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Rent Movie
Soundtrack Review
By Munyaradzi Chinongoza
The multiple award-winning musical Rent is based on opera of
Puccini, La Boheme. It has been playing on Broadway since 1996 and
is one of the longest running shows. In 2005, the movie based on
Rent was released and, like the musical itself, has gained a cult
following. The soundtrack album became available on CD soon after.
The story follows a group of eight Bohemian friends living in modern
New York over the course of a year, specifically 1989-1990. It is a
heartfelt look at ups and downs of life and how the various
characters deal with addiction, loss, relationships, housing, AIDS
and the meaning of life itself.
A number of the original songs were deleted during the movie
adaptation and do not appear on the movie soundtrack in order to
create more space for dialogue and produce a more free-flowing plot.
Some purists or Rentheads feel that the soundtrack is not complete
because of the removal of these songs. For everyone else, especially
those who have not seen the Broadway version, the movie is a
brutally honest look at life with aspects that most can relate to.
The Rent movie soundtrack has the same rock opera feel to it as the
original musical score and is filled with 28 moving, uplifting and
ultimately, inspiring songs.
Seasons of Love is perhaps the best known of all of the songs.
Unlike in the musical, this song opens the movie. A re-mixed
version, featuring the legendary Stevie Wonder, was also released.
The entire cast sings and the song revolves around them trying to
decide how you measure a year apart from in minutes. They calculate
that there are five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
in a year and each suggests other methods of quantifying a year but
reach the conclusion that love is the one correct gauge of a year in
a life of a human. Seasons of Love is the perfect opening and acts
as a teaser to the rest of the tracks on this compilation.
The original theme song of the musical, Rent, follows as the film
opens in the East Village of New York on Christmas Eve, 1989. Roger
and Mark are trying to avoid being evicted from their previously
rent-free apartment. Another outstanding song on the Rent movie
soundtrack is the duet Take Me or Leave Me where Maureen and her
lesbian lover Joanne are having a quarrel at an engagement
announcement party hosted by the parents of Joanne. The local bar is
the perfect setting for the energetic rendition of La Vie Boheme. It
captures the nonconformity of the main characters, which is further
emphasized by everyone dancing on the tables.
The Rent movie soundtrack is a must-have for anyone who has seen the
movie. Fans of the original musical will also enjoy reliving the
songs, particularly because the majority of the original cast
members were involved in the film and also appear on the movie
soundtrack.
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visit my blog at Rent Movie Soundtrack
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