Muppets Most Wanted ✰

While “Man or Muppet” took the Oscar, the soundtrack for Muppets Most Wanted is arguably stronger from start to finish. Bret McKenzie (of Flight of the Conchords) returned as songwriter, and this time he leaned harder into pastiche and genre parody.

: A disco-infused manipulation ballad where Constantine tries to woo Miss Piggy. Muppets Most Wanted

It also serves as a fascinating time capsule of the early 2010s Disney era—when the studio was confident enough to let the Muppets be weird, self-referential, and culturally specific. (The gag where Hobo Joe demands to know why no one remembers the 1979 film The Muppets Go Hollywood lands differently today.) While “Man or Muppet” took the Oscar, the