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NBC's musical-within-a-musical TV series Smash was often called "Glee for grown-ups," and while the comparison rang true in many ways, Smash made a name for itself with mostly original songs instead of borderline-kitschy versions of established hits. Having the cast ...

Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (02/27/1993/02/28/1993). Unknown Contributor Role: Mike Clayton . Personnel: Keith Jenkins (guitar); Craig Vear (drums, percussion). Liner Note Author: Matthew White.

The soundtrack for Disney's A.N.T. Farm, a television sitcom that follows the misadventures of a group of gifted middle school students (Advanced Natural Talents) as they navigate their way through high school, features ten tracks, including the program's catchy theme ...

Released to coincide with the arrival of the SEX AND THE CITY movie on DVD, the soundtrack sequel, SEX AND THE CITY: VOLUME 2, collects 15 songs that did not appear on the original. The selection ranges from Goldfrapp's dreamy ...

The idea of performing smooth-jazz versions of gangsta rap hits is one of those crazy strokes of genius so stunning in its simplicity that it's amazing nobody thought of it before. And, in fact, the PICKIN' ON? series has been ...

World events in the first years of the new millennium prompted many people to re-evaluate life's purpose and the individual's place in the universe. Perhaps not so coincidentally, gospel music continued to find ever-greater acceptance among mainstream music listeners. For ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: Crush on You; I Get Around; Rollin With Kid N Play; Summertime; One More Chance; Gangsta's Paradise; Loungin' (Who Do You Love); Bonita Applebaum; Electric Relaxation; Rapper's Delight; Treat em Right; Children's Story; Hip Hop Hooray; ...

The sixth volume of great music to celebrate the sunset with Talvin Singh, Nitin Sawhney, Bugge Wesseltoft, Mandalay, Humate, Jose Padilla, Rae & Christian and more. Audio Remixers: Canny; Chilluminati; Per Martinsen; John Digweed; Kid Loco; Nick Muir. Recording information: Couch Laboratories ...

Appropriately enough, the soundtrack to Bam Margera's over-the-top skater comedy Haggard features plenty of aggressive music. However, the album shies away from the Warped Festival-friendly punk-pop commonly associated with skaters, opting instead to rock out more eclectically and strangely. Dour, ...

Track Listing: Since U Been Gone; This Love; Call on Me; Krazy in Luv; Something; Toxic; Take Me to the Clouds; Milkshake; Into the Groove; Something Happened on the Way to Heaven; I Like It; Beautiful; As the Rush Comes; ...

Set in New York's glitzy fashion world and starring Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada, features a dance-heavy soundtrack featuring Madonna, U2, Alanis Morissette and Moby, plus other established dance acts as well as underground and rising ...

Although `trance' is a rather loose umbrella term for the music on this substantial two-disc set (the tracks range across electro, house, and Euro dance, among other styles), ULTRA TRANCE '07 is a satisfying dose of danceable mixes. Treatments of ...

Track Listing: For You; Some Mother's Son; Fall Out; Soldier; Good Man; Beautiful, The; My Dear Old Friend; I Believe; Widowing Field, The; Not So Distant Day; Didn't I; Glory of Life, The; Sgt. MacKenzie; Mansions of the Lord, The (Suite);

This is a continuous in-the-mix CD mixed and compiled by David Waxman. The first volume in Ultra's rather popular Ultra Trance series, released in 2002 and mixed by David Waxman, is (much like the volumes that would follow) a patchy assortment ...

Sean Patrick Flahaven, executive producer of this original cast recording of the 2010 Broadway musical revue Sondheim on Sondheim, begins his liner notes by pointing out that "There have been a wonderfully staggering 17 Broadway productions of Sondheim shows in ...

Track Listing: Before the Morning; Mamzell' Marie; Your Grandfather Is the Sun; Beautiful; In an Instant; Way Back to Paradise; When You Look at a Man; Storm, The; C'est L'amour / To Find A Lover; Nothings Beats Chicago / Ocean ...

Track Listing: Before the Morning; Mamzell' Marie; Your Grandfather Is the Sun; Beautiful; In an Instant; Way Back to Paradise; When You Look at a Man; Storm, The; C'est L'amour / To Find A Lover; Nothings Beats Chicago / Ocean ...

The remarkable thing about this volume is not that it's the 13th installment in the extremely popular Cafe Del Mar series but that they've managed to maintain the quality control and this is just as good as any of the ...

The soundtrack to Superstar, the big-screen tale of SNL's Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher, features an eclectic collection of songs, including the Go-Go's' "Beautiful," and "Bamboleo" by the Gipsy Kings, Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky," Imani Coppola's "I'm a ...

The 2008 remake of George Cukor's 1939 film THE WOMEN features a stellar cast including Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Bette Midler, and many more, but the soundtrack is just as jam-packed with leading ladies. From old favorites like Annie Lennox, ...

The fifth collection of the sexiest disco house music and uplifting garage tunes. This volume features George McRae, Raven Maize, Dubtribe, Jamiroquai, Roger Sanchez, Phats & Small, Supermen Lovers, ATFC, Silicon Soul, and many more Includes liner note by Mark Doyle. This ...

Released in the fall of 2007, just as the series' excellent fourth season was about to begin, the soundtrack to House, M.D. rounds up songs that were used in the series, usually during the contemplative final act of the show. ...

The seventh installment in The Source's HIP HOP HITS series once again delivers the goods with a set of fierce tracks. Ludacris races out of the gates with his revved-up 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS soundtrack contribution, "Act a Fool." Snoop ...

Audio Remixers: Benny Benassi; Nic Chagall. Recording information: Square Prod, Paris, France. Photographers: Roberto Giordano; Mark Diamond. Arranger: Armand Van Helden. Personnel: Jinian Wilde (vocals, guitar); Nick Terranova , Finn Bjarson, Tommie Sunshine (vocals); David Gainsford (programming). Audio Mixers: David Guetta; Eric Prydz; Above & ...

Wow Gospel Hits' annual compilation of the year's biggest Christian radio cuts introduced a new feature in 2012 with the addition of three bonus songs from up-and-coming artists Tricia Brock ("Jesus I Am Resting"), Patrick Ryan Clark ("What Was I ...