SWEENEY TODD Soundtrack Tracklisting..

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/1/07 at 5:19pm

According to Amazon for the highlights version ...

1. No Place Like London
2. The Worst Pies in London
3. Poor Thing
4. My Friends
5. Green Finch & Linnett Bird
6. Johanna
7. Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
8. The Contest
9. Wait
10. Pretty Women
11. Epiphany
12. A Little Priest
13. Johanna
14. God, That's Good!
15. By the Sea
16. Not While I m Around

I hope the release the tracklisting for the 2 disc set soon. Which will hopefully include the instrumental ballad(s), The Barber and His Wife, the bit of LADIES, and the Final Sequence.

http://www.amazon.com/Sweeney-Soundtrack-Highlights-Various-Artists/dp/B000WEDAEM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-4857514-2415615?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1193951772&sr=1-1



Updated On: 11/1/07 at 05:19 PM

[alxscrz2]

Posted: 11/1/07 at 6:26pm

Most of the songs are my favorite. But they didn't add 'kiss me' , I hope they add it Updated On: 11/1/07 at 06:26 PM

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 11/1/07 at 7:33pm

Wow alot more than I was expecting!

[perfectliar]

Posted: 11/1/07 at 7:53pm

If The Ballad of Sweeney Todd isn't present, what exactly does Anthony Head DO in this movie?

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 12:07am

WHAT? No "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd?"

They better have it in the movie, not just an instrumental version.

[BrianS]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 12:22am

This is one of my favorite scores, but I have no problem with changes including no "Ballad of Sweeney Todd" for the movie. That song is a prologue and, while a prologue can work great on stage, it doesn't necessarily work in film.

We'll always have the stage DVD and I'm looking forward to another take on things. The recent scaled down Broadway revival isn't my benchmark version of the show, but I really liked it.

What I'm hoping for are moments that far surpass the stage version the way "Cell Block Tango" did in Marshall's film version of Chicago.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 12:23am

They better have it in the movie, not just an instrumental version.
Or else???

The Ballad is not in the film.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 12:24am

If The Ballad of Sweeney Todd isn't present, what exactly does Anthony Head DO in this movie?

Collects dust on the cutting room floor. Metaphorically speaking.

[Izzie2]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 12:26am

this IS only the highlights version...that means that there is more.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 1:33am

Well, Anthony Head's part was cut before shooting started. He probably still got paid something, so "collecting a paycheck for no work" is probably more accurate than winding up on the cutting room floor.

There is no BALLAD in the film, and KISS ME wasn't filmed so I don't think it will be on the disc set.

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 1:45am

Still kinda shocked that "Wait" is in but "Kiss Me" was cut. Actually, moreso surprised that "Wait" is there at all. It's a very... static number. I look forward to seeing how it will work.

[perfectliar]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 2:28am

I thought that was Christopher Lee whose role was cut... Anthony Head's as well?

If that's true, I'm much less excited about this film now....

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 2:47am

MichaelBennett can correct me on this, but I thought all the "ballad ghosts" parts were cut from the script before shooting started. Hence why Head and Lee's parts weren't even shot.

[Brick]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 12:18pm

I believe Lee mentioned in an interview that his parts were cut during production when Depp had to leave filming to be with his daughter, who had fallen ill.

Lee mentioned at that time that, to keep production on schedule without Depp there, Burton cut all the Ballads.

I will try to find that interview somewhere.

[ashbash1990]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 5:25pm

I thought "wait" was cut...
I love how much of the score was kept...

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 10:25pm

Wait...THE BALLAD OF SWEENEY TODD IS NOT THE FILM??? You've got to be kidding me. If they found a way to make "Epiphany" work they could have done "Ballad." This makes me sad.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 11/2/07 at 10:29pm

Considering the Ballad also addresses the audience and the fact that it's a play, it makes some sense why they cut it.

Plus, Epiphany is far more important than the ballad.

[BroadwayFan3]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 11:58am

Not an interview, but an item in a London newspaper. Not sure if it's fact, but it makes sense to me - see the link. Lee is now credited as "Gentleman With Hat" on Widipedia's page for the film.

Sorry to be so ignorant, but do actors in a musical film just lip synch to the soundtrack during film production? It must be hard to match exactly when the soundtrack's made months prior.
Article re Ballad Ghosts being cut

[Loge]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 11:00am

Yes - the tracks are laid down in a studio and the actors lip synch during filming of the scenes. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd was cut because of filming problems due to the illness of Depp's daughter. That is fact.

[mateo]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 11:19am

(Mary Cherry! "Stop lyin', lil Lilly, you looooved it!")

[James885]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 12:45pm

I don't have a problem with the ballad being cut. By its nature, the song is very theatrical and most likely wouldn't work on film.

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 4:46pm

Mateo, did you like digitally airbrush underpants on your Zac Efron userpic?

[EganFan2]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 5:07pm

It's Anthony Head now, not Anthony Stewart Head? Either way, looks like the only thing musical-wise he has coming now is "Repo".

[mateo]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 5:11pm

BDrisch-

Nope; original to the pic. Sorry to disappoint.

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 11/6/07 at 5:31pm

Fie. Where do you get all these pics? They're so very pretty.