The Pick of Destiny

In the absence of original comedy skits, there are excerpts of dialogue from the soundtrack's accompanying film between numerous songs. Portions of The Pick of Destiny were recorded at Dave Grohl's studio.[13] A clean version of the album was recorded.[14]

The album was released in three separate edits: the original version comprising the full film versions, a "clean edit" with re-recorded vocals replacing foul language with non-sense words, and a deluxe edition. All three versions contain clips from the movie, but some dialogue was re-recorded for the clean version. The special limited edition was released in a cardboard "old book case", which includes a digipack version of the album, a foldout poster depicting Black and Gass with bigfoot, eight tarot cards from the film (Tenacious D, The Training, Destiny, Masterpiece, The Quest, The Divide, and Two Kings, as well as a card explaining the other cards), and a plastic replica of The Pick of Destiny. If the set was pre-ordered from the Tenacious D website, it also included a T-shirt.

The cover shows Black and Gass in the clouds, parodying Michelangelo's painting The Creation of Adam. In between the two's hands is the Pick of Destiny, the movie's titular atifact, with the devil's arm pictured below them, sticking out from the clouds trying to take the pick.

Apart from the exemption of the parental advisory sticker, there is no difference in the artwork for the clean version of the album.

A short film entitled Time Fixers was used as a promotional tool on the iTunes website. The film starred Michael Keaton[15] and longtime collaborators JR Reed and Paul F. Tompkins. The first half of the film was available as a free download on iTunes while the second half could only be accessed after pre-ordering the album.[16]

Bonus tracks

Tenacious D

• Jack Black – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Kyle Gass – backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, recorder on "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)"

Additional Musicians

• Dave Grohl – drums, demon vocals on "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)"
• John Spiker – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Car Chase City", clavinet on "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)"
• John Konesky – electric guitar
• Liam Lynch – additional guitar on "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)" and "Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)"
• John King – drum programming on "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)"
• Meat Loaf – guest vocals on "Kickapoo"
• Ronnie James Dio – guest vocals on "Kickapoo"

Production

• Produced by John King
• Assistant engineers: Ed Cherney, Nick Raskulinecz, John Spiker, Brad Breeck
• Recorded at The Dell and 606 Studio
• Mixed by Ken Andrews
• Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering
• Orchestral arrangements by Andrew Gross, recorded at Sony Scoring Stage, engineered by Casey Stone
• Baritone saxophone and piano on "Kickapoo" recorded at Capitol Studios, engineered by Casey Stone
• Management: Sam
• A&R: Matt Marshall
• Music executive: Bob Bowen
• Photography: Michael Ellins
• Album packaging design by: Gregg Higggins/Michael Elins

More Rocktastic Music from the Film
Film score by John King, Andrew Gross and Trainwreck
Released	February 27, 2007
Recorded	Sony Scoring Stage
Genre	Soundtrack, classical, comedy rock, folk rock, acoustic rock
Length	15:36
Label	New Line
Producer	John King and Andrew Gross

More Rocktastic Music from the Film is a score album by Andrew Gross and John King for the movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. It was exclusive to Wal-Mart stores, coming shrink-wrapped with the DVD. The score consists of six orchestral songs written specifically to accompany the film, and two songs by Kyle Gass' band Trainwreck.

All songs were written by Andrew Gross and John King, except where noted.

1. "The Birth of The D" – 1:26
2. "Compared to the Greats" – 0:43
3. "The Stranger Suite" – 1:44
4. "Guitarway to Heaven" – 0:51
5. "Hall of Fame Sneak" – 2:15
6. "Capturing The Pick" – 1:03
7. "Caveman" – 3:53 (Trainwreck)
8. "I Wanna Know" – 3:41 (Trainwreck)

• The Pick of Destiny at Metacritic