FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!- Page 9
FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#200re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/12/07 at 9:39pm
hahaha you and me both. I also love Crabs and Timeless.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#201re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/12/07 at 9:42pm
I listen to IKWIB a lot before I go to bed.
...
Hehe.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#202re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/12/07 at 9:46pmCooties would be perfect for an aerobics class (do they still have those?).
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
JP2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
#203re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/12/07 at 11:14pmI can't do stuff like that.. I have to listen to the soundtrack from beginning to end. can't listen to individual tracks by themselves.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#204re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/12/07 at 11:19pm
Though I make it a (bad) habit of skipping CD tracks all the time, for some odd reason I haven't done so with this HAIRSPRAY Film Soundtrack. Once it starts, it just runs thru till the end and then all over again.
Another genius work by the Shaiman. The new orchestrations (plus the sensational cast) has added new life to HAIRSPRAY and it's music.
Wow!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#205re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:39pm
Sorry I'm late, but I figure it'd be better to post in this thread than make a new one.
I have mixed feelings on the soundtrack. In some ways I think it's better than the OBCR, but overall I'd rather listen to that than this.
I can understand why "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now" would be difficult to make work on screen, but that's a big number from the show and I'm glad they at least recorded it for the end credits. Although I think the OBC version is far better.
I think Nikki's voice sounds a lot like Marissa, and I don't really mean that as a compliment as Marissa's voice annoys me. Although Nikki's is less grating.
Also, if they're trying to promote Nikki as the "Jennifer Hudson," of the film, then I feel it was a very unwise decision to cut out "I Can Wait," her big ballad number from the film. Without it, she doesn't have that much music to shine from other than 2 cute but definitely not standout solos in the first third of the film. They pretty much obliterated her part in "Without Love," so she barely has more to sing than the rest of the cast.
Which leads me to how they butchered "Without Love" so bad that it almost made me angry the first time I heard it. Not only is Zac Efron a completely mediocre and souless singer, but it sounds as if his voice has been partially digitized. Also, is it possible for Amanda Bynes to hit a semi-high note without doing those annoying scoops? And the fact that they transposed multiple songs in the movie because the actors' voices were too limited is disappointing.
The new songs in the film are forgettable, bland, and inferior to the original Broadway score.
James Mardsen sounds good. Michelle Phiffer and Brittany Snow, not so much. I can see why Snow's song became only underscore. Not only is the song not good enough, but her voice is almost non-existent.
To me, the highlights of the soundtrack are the updated orchestration, minus the overproduced saxophones on "I Know Where I Been." To me, that song should be more gospel feeling and less like a jazz standard. However, Queen Latfiah's vocal of the song saves it from both the misstep in orchestrations and the travesty that is Mary Bond Davis's overdone growling.
In fact, based on the soundtrack, I would say that Queen Latifah and Elijah Kelly are the two best voices on the soundtrack. I was thoroughly impressed by both of them. It's a shame though that they cut "Big Blonde and Beautiful" when it sounds incomplete without the full lyrics. And then to add the pointless reprise was well...pointless.
John Travolta sounds like his performance could be more sympathetic than Harvey's and Divine's, although most of his vocals I don't particularly care for.
So yeah, overall the soundtrack makes me nervous for how the film will turn out to be. Too much good material from the OBC score I feel has been cut, and too much mediocre material has taken its place. "Welcome to the 60s" still sounds overall great and in tact, as do "Run and Tell That," and most of "You Can Stop the Beat" (mostly because Penny's part has been divided into a duet between her and Seaweed, meaning that we luckily are saved from Bynes' sweet but weak vocals.) However, Link and Penny are definitely better sung by the stage actors and to me, their vocals are sorely missed.
Updated On: 7/17/07 at 11:39 PM
#206re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:42pmAh, B2, so you shall be joining me and SporkGoddess in the cretin club since you dared to critcize the Hairspray Soundtrack?
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#207re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/18/07 at 2:44am
I really love this soundtrack. I think the orchestrations are fantastic. I much prefer "Good Morning Baltimore" in its new key (which is the key it was originally written in, no?) and I adore the new key changes that happen every so often, such as in "Welcome to the 60's."
I know Mr. Shaiman denies its existence on the recording, but I must say that Amanda Bynes' singing voice (as well as Nikki Blonsky's and Zac Efron's at certain points) does sound a bit... unnatural. We heard an abundance of computer-assisted vocals on the Rent film soundtrack, but luckily, the Hairspray soundtrack doesn't sound anywhere near as processed and robotic as Rent did. But I just can't believe that the soundtrack is 100% natural, unless Amanda Bynes just happens to sound like a computer.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#208re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:41am
Since the movie premiered the soundtrack is now:
#2 on Amazon Sales Charts
#1 on iTunes Soundtrack Charts
#3 on iTunes Album Charts
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#209re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:45amI wonder how it is on the charts now. Last time I checked it was #20.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#210re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:51am
billboard you mean?
I am sure its gone way up!
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#211re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:57amI know! I don't know a site that has billboard charts.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#212re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:59am
yeah billboard.com is subscription only.
and I am not sure if they are updated in 'real time' or not.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#213re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/21/07 at 2:09am
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&pageNumber=Top+11-50&g=Albums
Is it still #20?
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#214re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/21/07 at 2:18am
Billboard is weekly- so it debuted at #20.
no doubt it will be in the top 10 by next week.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#215re: FULL Film Soundtrack of HAIRSPRAY -- Now available in stream audio!
Posted: 7/21/07 at 12:30pm
#1 on Amazon Sales Charts
#1 on iTunes Soundtrack Charts
#2 on iTunes Album Charts
!!
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
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