Hairspray Soundtrack to Include Bonus Track with 3 Tracy's

The soundtrack for the upcoming film version of Hairspray will be released by New Line Records on July 10th.

The soundtrack, in addition to the songs from the film, will feature a bonus track of "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now" performed by three Tracy Turnblads - Ricki Lake, who played Tracy in the original John Waters film on which the Hairspray musical is based, Marissa Jaret Winokur, who won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway musical, and Nikki Blonsky, who makes her film debut as Tracy in New Line Cinema's 2007 film adaptation.

The soundtrack will feature the following tracks:

Good Morning, Baltimore
The Nicest Kids in Town
It Takes Two
(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs
I Can Hear the Bells
Ladies' Choice (sung by Zak Efron)
The New Girl in Town (sung by Brittany Snow)
Welcome to the '60s
Run and Tell That
Big, Blonde and Beautiful
Big, Blonde and Beautiful (Reprise)
Timeless to Me
I Know Where I've Been
Without Love
(It's) Hairspray (sung by James Marsden)
You Can't Stop the Beat
Come So Far (Got So Far to Go) (sung by Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron and Elijah Kelley)
Cooties
Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now (sung by Lake, Winokur and Blonsky)

The film version of Hairspray is directed by Adam Shankman (Bringing Down the House) and produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for their Zadan/Meron Productions, which previously executive produced the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning Best Picture Chicago.  It will be released in July of 2007.

The cast features John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle, Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle, Brittany Snow as Amber Von Tussle, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Elijah Kelley as Seaweed, James Marsden as Corny Collins, Allison Janney as Prudy Pingleton and newcomer Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, who helps to integrate a Baltimore dance show-and wins the heart of Link in the process.

Hairspray is originally based on the 1988 John Waters comedy. The new version of the film is based on New Line's hit Broadway adaptation of the film, which debuted in 2002, and went on to win eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Director. 

Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman contributed new songs to their existing Tony Award-winning score. Shaiman also serves as the film's music supervisor and will compose the music score for the film as well as produce its songs. Wittman and Shaiman will also serve as executive producers on the film. The new screenplay for Hairspray was written by Leslie Dixon (Freaky Friday, Outrageous Fortune).

Toby Emmerich, New Line's president of production, is overseeing the project along with New Line's Executive VP of Production Mark Kaufman, and Creative Executives Michael Disco and Daryl Freimark.

Visit www.hairspraymovie.com for more information on the film version of Hairspray.