Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture
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| Artist(s) | Henry Krieger |
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| Subtitle | Music from the Motion Picture |
| Label | Sony Bmg |
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| The most highly-anticipated movie of the season also features the most highly-anticipated soundtrack of the year. With an outstanding cast comprised of the talents of singer-songwriter-actress Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and rising star Jennifer Hudson, the soundtrack to Dreamgirls more than surpasses fans’ expectations. Soundtrack includes the critically-acclaimed hit song “Listen.” | |
The most highly-anticipated movie of the season also features the most highly-anticipated soundtrack of the year. With an outstanding cast comprised of the talents of singer-songwriter-actress Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and rising star Jennifer Hudson, the soundtrack to Dreamgirls more than surpasses fans’ expectations. Soundtrack includes the critically-acclaimed hit song “Listen.”
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The big question about this soundtrack is: how’s she doing? No, not Beyoncé, silly—how’s Jennifer Hudson doing? And more specifically, how’s she doing by “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”? To this reviewer’s ears, she doesn’t top the original Effie, Jennifer Holliday—or even Lillias White, from the 2001 Dreamgirls in Concert. On the other hand, Hudson isn’t afraid to pullout all the stops, whipping herself up into a total diva frenzy as the song getscaught up in an unstoppable crescendo. As for Beyoncé, she adapts superbly to the 1960s- and 1970s-tinged material, though “Listen”—a ballad that also appears on her own B’day album—lacks the spirit that infuses the classic tunes on this album. For make no mistake: this is hard-hitting, high-octane music, infused with an urgency and passion that makes most contemporary R&B albums sound timid. When Hudson and Beyoncé duke it out on “It’s All Over,” or when the “One Night Only” ballad gets reinvented as the dance-floor burner “One Night Only (Disco),” the sheer energy flowing from the speakers is transporting.
Note that the two-CD Deluxe Edition features a larger booklet and additional tracks, including dance remixes of “One Night Only” and “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” as well as composer Henry Krieger’s demo of “Patience.” —Elisabeth Vincentelli
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