Larson Song 'Love Heals' Included on Rent Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the upcoming film version of Rent will feature a rare Jonathan Larson song called "Love Heals."

Of course, the song was not used in the Broadway production of the groundbreaking rock musical. As with the original cast recording, the soundtrack's songs will be divided between two discs. Released in stores on September 27th, the soundtrack will be on the Warner Brothers/WEA label and has a list price of $27.98. However, it can currently be pre-ordered on Amazon for $22.49. The track listing for the CD is as follows:

Disc: 1
"Seasons of Love"
"Rent"
"You'll See"
"One Song Glory"
"Light My Candle"
"Today 4 U"
"Tango: Maureen"
"Life Support"
"Out Tonight"
"Another Day"
"Will I"
"Santa Fe"
"I'll Cover You"
"Over the Moon"
"La Vie Boheme"
"I Should Tell You"

Disc: 2
"La Vie Boheme B"
"Take Me or Leave Me"
"Seasons of Love B"
"Without You"
"I'll Cover You" (Reprise)
"Halloween"
"Goodbye Love"
"What You Own"
"Finale A"
"Your Eyes"
"Finale B"
"Love Heals"

Rent will open in all theatres nationwide on November 23rd (a previously-announced limited release date of November 11th was cancalled). The film, which is directed by Chris Columbus (who adapted Larson's book with Stephen Chbosky), will be released by Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios. The original cast--Menzel, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp--is intact but for Daphne Rubin-Vega and Fredi Walker; their respective roles of Mimi and Joanne will be played by Rosario Dawson and Thoms.

With its pulsating rock score by Larson and a story that captured the current of its generation, Rent is set in late-90's New York (updated in the film) in the East Village, where a group of artists love and live La Vie Boheme even under the shadow of poverty, failure, illness and death. The La Boheme-based show, which has been running at the Nederlander Theatre since its opening in 1996, won the Pultizer and the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical, as well as 3 others. Tragically, Larson died a few months before the show opened. It has since run over 3,850 performances and is the 8th longest-running musical in Broadway history.

To learn more about the Rent film (and to access the blog), visit Rent">www.sonypictures.com/movies/Rent.