Minnelli & DeRosa On New BOARDWALK EMPIRE Soundtrack
By: Pat Cerasaro Aug. 07, 2013
Living legend Liza Minnelli and Broadway regular Stephen DeRosa appear on the new soundtrack for BOARDWALK EMPIRE: VOLUME 2, out later this month, according to the new track-listing just revealed for the HBO hit as it enters its fourth season.
Minnelli performs the Great American Songbook standard "You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)" while DeRosa reprises his seasons-spanning role of Eddie Cantor to croon "Old King Tut" and "You'd Be Surprised" on the new 20-track recording.
Other guest stars on the BOARDWALK EMPIRE: VOLUME 2 soundtrack include music icons Elvis Costello and Patti Smith, Broadway and soap star Kathy Brier and composer/performer Rufus Wainwright, among other notables.
All tracks are performed with period-perfect conductor/orchestra combo Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks backing up the impressive line-up of talent.
You can pre-order the new Boardwalk Empire soundtrack featuring Minnelli, DeRosa and more, available here.
The BOARDWALK EMPIRE: VOLUME 2 track list is as follows:
1. David Johansen - Strut Miss Lizzie
2. Stephen DeRosa - Old King Tut
3. Elvis Costello - It Had To Be You
4. Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks - Everybody Loves My Baby
5. Liza Minnelli - You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
6. Leon Redbone - Baby Won't You Please Come Home
7. St. Vincent - Make Believe
8. Pokey LaFarge - Lovesick Blues
9. Neko Case - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
10. Karen Elson - Who's Sorry Now
11. Stephan DeRosa - You'd Be Surprised
12. Margot Bingham - I'm Going South
13. Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks - Sugarfoot Stomp
14. Rufus Wainwright - Jimbo Jambo
15. Kathy Brier - There'll Be Some Changes Made
16. Margot Bingham - Somebody Loves Me
17. Chaim Tannenbaum - All Alone
18. Loudon Wainwright III - The Prisoner's Song
19. Patti Smith - I Ain't Got Nobody
20. Matt Berninger - I'll See You In My Dreams
*All tracks featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
The BOARDWALK EMPRIE: VOLUME 2 soundtrack is out September 3 and the series returns on September 8.
More information from the official press release is as follows: "On September 3rd, luminaries from across the music world will pay homage to the sounds of the Prohibition Era with the ABKCO Records release of 'Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music From The HBO Original Series.' The soundtrack features all new recordings from a wide range of vocalists - from Elvis Costello and Patti Smith to St. Vincent and The National's Matt Berninger - singing timeless standards and forgotten gems from the 1920s. Season 4 of the hit HBO series premieres on September 8th.
Following up on their GRAMMY win for Volume 1, producer Stewart Lerman and Boardwalk Empire music supervisor Randall Poster bring together a swinging, sauntering collection of big-band classics, New Orleans rags, sultry ballads and torch songs. Album highlights include Costello crooning "It Had To Be You," Liza Minnelli belting out "You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)," Berninger lending his rugged baritone to "I'll See You In My Dreams," and Neko Case breathing new life into "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out." Featuring inimitable contributions from high-profile recording artists including Rufus Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III, St. Vincent and David Johansen, Poster has created an album that retains a remarkable cohesion with the series and with the music of the 1920s.Videos