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A little over 13 years after its debut on Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning debut musical, In the Heights, receives a Hollywood treatment with a mostly new cast. A story about the everyday struggles of turning dreams into reality set in the multicultural Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, it was inspired by a then-teenaged Miranda working on a high school production of West Side Story. He realized there had been little else written for Latino actors in the intervening decades. Miranda went on to famously champion diversity in casting again with his Broadway smash Hamilton (2015). The Jon Chu-directed film adaptation of In the Heights stars Hamilton's Anthony Ramos as Usnavi, a role originated by Miranda. The composer/lyricist does make an appearance in the film as the Piragua Guy, a character who provides comic relief and one of the show's catchier melodic hooks ("Piragua"). Otherwise, only Olga Merediz returns from the original stage cast, reprising her Tony-nominated turn as Abuela Claudia, the beloved neighborhood matriarch. Her song "Paciencia y Fe" is a poignant highlight of a show loaded with lively Latin dance rhythms and big cast numbers. The defining voice of the show, however, is Ramos' good-natured Usnavi, who offers up a series of effortlessly witty, wordy rhyming raps throughout the musical -- "In the Heights," the lottery fantasy "96,000," the poetic "Alabanza," duet "Champagne" -- as he plots to leave his corner bodega business for beachfront property in his childhood Dominican Republic. Along with some finessed plot details, including the addition of a documentation-status theme, the film cuts about 20 minutes of music from the cast album, mostly from the second half. What remains still balances company numbers and more-intimate material, like Usnavi and Vanessa's "Champagne" (Melissa Barrera stars as Vanessa) and Benny and Nina's "When the Sun Goes Down" (they're played here by the graceful Corey Hawkins and Leslie Grace), though it favors the spectacle songs. Set outdoors during a heat wave and blackout, "Carnival de Barrio" is a seven-minute centerpiece that rotates soloists and celebrates the musical's rousing blend of hip-hop, Latin dance rhythms, and show tune tradition. The soundtrack closes with the pop-minded "Home All Summer" featuring Marc Anthony, its one new song.
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Greg Wells, Mixer - Mike Elizondo, Producer, Bass - Olga Merediz, Vocals, MainArtist - Daphne Rubin-Vega, Remixer, MainArtist - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - SERGIO GEORGE, Producer - Trevor Lawrence, Drums - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Nicholas Lane, Trombone - Jeff Babko, Trombone - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Vocals, Music, MainArtist - Javier Gonzalez, Trumpet - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - James Hovorka, Trumpet - Glenn Morrissette, Tenor Saxophone - Corey Hawkins, Vocals, MainArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Stephanie Beatriz, Vocals, MainArtist - Nevin Steinberg, Sound Design Designer - Alexander Budman, Baritone Saxophone - Melissa Barrera, Vocals, MainArtist - Jimmy Smits, Vocals, MainArtist - Dascha Polanco, Vocals, MainArtist - Gregory Diaz IV, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Trooko, Producer - Leslie Grace, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Bill Sherman, Producer - Corey Hawkins, MainArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Ruben Blades, FeaturedArtist - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Leslie Grace, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Doreen Montalvo, FeaturedArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Daphne Rubin-Vega, MainArtist - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - SERGIO GEORGE, Producer - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Leslie Grace, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Bill Sherman, Producer - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Stephanie Beatriz, MainArtist - Melissa Barrera, MainArtist - Dascha Polanco, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - SERGIO GEORGE, Producer - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Melissa Barrera, MainArtist - Gregory Diaz IV, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Mike Elizondo, Producer - Daphne Rubin-Vega, MainArtist - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - Corey Hawkins, MainArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Stephanie Beatriz, MainArtist - Nevin Steinberg, Sound Design Designer - Melissa Barrera, MainArtist - Dascha Polanco, MainArtist - Gregory Diaz IV, MainArtist - Noah Catala, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Bill Sherman, Producer - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Adam Blackstone, Producer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Leslie Grace, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Bill Sherman, Producer - Corey Hawkins, MainArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - Corey Hawkins, MainArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Melissa Barrera, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Olga Merediz, MainArtist - Daphne Rubin-Vega, MainArtist - Adam Blackstone, Producer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Leslie Grace, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - Corey Hawkins, MainArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Stephanie Beatriz, MainArtist - Melissa Barrera, MainArtist - Dascha Polanco, MainArtist - Gregory Diaz IV, MainArtist - Noah Catala, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Olga Merediz, MainArtist - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - SERGIO GEORGE, Producer - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Bill Sherman, Producer - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Daphne Rubin-Vega, MainArtist - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Leslie Grace, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - Corey Hawkins, MainArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Stephanie Beatriz, MainArtist - Melissa Barrera, MainArtist - Jimmy Smits, MainArtist - Dascha Polanco, MainArtist - Gregory Diaz IV, MainArtist - Noah Catala, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Daphne Rubin-Vega, MainArtist - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - SERGIO GEORGE, Producer - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music, MainArtist - Leslie Grace, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - Corey Hawkins, MainArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Stephanie Beatriz, MainArtist - Melissa Barrera, MainArtist - Dascha Polanco, MainArtist - Gregory Diaz IV, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Adam Blackstone, Producer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Leslie Grace, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Bill Sherman, Producer - Corey Hawkins, MainArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Nevin Steinberg, Sound Design Designer
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Melissa Barrera, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Daphne Rubin-Vega, MainArtist - Adam Blackstone, Producer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music, MainArtist - Leslie Grace, MainArtist - Alex Lacamoire, Producer - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Doreen Montalvo, MainArtist - Bill Sherman, Producer - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor - Stephanie Beatriz, MainArtist - Nevin Steinberg, Sound Design Designer - Melissa Barrera, MainArtist - Jimmy Smits, MainArtist - Dascha Polanco, MainArtist
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Greg Wells, Mixer - Mambo Kingz, Producer - Kevin Weaver, A&R Direction - Derik Lee, Recorded by - Pete Ganbarg, A&R Direction - Marc Anthony, FeaturedArtist - Brian Lucey, Masterer - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Composer, Producer, Music - Trooko, Producer - Leslie Grace, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Rosen, AAndRAdministrator - DJ Luian, Producer - Riggs Morales, A&R Direction - Anthony Ramos, FeaturedArtist - Steven Gizicki, Music Supervisor
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
Album review
A little over 13 years after its debut on Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning debut musical, In the Heights, receives a Hollywood treatment with a mostly new cast. A story about the everyday struggles of turning dreams into reality set in the multicultural Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, it was inspired by a then-teenaged Miranda working on a high school production of West Side Story. He realized there had been little else written for Latino actors in the intervening decades. Miranda went on to famously champion diversity in casting again with his Broadway smash Hamilton (2015). The Jon Chu-directed film adaptation of In the Heights stars Hamilton's Anthony Ramos as Usnavi, a role originated by Miranda. The composer/lyricist does make an appearance in the film as the Piragua Guy, a character who provides comic relief and one of the show's catchier melodic hooks ("Piragua"). Otherwise, only Olga Merediz returns from the original stage cast, reprising her Tony-nominated turn as Abuela Claudia, the beloved neighborhood matriarch. Her song "Paciencia y Fe" is a poignant highlight of a show loaded with lively Latin dance rhythms and big cast numbers. The defining voice of the show, however, is Ramos' good-natured Usnavi, who offers up a series of effortlessly witty, wordy rhyming raps throughout the musical -- "In the Heights," the lottery fantasy "96,000," the poetic "Alabanza," duet "Champagne" -- as he plots to leave his corner bodega business for beachfront property in his childhood Dominican Republic. Along with some finessed plot details, including the addition of a documentation-status theme, the film cuts about 20 minutes of music from the cast album, mostly from the second half. What remains still balances company numbers and more-intimate material, like Usnavi and Vanessa's "Champagne" (Melissa Barrera stars as Vanessa) and Benny and Nina's "When the Sun Goes Down" (they're played here by the graceful Corey Hawkins and Leslie Grace), though it favors the spectacle songs. Set outdoors during a heat wave and blackout, "Carnival de Barrio" is a seven-minute centerpiece that rotates soloists and celebrates the musical's rousing blend of hip-hop, Latin dance rhythms, and show tune tradition. The soundtrack closes with the pop-minded "Home All Summer" featuring Marc Anthony, its one new song.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:06
- Main artists: Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Composer: Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Label: Atlantic Records
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ 2021 WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation
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