Hairspray (Soundtrack to the Motion Picture)
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Brand: TCMComposer: Marc Shaiman
Performer: John Travolta
Performer: Zac Efron
Performer: Nikki Blonsky
Performer: Michelle Pfeiffer
Performer: James Marsden
Performer: Brittany Snow
Performer: Queen Latifah
Performer: Christopher Walken
Performer: Elijah Kelley
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2007-07-10
Model: 794043908927
Music Label: Watertower Music
Soundtracks:
- Good Morning Baltimore - Nikki Blonsky
- The Nicest Kids In Town - James Marsden
- It Takes Two - Zac Efron
- (The Legend Of) Miss Baltimore Crabs - Michelle Pfeiffer
- I Can Hear the Bells - Nikki Blonsky
- Ladies' Choice - Zac Efron
- The New Girl In Town - Brittany Snow
- Welcome To the 60's - John Travolta
- Run And Tell That - Elijah Kelley
- Big, Blonde And Beautiful - Queen Latifah
- Big, Blonde And Beautiful - Michelle Pfeiffer
- (You're) Timeless To Me - John Travolta
- I Know Where I've Been - Queen Latifah
- Without Love - Zac Efron
- (It's) Hairspray - James Marsden
- You Can't Stop the Beat - Queen Latifah
- Come So Far (Got So Far To Go) - Queen Latifah
- Cooties - Aimee Allen
- "MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW" - Nikki Blonsky, Marissa Jaret Winokur & Rikki Lake
Music reviews of Hairspray (Soundtrack to the Motion Picture)
Music Review: Awesome. Seriously. Un-freaking-believably awesome.
Rating: 5 Stars
This is an outstanding CD from an outstanding musical film!
I totally loved the movie. "Hairspray" makes a seamless, wonderful transfer from the Broadway stage to the silver screen.
The soundtrack perfectly captures the film, including all the music and snippets of dialogue, creating a complete satisfying experience.
It is impossible to overstate what a find Nikki Blonsky is. Watching her is like shaking a bottle of Pepsi, and waiting for it to fizz. Bubbly is an understatement. Her vocal performance matches her screen performance beat for beat.
"Good Morning Baltimore" launches us into this very specific (60's, working-class, Baltimore) era, using hysterical lyrics and time-capsule-like music.
The music of "Hairspray" sounds like every single early 60's pop song you can name off the top of your head dumped into a blender, and then poured over a CD. Motown, Brill Building, surf, Spector, Stax, Sinatra, girl groups, doo-wop...seriously...it's all here.
It's like one day,you unexpectedly have the best chocolate milk shake you've EVER tasted. You had tons of 'em before, but MAN was that one good!
Same here. Instantly familiar yet wholly original and of the utmost quality. The tunes are more infectious than head lice at preschool. The lyrics are smarter than you are.
Anyways...back to Blonsky. Her showcase songs, "Baltimore" & "I Can Hear The Bells" , along with her cast pieces like "Without Love" and "You Can't Stop The Beat" reveal her to be a world class entertainer. Her character's personality spills out of your speakers like the foam of a root beer float filled too full.
The entire cast is a dream. James Marsden (Cyclops? Really? Is that you?) fully imbues his plastic Corny Collins character with a winking shine; he knows he's considered superficial but he also know he isn't.
Zac Efron will get all the tweens/teens aflutter, but he's great. Honestly. "Ladies' Choice" positively thunders out of my car stereo, and is merely one of several, cardiac-arrhythmia-inducing energizing moments during the show.
Queen Latifah, as usual, is nothing but pure class. She as regal as her name. Powerful vocals without being overpowering.
And what about Travolta? He's terrific in the movie. As Tracy's mom, Edna, he goes for something different than the previous incarnations. Before, they were clearly big men in drag. Loud ad abrasive. Here, Travolta goes for a different tack. It's clearly Travolta, but his Edna has this pig-eyed sweetness, this down-trodden nobility, that I haven't seen before. It works like gangbusters. His vocal input here is limited, and that's perfectly OK.
Michelle Pfeiffer represents evil in this movie, and it comes across in her "Miss Baltimore Crabs" song. Listen, I love Miss Pfeiffer. She's my favorite. I'm her number one fan. Love her to death. I would lie down in front of a moving train for her.
But she's positively horrible here...and in the best possible way. She is so good at being so bad, her input here is unpleasant. Which is a roundabout high compliment. I never have to listen to her songs again. I'll just go back to "Ladyhawke" or "Baker Boys."
The REAL find her might be Elijah Kelley. During the film, you can't take your eyes off of him. On this soundtrack, he soars. Every time he shows up, you KNOW it. "Run and Tell That" is frankly amazing. It moves and grooves with such delightful energy, you cannot avoid doing that weird looking dance you do while sitting in your car with your seatbelt on.
The best moment, of dozens, is "You Can't Stop The Beat." When I say people were dancing as we left the movie theater, that is not hyperbole or exaggeration. It is fact. It is what people were doing, filing out the exits.
They were dancing.
To this song.
An unbridled tornado of musical electricity, "You Can't Stop..." shake you from your very foundations, finding some deep, repressed desire to shake your booty that may have been hidden long along, and brings it, uncontrollably, to the surface. I felt like somebody clamped a car battery to my tail bone. The ensemble singing will lift you off of your chair (I'm warning you: pull over if you listen to this in your car), and the band exhibits such crisp, tight musicianship, coupled with a healthy, wild abandon...it is futile to resist.
The ending is simply thrilling with the stop-start chorus and explosive band breaks.
I'm spent just RECALLING the experience!
One other thing. Definitely check out the last song on the disc. "Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now" is a song from the original show that didn't make it into the film. Rikki Lake (from the original non-musical film), Marissa Jaret Winokur (the original Broadway Tracy Turnblad) and Nikki Blonsky come together to do a hilarious, fun, riotous version of this very funny song. There's a brief, hysterical vocal cameo by...well...I'll save THAT for you to discover on your own.
A higher recommendation does not exist. Thanks for taking the time to read this...
Description of Hairspray (Soundtrack to the Motion Picture)
The Hairspray soundtrack will feature 17 songs from the film, including three original numbers that were created specifically for the film version of the hit Broadway musical - "Ladies' Choice," "New Girl In Town," and "Come So Far." Also featured on the soundtrack are the songs "Good Morning Baltimore," "Welcome to the `60s," "Nicest Kids In Town," and "You Can't Stop The Beat." The songs are performed by cast members John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Brittany Snow and Elijah Kelley among others.The Hairspray soundtrack is produced by Marc Shaiman and features music by Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman. It features tracks mixed by Ed Cherney (Rolling Stones, Bette Midler) and Peter Mokran (Pussycat Dolls, Christina Aguilera).
Sixteen years after the release of the original film, New Line Cinema is bringing a feature film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Hairspray to life. Featuring new and original material based on John Waters' 1988 cult classic about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show, the comedy features a remarkable collection of talent including John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, Allison Janney, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Chicago), and director Adam Shankman (Bringing Down The House). The new screenplay for Hairspray was written by Leslie Dixon (Freaky Friday, Outrageous Fortune).
What fun! This soundtrack of the film adaptation of the Broadway musical overflows with glossy, ol' fashioned '60s-style pep. It won't win any awards for innovation, but it may well be one of the most feel-good releases of the year. While not quite as super-energetic as the original Broadway cast, the new crew ain't too shabby: Nikki Blonsky delivers as Tracy Turnblad and Zac Efron (High School Musical) makes for a devoted boyfriend, and the supporting cast gleefully embraces the show's silly-but-generous spirit. John Travolta (who gets to utter the particularly ironic line "it's been years since someone asked me to dance") goes drag as Tracy?s mom, Edna, while Michelle Pfeiffer's slight stiffness is appropriate for her uptight character, especially on the cha-cha "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs." After Mama Morton in Chicago, Queen Latifah puts in another brassy turn as Motormouth Maybelle ("Big, Blonde and Beautiful," which is then reprised by Travolta and Pfeiffer). The show's authors, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, have written three new numbers for the movie: the rollicking (and first single) "Ladies' Choice," "New Girl in Town" and "Come So Far." In addition, the CD also includes two tracks that aren't in the film but were in the show: "Cooties," sung by Aimee Allen, and "Mama, I?m a Big Girl Now," sung by all three Tracy Turnblads: Blonsky, Ricki Lake (from the source movie) and Marissa Jaret Winokur (from the original Broadway cast). --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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