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Post by wildfire on Feb 15, 2013 18:42:18 GMT -5
That amazon site is for the blue-ray dvd, not the soundtrack.
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Post by jo on Feb 15, 2013 18:51:05 GMT -5
There is a page on Amazon which says that it has not been released but people can sign up when the deluxe edition will be released.
There are some product details --
Product Details
Audio CD (March 19, 2013)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Republic Records
ASIN: B00BG08FKK
So, it looks like it will also be released in the USA by an American record company ( and will not be an import).
However, can one(1) disc contain the soundtrack from the UK deluxe edition? Or was that just an error?
March 19 is indicated as a possible release date in the USA.
LOL - they certainly know how to push the buttons of Les Miserables ( and Hugh Jackman) fans ;D...Just wondering --
If this (deluxe) soundtrack or the highlights soundtrack wins a Grammy - will that count as a Grammy win for Hugh Jackman as he would have the most participation in the album?
I wonder - will the singers get royalty, too? Or do their salary for the movie covers any album releases ( as this was not separately recorded). There are a lot of fans out there but there are also a lot of singers in the album, if there is singer participation in the album - LOL! Certainly, the original creatives ( Schoenberg, Boublil, Kretzmer) and producers ( Mackintosh, Working Title) will be laughing all the way to the bank ;D
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Post by jo on Feb 15, 2013 19:17:43 GMT -5
Let me count the ways ... Les Miserables - how do I love thee  *Cinema tickets ( 6 outings to see the movie, in my case) *Highlights soundtrack *Deluxe soundtrack *BluRay/DVD etc -- standard (Amazon) and deluxe version (Target) *Book - From Stage to Screen ( Nightingale and Palmer) *T-shirt ( with "24601") *Vocal selections music sheets ( including Suddenly) *Still trying - to get a poster of Les Miserables showing Hugh's eyes on a red flag! *No action figures? LOL! *No other apparel ( sweatshirt, jacket, cap)?? And that is just for the movie musical! Don't ask me how much I have stashed for the stage musical or copies of the unabridged and abridged editions of the book I have bought since 1988 ;D...Although, two items I have had from before served me in good stead to connect to the movie musical version. Hugh did sign two items for me ( at the Broadhurst stagedoor) -- a Les Mis button and a Les Mis artcard ( showing the show playing at the Imperial) >  Jo |
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Post by jan on Feb 16, 2013 7:08:50 GMT -5
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Post by jo on Feb 16, 2013 7:27:24 GMT -5
LOL- I have been giving some broad hints about it for sometime now ;D Michael is, of course, the original Marius in Les Miserables. Here are some notes from him re SUDDENLY -- "I was thrilled when Claude Michel visited the studio when we were recording ‘Suddenly’ which of course he co-wrote for the film version of Les Miserables – it was the first time we’d been in a recording studio for 25 years – we had a great time together!"Someone has heard a short clip and said it was very emotional . I have it already on pre-order! Michael Ball has been my favorite singer since 1988 ( when I first saw Les Miserables) Jo |
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Post by njr on Feb 16, 2013 17:59:28 GMT -5
That amazon site is for the blue-ray dvd, not the soundtrack. I thought that was what she was referring to. Sorry Ellen if you meant the CD! Nancy |
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Post by chessie on Feb 17, 2013 15:17:50 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to anything I can get my hands on. The Virus From Hell has prevented me from making a return visit to a movie theater to see the film again. I'd hate to have a coughing fit and spoil the experience for others. Maybe if Les Mis wins some Oscars it will return to the big screen??? Hope sprigs eternal.
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Post by jo on Feb 19, 2013 15:32:40 GMT -5
The Deluxe/Full Motion Picture Soundtrack is now available for Pre-orders on Amazon.com --
Les Miserables Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Deluxe Edition] by Soundtrack (Mar 19, 2013)
$25.49Audio CD
Available for Pre-order. This item will be released on March 19, 2013.
Compared to the UK release, this is a bit more expensive. My pre-order price ( tax-exempt) from Amazon.co.uk is GBP 12.30 ( approx US$ 19.20). It is also more expensive compared to the BluRay/DVD combo package ( priced at $ 23.99 for the US release).
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Post by marymagdalene on Feb 19, 2013 21:53:08 GMT -5
The 2-CD set is now $24.86 on Amazon...
It looks like it has gone down $0.50...
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Post by jo on Feb 19, 2013 23:44:41 GMT -5
This is not to promote Michael Ball's new album ;D -- but here are samplers of the songs, and if you click on # 6, the sampler will play a short clip of SUDDENLY! www.amazon.co.uk/Both-Sides-Now/dp/B00BGZJEJQ/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_4I love this song. It is beautiful, emotional, but deceptively simple - as lullabies go. But elegant, too, as expressions of love can be! Someone here in Manila has even suggested that it will make a perfect song for a wedding Someone said ( not sure if it was from the Mackintosh group) that Michael could have done a cameo for the movie musical but his West End engagement for a revival of Sweeney Todd did not make the cameo appearance feasible. Instead, he and the producers/creatives agreed that Michael can feature the new song on his forthcoming album. The still-to-be released album ( Feb 25, right after the Oscars) is doing quite well on Amazon.co.uk Jo |
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Post by mamaleh on Feb 21, 2013 11:19:10 GMT -5
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Post by annetter on Feb 21, 2013 12:47:53 GMT -5
Mean but funny
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Post by jo on Feb 21, 2013 18:00:15 GMT -5
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Post by marymagdalene on Feb 21, 2013 23:26:40 GMT -5
I am 99.44% that I am going to go for Target's Exclusive... > But what in Hades name is a "Steelbook"?!? :-[ |
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Post by jo on Feb 22, 2013 11:40:07 GMT -5
Newly-posted on the Les Miserables Facebook Page -- www.facebook.com/LesMiserablesMovieUK CD1 1 Look Down - Hugh Jackman / Russell Crowe / Convicts 2 The Bishop - Colm Wilkinson 3 Valjean’s Soliloquy - Hugh Jackman 4 At The End Of The Day - Hugh Jackman / Anne Hathaway / Factory Girls / Cast 5 The Docks (Lovely Ladies) - Anne Hathaway / Cast 6 I Dreamed A Dream - Anne Hathaway 7 Fantine’s Arrest - Anne Hathaway / Hugh Jackman / Russell Crowe 8 Who Am I? - Hugh Jackman 9 Fantine’s Death - Anne Hathaway / Hugh Jackman 10 The Confrontation - Hugh Jackman / Russell Crowe 11 Castle On A Cloud - Isabelle Allen 12 Master Of The House - Sacha Baron Cohen / Helena Bonham Carter / Cast 13 The Bargain - Isabelle Allen / Hugh Jackman / Helena Bonham Carter / Sacha Baron Cohen 14 Suddenly - Hugh Jackman 15 The Convent - Hugh Jackman / Cast 16 Stars - Russell Crowe 17 Paris / Look Down - Daniel Huttlestone / Aaron Tveit / Eddie Redmayne / Students / Cast 18 The Robbery - Sacha Baron Cohen / Helena Bonham Carter / Hugh Jackman / Samantha Barks / Russell Crowe / Cast 19 ABC Café / Red & Black - Eddie Redmayne / Aaron Tveit / Students 20 In My Life - Amanda Seyfried / Eddie Redmayne / Samantha Barks / Hugh Jackman 21 A Heart Full Of Love - Eddie Redmayne / Amanda Seyfried / Samantha Barks 22 On My Own - Samantha Barks 23 One Day More – Cast CD2 1 Do You Hear The People Sing? - Aaron Tveit / Eddie Redmayne / Students / Cast 2 Building The Barricade - Aaron Tveit / Eddie Redmayne / Russell Crowe / Students / Cast 3 Javert At The Barricade - Russell Crowe / Aaron Tveit / Daniel Huttlestone / Students 4 The First Attack - Eddie Redmayne / Hadley Fraser / Students 5 Little Fall Of Rain - Eddie Redmayne / Samantha Barks 6 Drink With Me - Aaron Tveit / Eddie Redmayne / Daniel Huttlestone / Students 7 Bring Him Home - Hugh Jackman 8 The Death Of Gavroche - Aaron Tveit / Daniel Huttlestone / Students 9 The Final Battle - Aaron Tveit / Hadley Fraser / Students 10 The Sewers - Sacha Baron Cohen / Hugh Jackman 11 Javert’s Suicide - Russell Crowe 12 Turning - Cast 13 Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - Eddie Redmayne 14 A Heart Full Of Love Reprise - Amanda Seyfried / Hugh Jackman / Eddie Redmayne / Patrick Godfrey 15 Valjean’s Confession - Hugh Jackman / Eddie Redmayne 16 Suddenly Reprise - Eddie Redmayne / Amanda Seyfried 17 The Wedding - Sacha Baron Cohen / Helena Bonham Carter / Eddie Redmayne / Cast 18 Beggars At The Feast - Sacha Baron Cohen / Helena Bonham Carter 19 Epilogue - Cast Only missing are the recitatives. Will they eventually come out with the complete libretto - like the Complete Symphonic Recording? I hope Jo |
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Post by jo on Feb 22, 2013 11:46:42 GMT -5
I counted Hugh's name 16 times on the track list -- it should really be 17 if we count the Epilogue because he sings a great deal of the music there. And of course he has 4 big solos, a major duet, and another duet ( Valjean's Confession), and the threesome ( The Bargain).
Hope this wins the Grammy for Best Soundtrack!
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Post by jo on Feb 27, 2013 7:53:22 GMT -5
This clip and a few others were releases as promotional material for the BluRay/DVD release. This one focuses solely on Hugh! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDMs__TbIIEveryone is in awe ;D Jo |
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Post by jo on Feb 27, 2013 7:56:23 GMT -5
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Post by mamaleh on Feb 27, 2013 8:40:12 GMT -5
I don't know why so many people are making a cottage industry out of lambasting Russell's singing voice. I honestly don't find anything wrong with it.
Nice background stuff for the DVD/Blu-ray release.
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Post by jo on Feb 27, 2013 10:50:23 GMT -5
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Post by marymagdalene on Feb 27, 2013 23:11:42 GMT -5
Newly-posted on the Les Miserables Facebook Page -- Only missing are the recitatives. Will they eventually come out with the complete libretto - like the Complete Symphonic Recording? I hope Jo Jo (or anyone): This may be a dumb question, but what exactly are "recitatives"? I have looked the word up in a dictionary, and unfortunately, my brain is being rather obtuse, so the word is not connecting... I am sure I know what they are, but again, I am having a MAJOR DUH moment... Using the Complete Symphonic Recording as the Which songs are considered the "recitatives" in the Complete Symphonic Recording? |
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Post by jo on Feb 28, 2013 0:15:32 GMT -5
Recitatives are sung dialogs. They are not like solos or duets or ensemble songs ( these would include Bring Him Home, I Dreamed a Dream, Do You Hear the People Sing, etc) which express the thoughts and emotions of the character in a more expository manner... but are used to help advance the story through conversing or maybe having ordinary arguments but expressed in a singing manner and are called recitatives. This is true when the entire musical is sung-through (practically no spoken dialog), which is almost like the format of an opera or operetta. I think the origin is from the world of opera. An example of recitatives would be the conversation between Le Maire Valjean when he meets Javert in his office for the first time, after Fantine was let go by the foreman. Also, the dialog when Fantine was walking the streets and accosted by Bamatabois, and eventually rescued by Valjean, with Javert looking on -- those were all recitatives even if they were singing the dialogs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RecitativeIf you have been a fan of Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon and many of Lloyd Webber's musicals ( Sunset Boulevard, Aspects of Love, The Woman in White, etc) - they are basically sung-through musicals and combine songs with recitatives. Ironically, one of my favorite tracks in some ALW musicals are recitatives - LOL! |
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Post by marymagdalene on Feb 28, 2013 0:44:35 GMT -5
Jo: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! > I intuitively understood 'sung dialogues' from Dictionary.com and WikiPedia, though I just could not exactly visualize what one was... Using the 'Complete Symphonic Recording' as an example, I now know EXACTLY what a "Recitative" is...  One of these days, I REALLY should take a Music Appreciation or a Music Theory class, because I know a lot about music, but just not aware/know the proper vocabulary... |
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Post by brenjaminbarker on Feb 28, 2013 12:58:01 GMT -5
FYI... I just purchased and received the book: Les Miserables: From Stage to Screen and it's absolutely gorgeous. Pages with beautiful pictures and cutouts as well as reproductions the opening night ticket in London, programs and many other things. I haven't read it yet, but it's worth a purchase for the beautiful pictures. I thought this was going to be released in April but they must have moved it up!
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Post by jo on Feb 28, 2013 18:11:55 GMT -5
I am hoping to get my book any day/week now.
What I have received is the Musical Compilations booklet ( music sheets) revised for the movie. Hugh and Isabelle are on the cover - gorgeous picture hugging the entire page. There are also many photos from the movie inside and every character has a full-page solo ( including Gavroche and Enjolras). Only 16 songs are featured and the new ones are Suddenly and the Javert recitative/song I Have a Crime to Declare. Quite a keeper even if you are not a singer! Also a great gift to someone musically-inclined and who loves Les Miserables!
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