Music From and Inspired By W.I.T.C.H. is a soundtrack album originally released on CD containing music from and inspired by the comics and TV series. The album was released in 2007 under Buena Vista Records and licensed by EMI Records. The executive producer for the soundtrack was Jay Landers, and the A&R coordinator was Dani Markman.
Most songs on the album are inspired by the W.I.T.C.H. franchise, and do not appear in the TV series or in audiovisual material connected to the comics. The album does include full-length theme songs from the franchise, which are either from season 1 of the TV series or referencing the first arc of the comics. The soundtrack omits all of the original songs from season 2 of the TV series, including the remixed version of W.I.T.C.H. Theme Song.
The album consists of 16 tracks as follows:
- W.I.T.C.H. Theme Song (1:34)
- The Power of Five (2:28)
- W.I.T.C.H. Is in the House (3:11)
- It's Like Magic (3:16)
- The Power of W.I.T.C.H. (3:00)
- I Can Do Anything (3:41)
- Fire (3:30)
- Bloom (4:54)
- Heart to Heart (4:20)
- Keeper of the Heart (3:31)
- Swifter (3:51)
- Flow (3:35)
- United (4:17)
- Friends Forever (3:12)
- Super Powers (3:04)
- We Are W.I.T.C.H. (2:53)
Theme songs[]
The album includes three songs that are or can be considered theme songs for the W.I.T.C.H. franchise:
- W.I.T.C.H. Theme Song (track 1), the original theme song for the TV series
- The Power of Five (track 2), the de facto theme song for the comics
- We Are W.I.T.C.H. (track 16), the American theme song for the TV series
These three songs share unique aspects compared to all the other tracks on the album:
- Music lengths under 3 minutes
- No chorus indicated in the lyrics in the liner notes
- Copyright years other than 2005 (either 2004 or none at all)
Along with I Can Do Anything (track 6), the only non-W.I.T.C.H. track, they also uniquely share:
- "Performed by" credits (all other tracks simply state "W.I.T.C.H." for this credit)
- No "Mixed by" credits
- No "Mastered by" credits (all other tracks were mastered by Stephen Marcussen)
In addition:
- W.I.T.C.H. Theme Song and The Power of Five are the only tracks with a phonographic copyright year of 2007 instead of 2005.
- W.I.T.C.H. Theme Song and We Are W.I.T.C.H. are the only tracks with no "Produced by" credits.
Finally, two of these songs are the only ones on the album to have different titles (barring capitalization, which varies by online platform) on all streaming services compared to the original CD release. The changes are as follows:
- W.I.T.C.H. Theme Song is renamed to "W.I.T.C.H (Theme)"
- We Are W.I.T.C.H. is renamed to "We Are W.I.T.C.H"
Although only the first of these undergoes a significant change, both consistently lack the final period in "W.I.T.C.H." The other songs on the album with "W.I.T.C.H." in their titles, W.I.T.C.H. Is in the House and The Power of W.I.T.C.H., consistently retain the final period.
Image songs[]
The album includes five image songs, one for each of the five main characters and their respective powers:
- Taranee Cook (fire): Fire (track 7)
- Cornelia Hale (earth): Bloom (track 8)
- Will Vandom (the Heart of Kandrakar): Keeper of the Heart (track 10)
- Hay Lin (air): Swifter (track 11)
- Irma Lair (water): Flow (track 12)