'Princess and the Frog' Soundtrack Gets 11/23 Release; Features Anika Noni Rose

According to Amazon.com, the soundtrack for Disney's Princess and the Frog will be released and available for purchase on November 23.  The album, with original songs by Academy Award winner Randy Newman, features the voices of the movie's stars, Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, and Jenifer Lewis.

The 17-track disc, features Rose's "Down in New Orleans" and "Almost There" in addition to "When We're Human," a tune with Rose and Michael Leon-Wooley and Bruno Campos.

Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical The Princess and the Frog, an animated comedy that provides a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again. 

Disney's Princess will open exclusively in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 25th. The upcoming film will be set in New Orleans and feature the Walt Disney Studio's first black princess.

Oprah Winfrey stars as Eudora, the mother to Princess Tiana voiced by stage and screen star Anika Noni Rose. The film also stars such stage (and movie) greats as John Goodman, Jenifer Lewis,Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley and Peter Bartlett. Broadway favorite Jen Cody is also in the film as well, voicing Charlotte LaBouff.

The movie is written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and features the music ofRandy Newman, who wrote 6 new songs for the film.

A musical set in the legendary birthplace of jazz -- New Orleans -- "The Princess and the Frog" will introduce the newest Disney princess, Tiana, a young African-American girl living amid the charming elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter. From the heart of Louisiana's mystical bayous and the banks of the mighty Mississippi comes an unforgettable tale of love, enchantment and discovery with a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells and Cajun charm at every turn.

Anika Noni Rose has appeared on Broadway in Cat in a Hot Tin Roof, Caroline or Change, and Footloose.  Additional credits include Encores! Purlie, The Color Purple (reading), and The Three Penny Opera (regional).  She has appeared on the soundtracks for the film Dreamgirls (in which she played Lorrell) and Caroline or Change.

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