Throughly Modern Millie Soundtrack
Throughly Modern Millie Soundtrack
#0Throughly Modern Millie Soundtrack
Posted: 4/2/05 at 10:42amHey, I just for the TMM soundtrack for Easter, and I haven't listened to it yet? Any comments on whether it's good? I don't know if I'll like the musical or not sooo...
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jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#1re: Throughly Modern Millie Soundtrack
Posted: 4/2/05 at 10:47am
for your own sake i'd edit your title to "cast recording" so no one yells at you.
back on topic its a very enjoyable recording
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perfusion
Stand-by Joined: 11/15/04
#2re: Throughly Modern Millie Soundtrack
Posted: 4/2/05 at 10:49amSheryl Lee Ralph (a very under written part) & Sutton Foster rock!
#3re: Throughly Modern Millie Soundtrack
Posted: 4/2/05 at 11:11amYeah..it rocks...!i heart it!
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#4re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 11:13am
One of my favorite parts of the Cast Recording is that they have the curtain call music on it. The music is arranged in a way that you can hear which character is taking their bow (through their "theme" or "style"). The orchestrations are really neat, especially my favorite device... the quick rest, and slow but big accelerando for Millie's entrance.
Saw what you will about the rest of the recording, but I love the last track... but then again, I'm a theatre whore.
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rent1988
Featured Actor Joined: 11/22/04
#5re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 11:28am
i love the recording. the show is so fun and sutton foster is amazing. i dont know what other peoples favorite songs are but i personally love "forget about the boy" or "not for the life of me". :)
haha i got some cds for easter as well! i always do, haha thats why i love searching for my easter basket (yes my parents still make me go on an easter hunt)
life is PANDEMONIUM.
eslgr8
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
#6re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 11:31amSince you said "soundtrack," I assume you mean the film starring Julie Andrews. Is it very different from the original cast recording, starring Sutton Foster?
#7re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 11:35amsutton is fierce, and there are some fun songs on it! Enjoy
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perfusion
Stand-by Joined: 11/15/04
#8re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 11:45am
Hey ckeaton, I agree with you the curtain call music is awsome.
I like the overture too.
#9re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 12:04pmYes - the Soundtrack of the movie is MUCH better than the original Broadway Cast recording...
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#10re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 1:38pmAbsolutely love the cast recording .. you can't go wrong with really any song!
#11re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 1:54pmpersonally, I think the soundtrack pales in comparison to the cast recording. but the soundtrack is good for having the Julie Andrews vocals and all the songs that were cut from the musical like "Tapioca", "Jazz Baby", "Poor Butterfly", "Rose of Washington Square", "Baby Face", and "Do It Again"... that is IF you actually got the soundtrack and not the cast recording. just a quick thought though: if you got the CD for Easter, and it was a gift, I assume, so it was free and all, and you haven't opened it to listen to it ... why ask us if it's any good? why not just open the damn thing and decide for yourself??? why do the people of BWW have to decide EVERYTHING for you? even if you don't like it you could sell it used on amazon and make a few bucks. where's the dilemma? would you like us now to pick out your spring wardrobe too? Updated On: 4/2/05 at 01:54 PM
#12re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 2:00pm
CATS you beat me too it.
Why ask after you have it?
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
stylinbohemian
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/05
#13re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 5:15pmOZOME RECORDING You'LL LOVe IT!
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#14re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 5:36pm
perhaps VIV LA was considering exchanging his gift CD for another title, unopened...
why can't we all get along?!?!? *wink*
P.S. there is a great monologue in the play PARTY about calling a cast recording a soundtrack. Whenever someone corrects someone else about it (as opposed to just clarifying which version of plays-turned-movies and movies-turned-plays with a civil question) it makes me think of how the pis.s.y queen from that play reads the beads of the poor "straight boy just now turning gay" who makes the mistake. Yeah, it's a stereotype. But obviously, those come from truthful circumstances.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
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times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
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the rest of my life..."
Updated On: 4/2/05 at 05:36 PM
#15re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 5:42pmI hate when people freak out and play stupid. It really pisses me off. You know very well that she meant cast recording, what's the point of playing dumb and acting ignorant? It's annoying to all.
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#16re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/2/05 at 6:07pm
Well yes but VivLaVieBoheme wrote that it was the soundtrack recieved for Easter. When I read this earlier (before the replies) I figured VivLaVieBoheme already had the cast album and had gotten the movie soundtrack to compare. So,
VivLaVieBoheme, please clarify if you got thr 2002 Broadway cast recording of the 1967 movie soundtrack?
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
#17re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/3/05 at 1:14pmWhat is sad to me is that they felt they had to delete TAPIOCA, JAZZ BABY and some of the best songs used in the movie. I will take the movie soundtrack anyday, if only MCA would release a good version, what they put out on CD was the original album master, not a transfer of the original music stems for the movie. What happens then is that the album master was changed for it to sound good on vinyl, so they add an echo to all of the voices, and make the midrange stand out. If you have ever heard some of Varese or Rhino's recent soundtracks, those are from original stems used for the movies. I listened to the broadway score, and thought the music could have been much better, and much more "20's" sounding. Just my opinion of course.
#18re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/3/05 at 9:19pmi love it!! :) sutton, of course, is fantastic, and the whole cast recording is just great overall!
#19re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/3/05 at 9:21pmThis recording is wonderful! The first cast recording I ever got. And Sutton Foster's amazing.
perfusion
Stand-by Joined: 11/15/04
#20re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/3/05 at 9:43pm
I could just picture Sheryl Lee doing Jazz Baby & Do It Again.
Only In New York was fine but As Long As I'm Here With You...WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT??? It was better than the song she wasdoing in previews,Aint no Prohibition On Love or some mess.They messed that part (Muzzy) up big time.
DefyGravity23
Stand-by Joined: 3/28/05
#21re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/3/05 at 10:55pmI love "Forget about the boy!" It's what made me go out and buy the recording. I also like "Not for the life of me" too. I've never seen it though sadly...
#22re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/4/05 at 12:23am
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a true jewel of a cast album. It has top rate cast members especially the gift to musical theatre, Sutton Foster. It is near impossible for you to not enjoy this incredible recording.
Love,
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#23re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/4/05 at 12:41am
I love mine!!!! My favorite songs are Not for the life of me and the title song Throughly Modern Mille.....The speed test is good too......
Also, in regards to the 1967 film soundtrack.....the broadway musical version had the better songs, IMO.....
rice and beans AND cheese
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#24re: Throughly Modern Millie Cast Recording
Posted: 4/4/05 at 12:50amI love "not for the life of me"!!! That's song's the best!
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