A Look At The Very, Very Earnest Soundtrack To 'A Wrinkle In Time'

Disney's latest summer reading list adaptation A Wrinkle in Time is being hailed and expected to set the box office aflurry. A big-screen (and big-budget) adaption of the 1962 novel by Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time follows a young girl through inter-dimensional time and space to find her missing father. It's a coming-of-age story bundled in a sci-fi odyssey, tied up with a $100 million bow.

To measure up the level of whimsy, earnest self-discovery, adventure and star power associated with the film (Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, composer and Walt Disney Records have enlisted kid-friendly pop talents to lend their voices to the saccharine soundtrack. (DuVernay made a special request to R&B unicorn , asking her to contribute to album — that was released earlier this week and remains the album's standout.)