Description While the idea of infusing a weekly TV series with a Broadway musical ethos isn't exactly a new one--think Randy Newman's ambitious Cop Rock--it became something of a turn-of the-century television mini-trend. But few have reached as far--or succeeded--like this November 2001 episode of Fox NWhile the idea of infusing a weekly TV series with a Broadway musical ethos isn't exactly a new one--think Randy Newman's ambitious Cop Rock--it became something of a turn-of the-century television mini-trend. But few have reached as far--or succeeded--like this November 2001 episode of Fox Network's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Penned by series creator-producer Joss Whedon and performed by Sarah Michelle Gellar and cast, it's a loving, loopy musical pastiche that takes potshots at everything from Andrew Lloyd Webber to alt-rock. Paralleling the show's lovable pop culture tweaking, the musical styles here (the episode's musical conceit is a curse visited upon Buffy's hometown of Sunnydale) range from a patent footlight chorus of demons being interrupted by Gellar's hard-rocking stake thrusts on "Going Through the Motions" to Spike the Vampire's goth-metal complaint "Rest in Peace," with everything from parking tickets and mustard stain removal to climactic duels with the supernatural getting the Broadway send-up. Also includes strong orchestral score-suites from three other episodes, as well as Whedon and wife Kai Cole's demo for "Something to Sing About." --Jerry McCulley (Review copyright Amazon.co.uk)... (more)(less)
1. Overture/Going Through the Motions 2. I've Got a Theory/Bunnies/If We're Together 3. The Mustard 4. Under Your Spell 5. I'll Never Tell 6. The Parking Ticket 7. Rest In Peace 8. Dawn's Lament 9. Dawn's Ballet 10. What You Feel 11. Standing 12. Under Your Spell / Standing (Reprise) 13. Walk Through the Fire 14. Something to Sing About 15. What You Feel (Reprise) 16. Where Do We Go From Here? 17. Coda 18. End Credits (Broom Dance/Grr Argh) 19. Main Title 20. Suite from "Restless 21. Suite from "Hush" 22. Sacrifice (from "The Gift") 23. Something to Sing About (demo)
This soundtrack is excellent---for an excellent episode, and one of my favourites, for sure!
I LOVE this CD, and play it often. It was my favourite present from a friend. And, I have been able to use it to prove that, indeed, there IS a line saying: "...Read more
Whether you're a fan of musicals or Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, this album is a hoot... Seriously, and I don't use the word "hoot" lightly...
"They got the mustard out!"
Just a fun and quirky addition to the whole Buffy phenomena...Read more
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Buffy the musical soundtrack
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