Original Soundtrack - Rocky Horror Picture Show

Artist:

Original Soundtrack

UPC:

5050749202222

Description:

Cast includes: Tim Curry, Meat Loaf.
For the 1975 film version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, American producer Lou Adler wisely mixed the best of the London and Los Angeles stage versions, shooting the movie in England with Tim Curry and several of the other original cast members, plus Meatloaf (years before Bat Out of Hell), and Americans Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon as the innocent couple Brad and Janet. Adler also brought back original London stage musicians in place of the slick studio musicians who had marred the L.A. cast album. The film version resequenced the songs and reassigned some of the vocals, with Brad`s song "Once in a While" dropped. But it all worked out fine. The strings that were added to ballads like "Science Fiction/Double Feature" only improved them; the rockers rocked out; Bostwick and Sarandon proved to be the best Brad and Janet ever; the original cast members, especially Curry, reveled in the opportunity to immortalize their portrayals; and Rocky Horror`s potential as a witty parody of cheap movies, rock & roll, and sexual mores was fully realized. The film soundtrack album became the definitive version of the score, despite lacking the songs "Planet Shmanet Janet" and "The Sword of Damocles." The Rocky Horror Picture Show was not successful in its initial theatrical run, but then a strange thing happened. In 1976, the Waverly Theater in New York`s Greenwich Village began showing the film at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Soon, a cult of repeat viewers began turning up every week; they began to dress like the characters, call out their own comments at strategic moments, sing along, and add their own theatrical effects. The phenomenon spread across the U.S., with fans rivaling Trekkies and Deadheads for loyalty and eccentricity, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show took on a life Richard O`Brien never could have anticipated. ~ William Ruhlmann

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Science Fiction-Double Feature
2. Dammit Janet
3. Over at the Frankenstein Place
4. Time Warp
5. Sweet Transvestite
6. I Can Make You a Man
7. Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul)
8. I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)
9. Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me
10. Eddie
11. Rose Tint My World (Floor Show/Fanfare - Don`t Dream It)
12. Wild & Untamed Thing
13. I`m Going Home
14. Super Heroes
15. Science Fiction-Double Feature: Reprise
16. Time Warp (Remix 1989 Extended Version)
17. Time Warp (Music-1=Background Track + U Mix)

Album Information

Release Date:

04/19/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Film Composers

Label:

Sanctuary (USA)

Catalog Number:

SMRCD022

Original Release Year:

1975

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

45 : 4

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