SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- "Everybody is kung fu fighting" -- again.

A neo-funk/electronica cover of the disco era classic "Kung Fu Fighting" performed by Gnarls Barkley member CeeLo Green and actor/rocker Jack Black is the first single from the original motion picture soundtrack for Kung Fu Panda, an animated comedy starring the voice of Black. Interscope Records will release the soundtrack album -- which also features the score by Oscar winner Hans Zimmer and John Powell.

The hip new remake of "Kung Fu Fighting," with all new lyrics, was produced by The Underdogs, whose credits include Chris Brown, Marques Houston, and Beyonce. The original recording, written and performed by Carl Douglas, shot to #1 in both the U.K. and U.S. (1974).

"A fan of the song first, it was inspiring and an honor to have the opportunity to reintroduce the record to a brand new audience sprinkled with a little of me on top," says a smiling CeeLo.

Co-composers Zimmer and Powell provide the beautifully arranged original score music. Kung Fu Panda marks the first collaboration for Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Zimmer (The Lion King) and Powell (Shrek) since DreamWorks' animated The Road To El Dorado in 2000.

"Using as our inspiration classic kung fu films, this score was an opportunity to write something truly epic again, which we don't get a chance to do that often," states Zimmer. "The music had to reflect the fabulous precision and magnificent action pieces depicted in the film, and we used a large-scale orchestra incorporating a good deal of percussion, Chinese drums and other ethnic instruments to create the various themes."