte Williams, Justice Williams
  • The Pacashau Sacred Divinity Choir – vocals
    • Nelson Beato, Brian Benning, Traci Brown-Bailey, Carmel Echols, Debbie Hall-Gleason, Nayanna Holley, Clydene Jackson, Valerie Pinkston, Mervyn Warren, Nita Whitaker, Terry Wood
  • Keke Palmer – lead vocals
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Karen Peck – lead vocals
  • ​Queen Latifah – lead vocals
  • Bill Reichenbach – trombone
  • Geri Rotella – featured musician on "Joyful Noise Suite"
  • Alex Teamer – keyboard, drum programming
  • Steve Turner – drums
  • Mervyn Warren – piano, electric piano, percussion programming
  • Reggie Young – trombone
Production
  • Christine Bergren – music clearances
  • Jon Blass – assistant engineer, additional engineer
  • Micaela Brown – staff production coordinator
  • Marcus Cahiney – assistant producer
  • Linda Cohen – music supervisor
  • Yolanda T. Cochran – production executive
  • David Das – assistant engineer, pre-production
  • Brad Dechter – orchestration
  • Joe Farrell – executive producer
  • Kirk Franklin – producer
  • Steve Genewick – additional engineer
  • Todd Graff – executive produce
  • Marvin Gutierrez – assistant engineer
  • Jerry Hey – horn arrangements
  • John Jaszcz – mixing
  • JoAnn Kane Music Service – music preparation
  • Broderick Johnson – executive producer​
  • Thom "T.K." Kidd – recording
  • Andrew Kosove – executive producer
  • ​Tim Lauber – assistant engineer
  • Jason Linn – executive producer (WaterTower)
  • Rick Logan – vocal contractor (The Pacashau Sacred Divinity Choir)
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Tre Nagella – engineer
  • Michael Nathanson – executive producer
  • Charlie Paakkari – assistant engineer
  • Catherine Paura – executive producer
  • Brett "Snacky" Pierce – assistant engineer
  • Neil Shulman – music clearances
  • Paul Smith – assistant engineer
  • Tom Steel  – assistant engineer
  • Sally Stevens – vocal contractor (The Mighty High Choir)
  • Mervyn Warren – producer, string arrangements, orchestration
  • Frank Wolf – engineer, mixing
Other personnel
  • Christine Bergren – management​
  • Scott Edel – management​
  • Todd Graff – liner notes​
  • ​Lisa Margolis – management
  • Jaimie Roberts – management
  • Sandeep Sriram – art direction​