Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
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Brand: TCMComposer: Benny Andersson
Composer: Björn Ulvaeus
Performer: Meryl Streep
Performer: Amanda Seyfried
Performer: Pierce Brosnan
Performer: Christine Baranski
Performer: Colin Firth
Performer: Julie Walters
Performer: Dominic Cooper
Edition: Music CD
Music CD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Cast Recording, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2008-07-08
Model: 602517741850
Music Label: Decca
Product features:
- SOUNDTRACK MAMMA MIA! - FEATURING THE SONGS OF ABBA
- Honey, Honey
- Money, Money, Money
- Mamma Mia
- Dancing Queen
- Our Last Summer
- Lay All Your Love On Me
- Super Trouper
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
- The Name of the Game
- Voulez-Vous
- SOS
- Does Your Mother Know
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- The Winner Takes It All
- When All Is Said And Done
- Take a Chance on Me
- I Have a Dream
Music reviews of Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
Music Review: Very pleasantly surprised ... unconditionally a must have
Rating: 5 Stars
This is only my first or second review I've written ever, but I was so thoroughly impressed with this production that I had to write a review (maybe I'll start writing more!). I didn't read any other reviews so my review isn't swayed by others.
I have never been a big fan of Meryl Streep as an actress, not because she wasn't good, but probably only because of the types of roles and types of movies she typically acts in. Her performance in not only the movie, but in particular, "The Winner Takes It All," is simply magnificent. I am not a professional singer nor do I have any background that would make me a knowledgeable voice critic, but I have listened to a lot of music and I have quite frankly never heard a performance quite as powerful and beautiful as hers in this track. That is a professional singing performance if I have ever heard one, and I could listen to that song over and over again (and I do). She is wonderful throughout the soundtrack, in particular this song, but check out the phrase from track time 3:50 through 4:35 which peaks at an incredible demonstration at 4:21. I have a newly found admiration for Meryl Streep (maybe should have been there before, but now is for good).
As for the rest of the album, in general, I was skeptical that I needed it or wanted it, having most of the original songs (key word being "most"). It was settled when I heard "Slipping Through My Fingers" in the movie, which I hadn't heard before even by ABBA. I had to have that beautiful song, and once again Meryl Streep performed wonderfully along with Amanda Seyfried, though you don't get a good sample of Amanda from this track. The orchestration is wonderful is this song. So that was the impetus for getting the album, but I continued to be pleasantly surprised by the entire album: of course the music is great as written and performed by ABBA, but this album has slight differences in orchestration, keys (for instance Slipping Through My Fingers is in D, whereas the original is in F, I think!), and a definite "acting" slant where you can hear the emotion of the story that is behind the music. As a result, the album seems like a completely new addition to my music collection: a double bonus in this case where you love the songs already ... it's not that often that you can enjoy different versions in different ways.
Amanda Seyfried is also wonderful throughout, particularly in Honey, Honey (fun), The Name of the Game, and the hidden "tracks", I Have a Dream and Thank You For the Music. She also seems like she could easily be a professional singer, although she did not have a powerful song/performance like Meryl Streep in The Winner Takes It All.
I was also unfamiliar with "Our Last Summer" where the men did a fine job and a great song. I was not particularly impressed by any of the men though I don't believe the jist was for power or strength in the context of the movie. In particular, Pierce Brosnan seemed like an actor more than a singer (he would probably agree?), but I think he came into his own in another song I was unfamiliar with, "When All Is Said And Done", another beautiful song.
This album is something I recommend for anyone who loves touching and sometimes powerful music, even if you are not generally interested in broadway or soundtrack recordings. This is one of those albums that will be listened to over and over for me.
Description of Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, Summer 2008 is the season for MAMMA MIA!Produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, MAMMA MIA s all-star cast which, in addition to Meryl Streep, includes Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper. (Universal Pictures)
An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she s raised alone. For Sophie s wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski) from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.
On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna s past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities. Songs include: I Have A Dream, Honey, Honey, Money, Money, Money, Thank You For The Music,
Mamma Mia!, Chiquita, Dancing Queen,
Lay All Your Love On Me, Super Trouper,
The Name of The Game, Voulez-Vous,
S.O.S., Knowing Me, Knowing You,
Our Last Summer, The Winner Takes It All, Take A Chance on Me, I Do, I Do, I Do and Waterloo.
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