NBC will release Smash

[Mister Matt]

It's so META!

[Kad]

It looks like a musical about a white woman who sang covers of the Dreams' songs.

[jacobsnchz14]

iTunes Pre-Order: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bombshell/id587939818

It includes artist names...

1. Let Me Be Your Star (Extended Intro) [Katharine McPhee/Megan Hilty]
2. At Your Feet [Bernadette Peters/Sophia Caruso]
3. Smash! [Megan Hilty/Katharine McPhee]
4. Never Give All The Heart [Katharine McPhee]
5. The 20th Century Mambo [Katharine McPhee]
6. The National Pastime [Megan Hilty]
7. History is Made at Night [Megan Hilty/Will Chase]
8. I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn't Love To Howl [Megan Hilty/Debra Messing]
9. Mr & Mrs Smith [Megan Hilty/Will Chase]
10. Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking [Christian Borle]
11. On Lexington & 52nd St [Will Chase]
12. Cut, Print...Moving On [Katharine McPhee]
13. Public Relations [Katharine McPhee/Christian Borle]
14. Dig Deep [Megan Hilty/Henry Stram/Phillip Spaeth/Wesley Taylor]
15. Second Hand White Baby Grand [Megan Hilty]
16. They Just Keep Moving The Line [Megan Hilty]
17. Let's Be Bad [Megan Hilty]
18. The Right Regrets [Debra Messing/Christian Borle]
19. (Let's Start) Tomorrow Tonight [Leslie Odom, Jr./Christian Borle/Wesley Taylor]
20. Our Little Secret [Julian Ovenden/Katharine McPhee]
21. Hang The Moon [Bernadette Peters/Megan Hilty]
22. Don't Forget Me [Katharine McPhee]

[broadwayfreak4]

Thank God that Dig Deep isn't the Uma version.

[qolbinau]

Can't wait to hear Bernadette's songs!

[Marlothom]

Super disappointed Will's "Grenade" from "That Bruno Mars Musical at LAMAMA" isn't on this! OH well! I pre-ordered it anyways.

[sarcasm]

[ReggieonBway]

Well, I guess now we know that Bernadette's character will be playing Marilyn's mother.

[jacobsnchz14]

NBC Store has a different track listing...

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/smash-bombshell-soundtrack/detail.php?p=440435&v=nbc_smash

[ucjrdude902]

If Bernadette does play Marilyn's mom I'm interested to see what sorta strain that has on her's and Ivy's relationship,

[GatorNY]

I didn't know Julian Ovenden had joined the cast, as Jeremy Jordan and Jennifer Hudson seem to be getting all the newbie buzz. I loved him in DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY; so much that I bought the cast recording of Marguerite just to more of him to listen to on my iPod.

[jacobsnchz14]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100362671

According to this article, Target will have a special deluxe edition of the soundtrack that will include bonus content.

BONUS CD SONGS (TARGET EXCLUSIVE)
01) AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SONGWRITERS- Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
02) "SMASH!" Jane Krakowski
03) "NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART"- Megan Hilty
04) "SECOND HAND WHITE BABY GRAND"- Christine Ebersole

Other sources are using the different track listing than the one on iTunes and the original post...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Well, I guess now we know that Bernadette's character will be playing Marilyn's mother.

I know nothing about the upcoming season, but I don't think that's a given she'll be playing Marilyn's mother. There are any number of contexts in the (tv) show that she could be singing those songs. It's not like Julia and Tom are in the show, either.

[bjh2114]

Is it bad that I'm the most excited about Ebersole's rendition of Secondhand White Baby Grand? That will be gorgeous.

[IvyLynn]

She did an interview with, I believe it was Playbill, about a month ago where she said she would in fact be playing Marilyn's mother in the musical

[Tom1071]

"Thank God that Dig Deep isn't the Uma version."

According to the track listing on Amazon, it is the Uma version.

I am a little disappointed that they are just plugging in the previously recorded tracks as though they existed as such within the show Bombshell. We've only ever heard Let Me Be Your Star as a duet but in the world of the show and the show within the show it's a solo. I'd like to hear what that would sound like.
I already own 10 out of the 22 tracks. I don't want to have to buy them again because it will be cheaper to buy the entire album than it will be to purchase the remaining 12 tracks one at a time.

[jacobsnchz14]

http://www.amazon.com/Bombshell/dp/B00B8IHR5E/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359661521&sr=301-1

Running time is about an hour and nine minutes.

[mschwager]

Seems like they did re-record "Dig Deep" with Hilty instead of Thurman. Thank god.

[OperaBwayLover]

Yay for bonus discs! I preferred Hilty's version of "Never Give All the Heart" to McPhee's. And really looking forward to hearing Christine Ebersole singing "Secondhand White Baby Grand." It's already a lovely song, so to hear her do it will be fantastic.

[kyl3fong2]

I wish they would record both McPhee and Hilty versions of some of those songs, as I actually enjoyed the different vocal takes on them. I really enjoyed McPhee's take on "I Never Met A Wolf Who Didn't Love to Howl" from the Season 1 Finale, and also am interested in hearing her sing "Secondhand White Baby Grand."

[suestorm]

Marilyns mom spent most of her life in a mental institution, wonder if maybe Bernadette will be playing her Aunt who was a surrogate mother for her.

[jetts7]

I would like to hear Karen singing "Lets Be Bad" and Ivy singing "Don't Forget Me"!!!!

[E.Davis]

"At Your Feet" looks like either a song for little Norma Jean and who ever Bernadette is suppose to be.

[TFMH18]

Karen couldn't pull off "Let's Be Bad" in a million years. There's a reason they never had her come close to touching it.

[kyl3fong2]

^I agree. There are definitely certain songs in Bombshell catered towards McPhee's voice (20th Century Fox) and others for Hilty (Let's Be Bad)

[jacobsnchz14]

Liner notes and plot summary of BOMBSHELL will be included, according to Amazon.

Hmmm... Interested in reading about the show-within-the-show. Wonder if lyrics will be included.

[mb87]

I'm interested to see the story of the show as well.

Can't wait for the clips when they are released. I also found interesting that NBC lists the songs how they would be in the show; I wonder if this is how the show would actually be [or just the season 2 version of bombshell]