Does SEASONS OF LOVE open the Rent movie?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 1:41pm

It's first on the soundtrack...I was just curious....

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 1:42pm

i think it does, I mean really weher could you put it otherewise?

[442namffug]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 1:45pm

what do you mean where else could you put it?...that was so stupid..you can put it anywhere!! just like ANY of the songs in the show...

But yes, it happens to open the movie.

[camerangel]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 1:50pm

442namffug: Yes although you can technically put the song anywhere in the movie it is a perfectly logical question to ask. It doesn't technically advance the storyline so the logical place is to put it at the beginning, you dont have to be so rude about it.. People are used to it being the segway between acts. Obviously it wont work like that in the movie version..

[Jon]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 2:03pm

It's spelled "segue", unless you are talking about one of those stupid scooter things.

[QueenAnne82]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 2:06pm

Also, doesn't Joanne sing it in the movie? Which is slightly odd... since in the show it's an outside character. I like it better when it's not Joanne, as it pulls the story to a wider angle for a moment.

[timote316]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 2:17pm

It's possibl, even likely, I'd bet, that the song is over the opening credits. We may not even see Jesse and Tracie singing the solos.

Also, since there isn't an intermission, going from La Vie Boheme to SOL is a huge jump. LVBB is all in your face and happy, and SOL is much more subdued and such. That wouldn't be a good transition. And, since SOL doesn't advance the plot at all, it's best location is probably the opening or ending credits. And, since we know that "Love Heals" is over the ending credits, it's probably a valid assumption that SOL is the first song.

[WickedJerseyGirl]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 2:22pm

Edited to remove post because apparently I have a lousey memory...lol

Updated On: 9/1/05 at 02:22 PM

[almostxfamous]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 3:37pm

The script I read had Seasons of Love towards where Act II would start. *shrugs* I guess we'll know when the movie comes out.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 3:39pm

I wouldn't count on the Soundtrack to have the same order of songs as the film. Remember it's a Soundtrack and not a cast recording, so the rules are a bit different. If you look at the Hedwig Soundtrack, the songs don't always appear in the order they do in the film.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 3:45pm

On almost all soundtracks I have, the songs are in the order they were in the movie, so it is really commonly done that way.

[JakeB]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 3:55pm

On a purely $ basis, think of everyone in the record shop picking up the sample headphones and having a first listen - Seasons of Love is likely to be the only song, if any, that they'll know, and if not, it's catchy. It makes sense financially to put the most popular song first, because then it leads to a sale. It's also the trailer song.

[WickedJerseyGirl]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 4:01pm

Yeah, I have never seen a movie musical that's soundtrack didn't go in exact order. I guess we will see.