Anastasia [Music From the Motion Picture]

by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, David Newman

Overview

Since Anastasia is animator Don Bluth's attempt at a sweeping epic along the lines of Disney's Beauty and the Beast or The Hunchback of Notre Dame, it's not surprising that its score duplicates the Disney formula of balancing big show tunes from the film with re-recorded MOR pop versions of the same song. In this case, it's Aaliyah singing "Journey to the Past," and Deana Carter's cover of "Once Upon a December," and the Donna Lewis and Richard Marx duet on "At the Beginning" -- fine versions of fine songs that sound better in their original incarnation (also included on the disc). Fortunately, the bulk of the album is comprised of selections from the soundtrack. Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have written the songs for Anastasia, and their work is generally quite good; occasionally the lyrics are silly ("Rumor in St. Petersburg"), but perhaps that should be expected, given the difficulty of making the story of Anastasia into an animated musical. On the whole, Anastasia might not live up to the high standards that The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast set, but it's as good as Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and that's not bad company at all. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/03/2019
Label:	Broadway
UPC:	0711574860715

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Prologue: Once Upon a December
2. A Rumor in St. Petersburg
3. In My Dreams
4. Learn to Do It
5. The Neva Flows
6. My Petersburg
7. Once Upon a December
8. Stay, I Pray You
9. We'll Go From There
10. Still
11. Journey to the Past

Disc 2

12. Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)
13. Crossing a Bridge
14. Close the Door
15. Land of Yesterday
16. The Countess and the Common Man
17. In a Crowd of Thousands
18. Meant to Be
19. Quartet at the Ballet
20. Everything to Win
21. Once Upon a December (Reprise)
22. The Press Conference
23. Everything to Win (Reprise)
24. Still/The Neva Flows (Reprise)
25. Finale
26. Journey to the Past

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lynn Ahrens   Primary Artist
Stephen Flaherty   Primary Artist
David Newman   Primary Artist,Conductor
Angela Lansbury   Primary Artist
Bernadette Peters   Primary Artist,Vocals
Deana Carter   Primary Artist,Vocals
Liz Callaway   Primary Artist,Vocals
Christy Altomare   Primary Artist
Jim Cummings   Primary Artist,Vocals
Richard Marx   Primary Artist,Vocals
Donna Lewis   Primary Artist,Vocals
Aaliyah   Primary Artist,Vocals,Finger Snaps
Thalia   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kelsey Grammer   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ensemble   Primary Artist
Jonathan Dokuchitz   Primary Artist,Vocals
Patrick Quinn   Vocals,Ensemble
Alix Korey   Vocals,Ensemble
Darius de Haas   Vocals,Ensemble
Billy Porter   Vocals,Ensemble
Marlena Jeter   Vocals (Background)
Cindy Mizelle   Vocals,Ensemble
J.K. Simmons   Vocals,Ensemble
Emily Skinner   Vocals,Ensemble
Gregg Edelman   Vocals,Ensemble
Frank Simms   Vocals,Ensemble
Jan Horvath   Vocals,Ensemble
Jeanette Jurado   Shaker
Lillias White   Vocals,Ensemble
Judy Blazer   Vocals,Ensemble
Vivian Cherry   Vocals,Ensemble
Vaneese Thomas   Vocals,Ensemble
Victoria Clark   Vocals,Ensemble
Rene Toledo   Guitar (Acoustic)
Reggie Hamilton   Bass
Michael Thompson   Guitar (Electric)
Michele Pawk   Vocals,Ensemble
Mike Harvey   Vocals,Ensemble
Ellen Bernfeld   Vocals,Ensemble
Anne Dudley   Piano
Sue Ann Carwell   Vocals (Background)
Tim Pierce   Guitar
Ted Sperling   Vocals,Ensemble
Edwin Bonilla   Percussion
Robin Clark   Vocals,Ensemble
Jim Gilstrap   Vocals (Background)
Karen Silver   Vocals,Ensemble
Randy Jackson   Bass
Tim Weidner   Keyboards
Glen Burtnik   Vocals,Ensemble
Darryl Phinnessee   Vocals (Background)
Joseph Kolinski   Vocals,Ensemble
Bill Nolte   Vocals,Ensemble
Marty Frasu   Synthesizer
Niki Haire   Vocals (Background)
Brooks Almy   Vocals,Ensemble
Jeff Blumenkrantz   Vocals,Ensemble
John Jellison   Vocals,Ensemble
Ted Brunetti   Vocals,Ensemble
Al Fritsch   Vocals,Ensemble
David Lowenstein   Vocals,Ensemble
Kenny Karen   Vocals,Ensemble
Kyle Gordon   Vocals,Ensemble
Henry Jackman   Keyboards
Madeleine Doherty   Vocals,Ensemble
Curtis Rance King, Jr.   Vocals,Ensemble
Selina King-Murrell   Vocals (Background)
Robert DuSold   Vocals,Ensemble

Technical Credits

Tony Dawsey   Mastering
Trevor Horn   Producer
Traditional   Composer
Steve MacMillan   Mixing
Angela Lansbury   Performer
Bernadette Peters   Performer
Lynn Ahrens   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Emilio Estefan, Jr.   Producer
Javier Garza   Mixing,Engineer
Deana Carter   Performer
John Kurlander   Mixing,Engineer
Sean Chambers   Engineer
Liz Callaway   Performer
Jim Cummings   Performer
Richard Marx   Arranger
Donna Lewis   Performer
Mick Guzauski   Mixing
Craig Kallman   Executive Producer
Guy Roche   Arranger,Producer,Programming
Dan Wallin   Engineer
Aaliyah   Performer
Aaron Zigman   String Arrangements
Darren Higman   Executive Producer
Randall Barlow   Programming
Thalia   Performer
Steve Fitzmaurice   Engineer
Kelsey Grammer   Performer
David Newman   Composer,Producer,Orchestration,Score Selections
Stephen Flaherty   Composer,Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Neil Diamond   Composer
Michael Omartian   Producer
Tim Weidner   Engineer,Programming
Tom Bender   Assistant Engineer
Douglas Besterman   Orchestration
Michael Perfitt   Mixing Assistant
Mario Lucy   Engineer
Xandy Jenko   Orchestration
Michael Knobloch   Production Coordination
Juan Carlos Garcia   Translation
Patricia P. Azar   Translation
Richard Marz   Performer
Freddy Pinero, Jr.   Engineer
Eric Altenburger   Design
Moana Suchard   Engineer
Daniel Hamuy   Orchestration
Alexander Areteds   Mixing Assistant
Henry Jackman   Programming,String Arrangements
Jonathan Dokuchitz   Performer
Alfred Figueroa   Assistant Engineer