Interesting... Wish they would have a complete album. Pretty smart releasing it the day before the release. More than likely, some website will have an exclusive first-listen link unless they don't want anything spoiled until the week of the release.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
At the moment, from what I've seen of film, and to be fair I've only seen the trailers and other footage available, I can't say I'm that excited about listening to the soundtrack. It seems the way the film has been made that the songs may well work in action (vocals recorded live, some speak-singy, not all the classics belted or as 'strong' as we've come to know them, songs more 'character-driven') but taken out of that context and simply listened to, would they really stand up alone?
I really enjoy the movie of Sweeney Todd (is that something to be embarrassed about?!) but I've listened to the soundtrack maybe once, because as we know, some of the vocals and arrangements are questionable - but they work better in situ - but not as simply a recording.
Hopefully I'll be proved wrong, after all, wasn't it Cameron Macintosh that said he wanted the film to be definitive? Maybe the soundtrack will also be?
wasn't the deluxe DREAMGIRLS soundtrack released after the film? I don't remember.V
According to Amazon, both editions were issued December 5, 2006.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks." Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Worse case scenario, if they don't produce a double. I'll just wait till the DVD comes out and rip it as an audio CD.
But you do have an excellent point there, if most of the bits inbetween are speak/sing, I don't think it would be all that great to just listen to on it's own.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre
The film, from the previews have shown me, has cut a lot (if not all) of the musical dialogue moments. Instead, they've retained the songs that work more like an aside, soliloquy, etc. There may only be one CD's worth of music in the film.
In all honesty I think the "full" score for the film would be like this: Prologue: Work Song ("Look Down") Prologue: Jean Valjean's Soliloquy (What Have I Done?) At the End of the Day I Dreamed a Dream Lovely Ladies Who Am I The Confrontation The new song for Jean Valjean... my guess is it goes here? Castle on a Cloud Master of the House Look Down (MAYBE) Stars Red and Black Do You Hear the People Sing In My Life A Heart Full of Love One Day More On My Own Little People (But the uber short version, if at all) A Little Fall of Rain Drink With Me Bring Him Home Dog Eat's Dog Javert's Soliloquy [I have a feeling Turning will be cut as you don't NEED it in the film] Empty Chairs at Empty Tables Wedding Chorale/Beggars at the Feast Valjean's Death/Do You Hear the People Sing? (Reprise)
When you condense the score down to just those songs, they'd easily fit on one disc.
DEClarke, did you not see the screenplay when it was posted here?
*spoilers*
Most of the recitative stuff is in, and there are actually added moments to clarify some bits that aren't in the stage version. "Turning" is in, "I Dreamed a Dream" is after "Lovely Ladies," "Do You Hear the People Sing" comes after "One Day More," and the new song for Valjean, which is called "Suddenly," is after "The Waltz of Treachery."
I'm actually surprised that people are so excited for this soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, I'm very very excited about the movie, but there is no way this will compare with the OLCR or the OBCR.
I don't see myself playing this version over better the better sung, more complete versions.
they put up the official album art. i like it. and this pretty much confirms that there will be a full cd later, as i says "highlights" on the cover......
"I'm actually surprised that people are so excited for this soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, I'm very very excited about the movie, but there is no way this will compare with the OLCR or the OBCR."
I think that is probably true in terms of the speak-singing that we heard in some of the trailers and such, but for me, the reason to be excited about it is to hear Aaron Tveit singing "Do you hear the people sing?". That alone is reason enough for me to get the CD even though I love the complete symphonic recording and would always prefer complete recordings to "highlights" ones when it comes to cast recordings or soundtracks.
I don't think you need Turning (unless they do a truncated version), Castle on Cloud will most likely be truncated, they can cut Grantaire's solo from Drink With Me, Little People (agree it can be cut down to a few seconds), Lovely Ladies will probably be truncated, Beggars at the Feast can be shortened, I could do without Javert's Soliloquy but it's Russell Crowe so they will keep that in the film. You didn't mention The Waltz of Treachery -- they are going to want to keep that number in so they can highlight HBC and SBC.