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In 1978 Alan Menken and Howard Ashman created a new musical take on Roger Corman's 1960 film Little Shop Of Horrors, which became a Broadway hit. Both involve a man-eating, Venus flytrap-inspired plant named Audrey II, raised in a skid-row flower shop into a massive beast with excessive chloroplast (testosterone?) levels. Though the film was inventive and campy, Menken and Ashman's music music - a mix of doo-wop and lavish songs along the lines of Rocky Horror Picture Show -- made the show's fun hilarious, its thrills outrageously gruesome. The soundtrack to Frank Oz's 1987 film adaptation carries on the musical's spirit: Steve Martin's rendition of "Dentist," about a demented psychopath who drills mouths (not just teeth) without novocaine, is achingly funny. "Downtown" is a full-powered choir of the slums; Rick Moranis works for an uptight flower shop manager ("He took me in, gave me shelter, a bed, crust of bread and a job, treats me like dirt and calls me a slob, which I am.") Martin and Moranis' sincere if limited singing is charming, and Ellen Greene returns as the original Audrey from the Broadway version; the way she belts out earth-shakingly high notes is bewildering, particularly on the lovely duet with Moranis, "Suddenly Seymour." The Four Tops' Levi Stubbs is a scene-stealer as Audrey II, particularly on the new track, the raunchy, boisterous finale "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space"; since film nominations must be new songs, it was added in hopes of an Academy Award (and did indeed receive a nomination.) When Disney added a tribute to Howard Ashman on the Beauty and the Beast credits after his death in 1992, it read: "To Ashman who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul." He also gave a plant its appetite.
© Peter Fawthrop /TiVo
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Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Bill Mitchell, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Rick Moranis, MainArtist - Ellen Greene, MainArtist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Miles Goodman, Orchestra - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Rick Moranis, MainArtist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - The Do Wops, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Rick Moranis, MainArtist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Ellen Greene, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - STEVE MARTIN, MainArtist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Rick Moranis, MainArtist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Levi Stubbs, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Rick Moranis, MainArtist - Ellen Greene, MainArtist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Levi Stubbs, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Rick Moranis, MainArtist - Michelle Weeks, MainArtist - Tisha Campbell, MainArtist - Tichina Arnold, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - Levi Stubbs, MainArtist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Little Shop Of Horrors Chorus, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Bob Gaudio, Producer - Alan Menken, ComposerLyricist - Howard Ashman, ComposerLyricist - London Rhythm Section, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Little Shop Of Horrors Chorus, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Geffen Records
Chronique
In 1978 Alan Menken and Howard Ashman created a new musical take on Roger Corman's 1960 film Little Shop Of Horrors, which became a Broadway hit. Both involve a man-eating, Venus flytrap-inspired plant named Audrey II, raised in a skid-row flower shop into a massive beast with excessive chloroplast (testosterone?) levels. Though the film was inventive and campy, Menken and Ashman's music music - a mix of doo-wop and lavish songs along the lines of Rocky Horror Picture Show -- made the show's fun hilarious, its thrills outrageously gruesome. The soundtrack to Frank Oz's 1987 film adaptation carries on the musical's spirit: Steve Martin's rendition of "Dentist," about a demented psychopath who drills mouths (not just teeth) without novocaine, is achingly funny. "Downtown" is a full-powered choir of the slums; Rick Moranis works for an uptight flower shop manager ("He took me in, gave me shelter, a bed, crust of bread and a job, treats me like dirt and calls me a slob, which I am.") Martin and Moranis' sincere if limited singing is charming, and Ellen Greene returns as the original Audrey from the Broadway version; the way she belts out earth-shakingly high notes is bewildering, particularly on the lovely duet with Moranis, "Suddenly Seymour." The Four Tops' Levi Stubbs is a scene-stealer as Audrey II, particularly on the new track, the raunchy, boisterous finale "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space"; since film nominations must be new songs, it was added in hopes of an Academy Award (and did indeed receive a nomination.) When Disney added a tribute to Howard Ashman on the Beauty and the Beast credits after his death in 1992, it read: "To Ashman who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul." He also gave a plant its appetite.
© Peter Fawthrop /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 13 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:38:40
- Artiste principal : Various Artists
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Geffen
- Genre : Bandes originales Bandes originales de films
© 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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