Les Miserables soundtrack album for release on 12/24/12

[OperaBwayLover]

I hope they don't cut Grantaire's solo from "Drink with Me." It's such a great little character moment- all the audience has ever seen of this student is that he's a drunken bum, and then out of nowhere he sobers up and points out a few things that no one seems to have thought of before. I really enjoyed the way this moment is portrayed in the current tour: Grantaire sings "Can it be you fear to die," and almost all of the men start to rush him as if they are insulted, only to stop when he continues, realizing he has a point. I don't remember how the original staging went (and wish I did).

Anyhow, I get why they might cut it, but I'd much rather see "Turning" cut down (and it has been for the most part in productions since the 10th anniversary concert), and certainly "Little People" cut down. I'm not sure if there's really anything that could be removed from "Waltz of Treachery"- it's already pretty short as is.

[frontrowcentre2]

The soundtrack to Evita was first released as a highlights album and a 2 disc set was released some weeks later.

Nope...it was actually the other way around: The 2 - CD set of the movie soundtrack of EVITA was issued Nov 12, 1996. The single CD of highlights was not issued until July 29, 1997.

See castalbums.org





EVITA movie soundtrack

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

I don't think the fact that it says "Highlights" means there will definitely be a full version later. Not that to say there won't be, but even without a full one, calling this one "Highlights" is still correct.

[jacobsnchz14]

TRACK LISTING, per Barnes & Noble listing...

1 Look Down (0:00)
2 The Bishop (0:00)
3 Valjean's Soliloquy (0:00)
4 At The End Of The Day (0:00)
5 I Dreamed A Dream (0:00)
6 The Confrontation (0:00)
7 Castle On A Cloud (0:00)
8 Master Of The House (0:00)
9 Suddenly (0:00)
10 Stars (0:00)
11 Red & Black (0:00)
12 In My Life - A Heart Full Of Love (0:00)
13 On My Own (0:00)
14 One Day More (0:00)
15 Drink With Me (0:00)
16 Bring Him Home (0:00)
17 The Final Battle (0:00)
18 Javert's Suicide (0:00)
19 Empty Chairs At Empty Tables (0:00)
20 Epilogue (0:00)

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/les-miserables/25388125?choice=%2callproducts&cm_mmc=affiliates-_-linkshare-_-gub4v*aowwy-_-10%3a1&ean=602537245857&flag=false&prod=%2cuniv&query=%2c602537245857&r=1&ugrp=2

[supersam1026]

Is there really no "Do You Hear the People Sing" on the soundtrack?!?

[CarlosAlberto]

...and they all run 0 minutes : 00 seconds!

[thirtythirtyninety]

No "Who am I?" either. Weird.

[kyl3fong2]

No "A Little Fall of Rain" either?

[jacobsnchz14]

Soundtrack running time: 1:05:22

http://www.amazon.com/Les-Mis%C3%A9rables-Highlights-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B00AJRQLTI/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0

Digital Release: December 25th... I know there's been confusion because I've seen places where it says it will be available on the 26th.

[OperaBwayLover]

Definitely crossing my fingers for a deluxe album release after this! How do you leave off "Do You Hear the People Sing" and "Who Am I?"

[jacobsnchz14]

iTunes US says the digital release is DEcember 29th... so confused!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/les-miserables-highlights/id584102671

[mb87]

ordered mine off of amazon due to itunes getting it days later.

[mb87]

Itunes and Amazon now have a release date of 12/21/12.

I'd like to know the actual date.

Here's hoping the 21st over the 26th!

[jacobsnchz14]

I saw that, as well... It'd be nice to know when for sure this will be released! I still want a full deluxe soundtrack!

[jo]

It's now December 21!

I have received an email re my pre-order from Amazon, that the earlier release date is now in force.

[jacobsnchz14]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A80SHFM/ref=dm_dp_cdp?ie=UTF8&s=music

THE DIGITAL COPY IS ON SALE FOR $5 TOMORROW ON AMAZON!!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Thanks for the heads-up!

[TheatreKid3]

It is now available on iTunes. Really torn as to whether or not to download it or hold out for a deluxe recording.

[steven22]

Sam Barks and Aaron Tveit are my two favorite things about this...just downloaded the recording...Anne Hathaway doesn't sound too bad...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

I downloading it from Amazon right now.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Thanks so much for the tip, jacob. Downloading mine as well. Debating whether to listen to any of it before/after I see the movie, waiting to see it on the 26th.

[My Oh My]

I'm not the mp3 type. Nope. Maybe I have hyper sensitive satellite ears and can detect details that most normal humans can't, like a dog. But I can often hear this awful bubbling noise within a track on most mp3s. So I vowed NEVER to purchase them and go for a factory-pressed CD instead.

But I'm also a very, very impatient mofo. One of my many qualities and charms to go along with my nit-pickiness, detail-obsession, wordiness, self-importantness, repetitiveness, monotony, and passion to spare. Omg, I'm such an amazing person!!!

At any rate, this lack of patience has made my unbending principals bend...a bit, and I am presently downloading cheapo mp3 Les Miserables soundtrack album as I pound on these keys, because I wish not to wait for snail mail.

"The time is here! Will I give this new album much hatred or cheer? Let us take to the phones with no doubt in our hearts, with a jubilant John Cameron orchestration it will come together once and for all, or this movie will fall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

That's me being midget-jolras with a passion for his orch cause.

Follow me, follow me!

*Crickets*

[CarlosAlberto]

I downloaded it. I just got through I Dreamed A Dream. Anne Hathaway should be so proud of herself. She has recorded one if not the best renditions of that song ever. She completely gutted me. I cannot imagine what effect it will have on me once I see it visually. Samantha Barks' "On My Own" is absolutely magnificent! "One Day More" sounds more powerful than it does on that clip released earlier this week. I cannot wait to see this film!

[CarlosAlberto]

One thing I did notice was that "At The End of the Day" was edited and is shorter than the one that is in the film which leads me to think if any of the other songs were.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Jeez...Russell Crowe really sounds horrible. Almost as bad as Pierce Brosnan in MAMMA MIA!

The orchestrations sound absolutely stunning. So far, I like it but don't love it.

Anne Hathaway's "I Dreamed A Dream" is just fantastic. Honestly in a different league than every other track I've heard so far. Gut-wrenching, even on CD. I'm so glad she's getting such great notices for this and is proving all of the nay-sayers wrong.



And will there actually be a deluxe album or is that just speculation?

[willep]

Whoa why are these edited so much differently than the movie? All the other solo lines in Look Down have been edited out (they ARE in the film)...