NINE soundtrack released 12/15! A week early!

Fantastic news!

Do we think it will feature the cut songs? I believe SIMPLE was recorded, right?

I imagine a song list will show up any time now. The only confirmed filmed but cut song by Marshall is "Only With You", but, yes, I believe "Simple" and "Take It All (Trio)" were both at least recorded if not filmed but they probably will be Itunes exclusives or something if released at all, I'd think.

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Last night at the screening, I heard that SIMPLE, ONLY WITH YOU and BE ON YOUR OWN were all recorded. I don't know whether they will include any of them on the CD. Perhaps only the numbers actually filmed (that will appear as bonus dvd tracks).

Wow, that blows my mind that "Be On Your Own" was recorded.

If "Simple", "Only With You" and "Be On Your Own" were at least recorded, the soundtrack will feel nearly complete to even the purists amongst us. I wonder if "Simple" was filmed, after all? I still would love to hear the duet/trio "Simple" and trio "Take It All" that have been mentioned by the creators long ago.

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Damn here's hoping they recorded Be On Your Own just as an additional track. They definitely did Only With You.

However, it's always possible some of the recorded and cut songs will end up being exclusives for iTunes, etc. And then, of course, there will be the inevitable Deluxe/Collector's Edition soundtrack in a few years...

In other news, I kinda hate the soundtrack cover. Looks like some photoshop amateur did it.

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Updated On: 11/20/09 at 12:46 PM

I hope so.

I think it's smart to release the digital version early...They can't ignore the fact that it will be leaked anyway by then, so they might as well make some profit off of it.

And I am cool with waiting for a special edition with cut songs later down the road.

The Artwork

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I cringed when I saw the track listing & realized how much of the score was gutted.

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No, Yeston didn't do the underscoring for the film. It was done by Andrea Guerra

Roxy, for my money, they made all the right choices in cuts, including SIMPLE, and ONLY WITH YOU. There is only so much non-live lypsynched singing a film audience can handle and film is just a different medium of storytelling. The film is simply, like CABARET, its own totally unique adaptation of the material. If you aren't open to that you really shouldn't frustrate yourself by going to see it.

Were people outraged when the musical came out for *desecrating* the original 8 1/2 film by *ruining it* with added sequences like "Grand Canal" and by setting it all in a spa?....

Brick - why should you be upset that the producers of the soundtrack recording enlist well known artists to sing bonus tracks? Its not as if they are cutting things to include those tracks - and if it helps the score sell more copies and reach a bigger audience, whats the problem?

I swear I will never understand the musical theatre purists who believe somehow that the Broadway musicals should be kept reserved for the elite fans of the stage and feel 'upset' when changes, cuts or celebrity endorsements are called in to play.

Updated On: 11/21/09 at 11:55 AM

For the record, no pop track is anywhere in the actual film. The music playing over the credits are repeat performances of CINEMA ITALIANO (by Hudson) and BE ITALIAN (by Fergie).