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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Seasons Of Love | |||
| 2. Rent | |||
| 3. You'll See | |||
| 4. One Song Glory | |||
| 5. Light My Candle | |||
| 6. Today 4 U | |||
| 7. Tango: Maureen | |||
| 8. Life Support | |||
| 9. Out Tonight | |||
| 10. Another Day | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. La Vie Boheme | |||
| 2. I Should Tell You | |||
| 3. La Vie Boheme B | |||
| 4. Seasons of Love B | |||
| 5. Take Me or Leave Me | |||
| 6. Without You | |||
| 7. I'll Cover You Reprise | |||
| 8. Halloween | |||
| 9. Goodbye Love | |||
| 10. What You Own | |||
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It's not that surprising that Rent, a successful musical with a strong youth following, would have transferred from the New York stage to film. What is remarkable is that the material has aged very well and that most of the original cast have made the trip to the silver screen. This is no small feat since nearly ten years have elapsed since the show's Off-Broadway debut and the film's release. When it opened in 1996, Jonathan Larson's rock musical based on neobohemian life in the gritty East Village felt a bit hackneyed at times; now, Rent feels more like a Broadway fantasy about life on the edge, and that new element actually works in the show's favor. The two cast additions--Rosario Dawson (replacing Daphne Rubin-Vega as Mimi) and Tracie Thomas (replacing Fredi Walker as Joanne)--act well and with emotion, but aren't quite powerful enough. They are eclipsed by vets such as Anthony Rapp, Idina Menzel, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, and Taye Diggs, who of course had the chance to perfect their roles on stage and can also be heard on the original cast recording. It's a pleasure to hear these stalwarts New York performers strut their stuff again. This soundtrack will please the show's fans, and probably attract new ones. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Product Description
One of the longest-running shows (since 1996) in the history of Broadway, and one of its most beloved, RENT was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Based on Puccini's classic opera "La Boheme," Jonathan Larson's revolutionary rock opera tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic in New York's gritty East Village. Now the powerful musical marks its 10th year on stage by coming to the big screen, accompanied by RENT The Motion Picture Soundtrack, produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls, Alanis Morissette). Warner. 2005.
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“ As my title states, the music is much better than the original, all instrument performances are much richer and complex without changing the actual song structure. ”
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591 of 610 people found the following review helpful
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Right from the beginning, this is the same "Rent", but different. And yes, better.
Somehow, Chris Columbus has taken a beloved, Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical, a deeply personal and heartfelt rock musical twist on "La Boheme", and improved it.
I know what you're thinking. It's not possible. I didn't think so either.
But just go with me for a second here. It's obvious he loves this piece. He treats it with such affinity and respect, yet adds (or subtracts) things until we have this only-slightly stream-lined powerhouse of a musical. The fat has been trimmed, and what's left is lean, powerful, emotional, gutsy...as a card-carrying Rent-head, I was blown away.
It opens with "Seasons Of Love", revealing this exquisite new recording to be full of detail and clarity. It's like a layer of grime has been scraped from the version you are all familiar with. The vocals are clear, the instrumentation vivid and precise. That plaintive piano motif sounds so perfect; it's like the sound of a heart breaking just a little.
For those of us who have memorized the Broadway soundtrack, that song being first isn't as jarring as you'd expect; when the next song "Rent" comes crashing in, all sense of order is restored. The guitars are harder, the drums thundering in spectacular fashion. Some of the spoken bits are excised from the inner parts of the song, which is perfect. In fact, most of the expository fluff has been trimmed, and all for the better.
And remember, I love the original. Passionately.
We shift unexpectedly to "You'll See", with all the interleaving vocals perfectly clear and evocative. Taye Diggs performs here with assurance and flair. He takes a little piece that moves the story along and infuses it with some soul.
That's one word that I kept thinking of while listening to this for the first time: soul. The vocals here are filled with such heart and depth, it's as if a new soul has inhabited Jonathan Larson's already soulful lyrics. The experience of the cast members, both in knowing these characters inside and out, and in the development of their own talents, adds a new dimension to this work. The highs are higher, the lows profound. They are acting and singing on a level an order of magnitude higher than their previous iteration.
"One Song Glory" is a showcase for a solo Adam Pascal. The tempos are a little different that the original; the fast sections drive more...the slower ones lope along amiably.
"Light My Candle"...hooboy...Rosario Dawson leaps out of your speakers here, in a duet with Pascal that will make your speakers generate heat. If you have headphones on, you'll feel your ears warm. Comparing her to Daphne Rubin-Vega is pointless but unavoidable. Dawson's voice is warmer, more seductive. Vega's is edgier and more coquettish. Apples and oranges. I eat both. When Rosario brags about her posterior here, I became pleasantly uncomfortable.
Up to now, I haven't missed any of the "tune-ups" and "voice mails" from the original, and "You Okay Honey?" I'm sure will manifest itself some way in the film. It's where Angel and Tom Collins meet.
On this record, we find Angel first on "Today 4 U" It's a much more energetic and musical version than before. Also, for those of us who know every line, there's a tantalizing switch from "Christmas Eve" to "Christmas Day" in one key line at the beginning of this song which piques my curiosity to the alterations to come in the film.
"Tango: Maureen" shows that newcomer Tracie Thoms can not only fill some shoes, she can create her own, thank you very much. She's perfect. And Anthony Rapp inhabits Mark as no one else can. It's him. This song, with the additional horn orchestrations, is another incident where it's appearing this "Rent" is trying to improve across the board on every aspect of the "old" one, while not changing anything important.
"Life Support", a minute-long snippet, is again, more full-bodied than the original, but shorter.
"Out Tonight" is the song where every Rent fan will be waiting to see if Rosario Dawson can compare to Daphne. Here, she can't. Vega owned this song. Seeing her do it live was like watching somebody set off fireworks indoors. That came across on the cast album. But Dawson does perfectly fine here...I can't wait to see her do this in the movie. I love the backing band here...they sound great. Throughout this soundtrack, the musical accompaniment to the vocals is faultless. Unimprovable.
Being blunt: they're freaking awesome.
"Another Day", Roger and Mimi's spat song, is fairly unchanged. Pascal and Dawson sound great, particularly Dawson...she gives a "real"-sounding, unaffected performance. And the ensemble ending is still spine-tingling...that last "No day but today" still gets me.
"Will I" benefits from improved production. By now we've lost things like "On The Street" from the original, and nothing feels missing.
The highlight song pair, "Santa Fe" and "I'll Cover You" show how Jesse L. Martin simply NAILS Tom Collins. His character shines through, yet his voice has aged so wonderfully that THIS will be the definitive Tom Collins. He lets his sweet, soulful voice fly unfettered here, and it's astonishing. Wilson Heredia, for all intents and purposes, will be the only "Angel" anyone needs ever to know. He imbues warmth and intelligence to a character that could have easily been either too saintly or too cliched.
The songs referred to as "We're Okay" and "Christmas Day" are gone (again, I can't wait to see how they spin this in the film) and we head straight into "Over The Moon", Idina Menzel's loopy performance piece. It's a bit odd out of context, but she's game and belts it out without a hint of inhibition. Make sure you listen past the end of the song...you'll hear this one man yell out "Moo!" and the band comes rocking in as if Green Day suddenly showed up.
Disc two opens with the death of the Akita, Evita, and "La Vie Boheme". Some of the vocal asides are missing, but you'll only notice if you're a Rent addict like I am. I noticed, and I didn't care a whit. Once that sinuous piano bass line came in, I was lost.
Then, my first surprise. At the end of "La Vie Boheme", when Roger asks Mimi, "You?" and she responds, "Me. You?"...I suddenly and spontaneous wept. I was so involved with this recording...and mind you...I knew this line was coming...that I felt the tears rise, with one spilling over on my cheek.
I was totally won over by this new recording, and willfully gave myself over to it at this point. "I Should Tell You" again shows how Pascal and Dawson really seem to work well together.
"La Vie Boheme" returns, like a shot of adrenaline, just like in the original. I still admire the line, "The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."
We get another snippet of "Seasons of Love" here, and then move to "Take Me or Leave Me", the show-stopping number between Idina Menzel and Tracie Thoms. To all the Menzel fanatics out there (and yes, I'm a big Wicked fan), she's actually better here. She's flat-out incredible, and Thoms matches her step-for-Diva-step. "Kiss Pooky"...BIG laugh here.
Clearly, there's a lot of exposition happening between some of these songs, because we now arrive at an aching "Without You". A bit more uptempo than before, and missing Vega's raspy vocals, but benefitting from Dawson's earthier tones.
My heart broke hearing Martin's "I'll Cover You" eulogy...I love the gospel tweak, as I do Martin's alterations. He is so good...the soaring ending will leave you spent. Leaving his voice unadorned at the end is an elegant stylish choice.
"Halloween" allows Rapp a chance to shine...he's the relatively stable center of the show, and this again is "better" than the Broadway version. Maybe because HE is.
"Goodbye Love" has all the cast members emoting angrily at the beginning, moving through various operative "movements" until ending with a sad, little exhalation.
"What You Own", the bookend to Mark and Roger's "Rent" duet, finds Rapp and Pascal meshing their voices better than they ever have...
...by this time, we've skipped various "voice mails" and the "Contact" song, but it's somehow for the better...
"Finale A" is recorded "close-miked", as if Roger is speaking right into Mimi's ear, and this is what you'd hear. Again, a nice stylistic choice. "Your Eyes" still isn't the "all time greatest song that I've waited my whole life to write" that it's supposed to be. Here, though, it becomes Roger's intimate declaration of love for Mimi, and it works.
"Finale B" just soars. You can clearly hear each individual cast member chime in here and there, the band amping it up chorus after chorus, reaching a dizzying height with that final "No day but today" line.
I was sad it was over. Really.
But there's an additional song..."Love Heals", something Larson was working on, and now finished as an ensemble piece for the cast members. It's a bit of a mish-mash, lots of melodies, lots of tempos, lots of different kinds of stuff all put together.
It might not be the greatest song, but it acts as a valentine to Larson, and to diehard Rent fans, as we get to hear our beloved characters "come back" for one more song.
We still have two months to go before the film, but this record goes a long way in alleviating any concerns we Rent-heads may have had about the movie.
We don't have to worry if it's gonna be any good. Based on this, not only will he keep the Rent faithful happy, he will show the rest of the world what we've known all along.
Somehow, Chris Columbus has taken a beloved, Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical, a deeply personal and heartfelt rock musical twist on "La Boheme", and improved it.
I know what you're thinking. It's not possible. I didn't think so either.
But just go with me for a second here. It's obvious he loves this piece. He treats it with such affinity and respect, yet adds (or subtracts) things until we have this only-slightly stream-lined powerhouse of a musical. The fat has been trimmed, and what's left is lean, powerful, emotional, gutsy...as a card-carrying Rent-head, I was blown away.
It opens with "Seasons Of Love", revealing this exquisite new recording to be full of detail and clarity. It's like a layer of grime has been scraped from the version you are all familiar with. The vocals are clear, the instrumentation vivid and precise. That plaintive piano motif sounds so perfect; it's like the sound of a heart breaking just a little.
For those of us who have memorized the Broadway soundtrack, that song being first isn't as jarring as you'd expect; when the next song "Rent" comes crashing in, all sense of order is restored. The guitars are harder, the drums thundering in spectacular fashion. Some of the spoken bits are excised from the inner parts of the song, which is perfect. In fact, most of the expository fluff has been trimmed, and all for the better.
And remember, I love the original. Passionately.
We shift unexpectedly to "You'll See", with all the interleaving vocals perfectly clear and evocative. Taye Diggs performs here with assurance and flair. He takes a little piece that moves the story along and infuses it with some soul.
That's one word that I kept thinking of while listening to this for the first time: soul. The vocals here are filled with such heart and depth, it's as if a new soul has inhabited Jonathan Larson's already soulful lyrics. The experience of the cast members, both in knowing these characters inside and out, and in the development of their own talents, adds a new dimension to this work. The highs are higher, the lows profound. They are acting and singing on a level an order of magnitude higher than their previous iteration.
"One Song Glory" is a showcase for a solo Adam Pascal. The tempos are a little different that the original; the fast sections drive more...the slower ones lope along amiably.
"Light My Candle"...hooboy...Rosario Dawson leaps out of your speakers here, in a duet with Pascal that will make your speakers generate heat. If you have headphones on, you'll feel your ears warm. Comparing her to Daphne Rubin-Vega is pointless but unavoidable. Dawson's voice is warmer, more seductive. Vega's is edgier and more coquettish. Apples and oranges. I eat both. When Rosario brags about her posterior here, I became pleasantly uncomfortable.
Up to now, I haven't missed any of the "tune-ups" and "voice mails" from the original, and "You Okay Honey?" I'm sure will manifest itself some way in the film. It's where Angel and Tom Collins meet.
On this record, we find Angel first on "Today 4 U" It's a much more energetic and musical version than before. Also, for those of us who know every line, there's a tantalizing switch from "Christmas Eve" to "Christmas Day" in one key line at the beginning of this song which piques my curiosity to the alterations to come in the film.
"Tango: Maureen" shows that newcomer Tracie Thoms can not only fill some shoes, she can create her own, thank you very much. She's perfect. And Anthony Rapp inhabits Mark as no one else can. It's him. This song, with the additional horn orchestrations, is another incident where it's appearing this "Rent" is trying to improve across the board on every aspect of the "old" one, while not changing anything important.
"Life Support", a minute-long snippet, is again, more full-bodied than the original, but shorter.
"Out Tonight" is the song where every Rent fan will be waiting to see if Rosario Dawson can compare to Daphne. Here, she can't. Vega owned this song. Seeing her do it live was like watching somebody set off fireworks indoors. That came across on the cast album. But Dawson does perfectly fine here...I can't wait to see her do this in the movie. I love the backing band here...they sound great. Throughout this soundtrack, the musical accompaniment to the vocals is faultless. Unimprovable.
Being blunt: they're freaking awesome.
"Another Day", Roger and Mimi's spat song, is fairly unchanged. Pascal and Dawson sound great, particularly Dawson...she gives a "real"-sounding, unaffected performance. And the ensemble ending is still spine-tingling...that last "No day but today" still gets me.
"Will I" benefits from improved production. By now we've lost things like "On The Street" from the original, and nothing feels missing.
The highlight song pair, "Santa Fe" and "I'll Cover You" show how Jesse L. Martin simply NAILS Tom Collins. His character shines through, yet his voice has aged so wonderfully that THIS will be the definitive Tom Collins. He lets his sweet, soulful voice fly unfettered here, and it's astonishing. Wilson Heredia, for all intents and purposes, will be the only "Angel" anyone needs ever to know. He imbues warmth and intelligence to a character that could have easily been either too saintly or too cliched.
The songs referred to as "We're Okay" and "Christmas Day" are gone (again, I can't wait to see how they spin this in the film) and we head straight into "Over The Moon", Idina Menzel's loopy performance piece. It's a bit odd out of context, but she's game and belts it out without a hint of inhibition. Make sure you listen past the end of the song...you'll hear this one man yell out "Moo!" and the band comes rocking in as if Green Day suddenly showed up.
Disc two opens with the death of the Akita, Evita, and "La Vie Boheme". Some of the vocal asides are missing, but you'll only notice if you're a Rent addict like I am. I noticed, and I didn't care a whit. Once that sinuous piano bass line came in, I was lost.
Then, my first surprise. At the end of "La Vie Boheme", when Roger asks Mimi, "You?" and she responds, "Me. You?"...I suddenly and spontaneous wept. I was so involved with this recording...and mind you...I knew this line was coming...that I felt the tears rise, with one spilling over on my cheek.
I was totally won over by this new recording, and willfully gave myself over to it at this point. "I Should Tell You" again shows how Pascal and Dawson really seem to work well together.
"La Vie Boheme" returns, like a shot of adrenaline, just like in the original. I still admire the line, "The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."
We get another snippet of "Seasons of Love" here, and then move to "Take Me or Leave Me", the show-stopping number between Idina Menzel and Tracie Thoms. To all the Menzel fanatics out there (and yes, I'm a big Wicked fan), she's actually better here. She's flat-out incredible, and Thoms matches her step-for-Diva-step. "Kiss Pooky"...BIG laugh here.
Clearly, there's a lot of exposition happening between some of these songs, because we now arrive at an aching "Without You". A bit more uptempo than before, and missing Vega's raspy vocals, but benefitting from Dawson's earthier tones.
My heart broke hearing Martin's "I'll Cover You" eulogy...I love the gospel tweak, as I do Martin's alterations. He is so good...the soaring ending will leave you spent. Leaving his voice unadorned at the end is an elegant stylish choice.
"Halloween" allows Rapp a chance to shine...he's the relatively stable center of the show, and this again is "better" than the Broadway version. Maybe because HE is.
"Goodbye Love" has all the cast members emoting angrily at the beginning, moving through various operative "movements" until ending with a sad, little exhalation.
"What You Own", the bookend to Mark and Roger's "Rent" duet, finds Rapp and Pascal meshing their voices better than they ever have...
...by this time, we've skipped various "voice mails" and the "Contact" song, but it's somehow for the better...
"Finale A" is recorded "close-miked", as if Roger is speaking right into Mimi's ear, and this is what you'd hear. Again, a nice stylistic choice. "Your Eyes" still isn't the "all time greatest song that I've waited my whole life to write" that it's supposed to be. Here, though, it becomes Roger's intimate declaration of love for Mimi, and it works.
"Finale B" just soars. You can clearly hear each individual cast member chime in here and there, the band amping it up chorus after chorus, reaching a dizzying height with that final "No day but today" line.
I was sad it was over. Really.
But there's an additional song..."Love Heals", something Larson was working on, and now finished as an ensemble piece for the cast members. It's a bit of a mish-mash, lots of melodies, lots of tempos, lots of different kinds of stuff all put together.
It might not be the greatest song, but it acts as a valentine to Larson, and to diehard Rent fans, as we get to hear our beloved characters "come back" for one more song.
We still have two months to go before the film, but this record goes a long way in alleviating any concerns we Rent-heads may have had about the movie.
We don't have to worry if it's gonna be any good. Based on this, not only will he keep the Rent faithful happy, he will show the rest of the world what we've known all along.
82 of 89 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Calling it different is a bit of an exaggeration becuase this CD really tries to keep it as true to the original as possible, and they do a good job. Keep in mind a couple songs were removed or shortened becuase the musical is now in a movie format.
But I'd like to point out that it's stil 95% the same. As my title states, the music is much better than the original, all instrument performances are much richer and complex without changing the actual song structure.
If you like rent, you will like this CD as the musical improvements will make it worth your money, and it stays so close to the original that you won't be turned off either.
To point out some spcific changes, I would like to say that while Rosario Dawson's (MiMi) performance is different than the original, it's a bit more girly (not in a bad way). I'm at a stand still with 'Light My Candle' becuase there's more acting in some of the words and retort, which from a pure musical performance, is borderline over the top but hopefully will come off fine in the movie itself.
But I'd like to point out that it's stil 95% the same. As my title states, the music is much better than the original, all instrument performances are much richer and complex without changing the actual song structure.
If you like rent, you will like this CD as the musical improvements will make it worth your money, and it stays so close to the original that you won't be turned off either.
To point out some spcific changes, I would like to say that while Rosario Dawson's (MiMi) performance is different than the original, it's a bit more girly (not in a bad way). I'm at a stand still with 'Light My Candle' becuase there's more acting in some of the words and retort, which from a pure musical performance, is borderline over the top but hopefully will come off fine in the movie itself.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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In 1996, a small musical transfered from its home Off-Broadway to a new theater in the heart of Time's Square. That show was Rent, and 9 years, four Tonys, and one Pulitzer Prize later, Rent is finally being made into a film with almost the entire Original Broadway Cast reprising their roles.
Warner Bros. has already stared hyping the film, and part of the major media blitz is the release of the soundtrack nearly two months before the film. My iPod will never be the same.
Though the two disc film soundtrack is incredably similar to the Original Broadway Cast Recording (after all, six of the eight principal actors in the film starred in the Original Broadway Cast anyway), there are some changes, most of them for the better.
One is the more powerful sound of the music. It's nice to hear these songs played by a larger band than the six piece band that plays in the stage version. The sound on this recording is much more complete and full. Some of the aditional music and re-orchestrations are great as well. My favorites are the musical interlude in "Tango: Maureen," the musical tag at the end of "Over the Moon," and the new song "Love Heals," which will supposedly play over the credits.
Another thing that makes this recording so great is the maturity of the performers. After nine years, not only can they still nail their parts, but most of them sound even better. The nine extra years of training and work can be heard, especially in Idina Menzel, the recent Tony Award winner for Wicked and future mega-recording artist for Warner Bros. Records. She belts out "Take Me or Leave Me" with more power and punch on this recording than on the OBC recording, and her comic timing on the song/monologue "Over the Moon" is impecable. Adam Pascal seems more at ease with his character of Roger on this recording than on the original one. His renditions of "One Song Glory" and "Your Eyes" are more heart-wrenching on this recording.
And Rosario Dawson and Tracie Thoms, the two new additions to the cast, sound like they've been a part of this project for nine years as well. Dawson is near perfection as Mimi. She has a suprisingly soothing and pleasing voice, unlike Daphine Ruben-Vega, the original Mimi who sounded like she'd been chain smoking for 80 years. Sadly, Dawson can't belt it like Ruben-Vega, but still I would rather hear hear than the garden-rake-on-chalkboard Ruben-Vega. Tracie Thoms is also incredable as Joanne. Her voice is fantastic, and her solo in "Seasons of Love" will give you chills.
The only downside to this recording is the number of songs from the original show that are missing from the film. Granted, many of the songs would not work on film the way they work on stage, but someone who is not familiar with Rent would have a much easier time following the story if they listened to the stage recording instead of the film one. Still, if the film version of Rent is as good as its soundtrack, then we all have something to look forward to this Thanksgiving.
Warner Bros. has already stared hyping the film, and part of the major media blitz is the release of the soundtrack nearly two months before the film. My iPod will never be the same.
Though the two disc film soundtrack is incredably similar to the Original Broadway Cast Recording (after all, six of the eight principal actors in the film starred in the Original Broadway Cast anyway), there are some changes, most of them for the better.
One is the more powerful sound of the music. It's nice to hear these songs played by a larger band than the six piece band that plays in the stage version. The sound on this recording is much more complete and full. Some of the aditional music and re-orchestrations are great as well. My favorites are the musical interlude in "Tango: Maureen," the musical tag at the end of "Over the Moon," and the new song "Love Heals," which will supposedly play over the credits.
Another thing that makes this recording so great is the maturity of the performers. After nine years, not only can they still nail their parts, but most of them sound even better. The nine extra years of training and work can be heard, especially in Idina Menzel, the recent Tony Award winner for Wicked and future mega-recording artist for Warner Bros. Records. She belts out "Take Me or Leave Me" with more power and punch on this recording than on the OBC recording, and her comic timing on the song/monologue "Over the Moon" is impecable. Adam Pascal seems more at ease with his character of Roger on this recording than on the original one. His renditions of "One Song Glory" and "Your Eyes" are more heart-wrenching on this recording.
And Rosario Dawson and Tracie Thoms, the two new additions to the cast, sound like they've been a part of this project for nine years as well. Dawson is near perfection as Mimi. She has a suprisingly soothing and pleasing voice, unlike Daphine Ruben-Vega, the original Mimi who sounded like she'd been chain smoking for 80 years. Sadly, Dawson can't belt it like Ruben-Vega, but still I would rather hear hear than the garden-rake-on-chalkboard Ruben-Vega. Tracie Thoms is also incredable as Joanne. Her voice is fantastic, and her solo in "Seasons of Love" will give you chills.
The only downside to this recording is the number of songs from the original show that are missing from the film. Granted, many of the songs would not work on film the way they work on stage, but someone who is not familiar with Rent would have a much easier time following the story if they listened to the stage recording instead of the film one. Still, if the film version of Rent is as good as its soundtrack, then we all have something to look forward to this Thanksgiving.
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Rent Soundtrack
I thoroughly enjoy the movie and watch it often. I absolutely love the music. Such a talented cast! Such a variety of musical styles and so diverse.
Published 7 days ago by Cairine J
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RENT, movie soundtrack
If you're like me & loved the movie then you'll love the soundtrack. There's obviously a separation between songs that doesn't exist in the movie. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Archie
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CD case is super weak
when i got it, it was already broken....
just dont buy this... buy Mp3 file is more helpful to you.
just dont buy this... buy Mp3 file is more helpful to you.
Published 24 days ago by Seung Choi
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love it
After seeing the movie version of the hit broadway show, the soundtrack is a way for me to visualize the great performances while traveling in my car.
Published 1 month ago by Rebecca J Kier
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Love Rent
OMG I have played this to death, I love every song on here. I might have to but another one in case this one stops working :) Love it Love it Love it ! Read more
Published 1 month ago by B. L. Moore
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We are what we own.
Saw this at my college and they did such a good job and own the movie so I had to have the cd and enjoy it! Just wish all the songs could be on one cd.
Published 1 month ago by Kala Bronaugh
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rent
Really good quality! It was one of my favorite musicals! I hope I can see it on Broadway sometime. Thanks!
Published 1 month ago by Liz
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Gift purchase
This CD was a Christmas gift for my daughter-in-law and was well received. No damages to the CD. She loved it!
Published 3 months ago by Lauren
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Good Item
Was glad to find out that this was the full soundtrack and not the highlights that most people sell. Price I felt could have been a little lower but overall good.
Published 4 months ago by hartsvillebabe
5.0 out of 5 stars
NO DAY BUT TODAY!!!
Rent is epic.
There are not enough words to describe how wonderful Jonathan Larson was.
I rock out to this almost daily!!!
There are not enough words to describe how wonderful Jonathan Larson was.
I rock out to this almost daily!!!
Published 4 months ago by GOCSouthernConsumer
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