<P> In November 2012 , it was announced that Bret McKenzie would be returning to write songs for Muppets Most Wanted following the success of its 2011 predecessor , The Muppets . As opposed to the previous film , McKenzie wrote all of the original songs for Muppets Most Wanted ; his songwriting influences for the film include the Sherman Brothers , Irving Berlin , Paul Williams , and Harry Nilsson . With song ideas originating from short descriptions in the film 's screenplay , McKenzie developed numerous songs and performed demo versions of each by doing impressions of various Muppets . `` I 'm usually just on piano , with me singing and doing my now quite extensive catalog of Muppet impressions , '' said McKenzie . `` I play a rough version then we get together and work out the best . James ( Bobin ) often has an idea that 's visual that he needs to change the lyric to suit the visual and then we record it with the Muppets . '' </P>
<P> In November 2012 , it was announced that Bret McKenzie would be returning to write songs for Muppets Most Wanted following the success of its 2011 predecessor , The Muppets . As opposed to the previous film , McKenzie wrote all of the original songs for Muppets Most Wanted ; his songwriting influences for the film include the Sherman Brothers , Irving Berlin , Paul Williams , and Harry Nilsson . With song ideas originating from short descriptions in the film 's screenplay , McKenzie developed numerous songs and performed demo versions of each by doing impressions of various Muppets . `` I 'm usually just on piano , with me singing and doing my now quite extensive catalog of Muppet impressions , '' said McKenzie . `` I play a rough version then we get together and work out the best . James ( Bobin ) often has an idea that 's visual that he needs to change the lyric to suit the visual and then we record it with the Muppets . '' </P>
who wrote the music for muppets most wanted
who wrote the music for muppets most wanted
Bret McKenzie
Bret McKenzie