In the Heights [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

In the Heights [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Lin-Manuel Miranda
In the Heights [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

In the Heights [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date: 06/11/2021
Label: Atlantic / Watertower Music
UPC: 0075678649349
Rank: 6754

Tracks

  1. In the Heights
  2. Benny¿¿¿s Dispatch
  3. Breathe
  4. No Me Diga
  5. It Won't Be Long Now
  6. 96,000
  7. Piragua
  8. When You¿¿¿re Home
  9. The Club
  10. Blackout
  11. Paciencia Y Fe
  12. Alabanza
  13. Carnaval del Barrio
  14. When the Sun Goes Down
  15. Champagne
  16. Finale
  17. Home All Summer

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lin-Manuel Miranda   Primary Artist
Corey Hawkins   Primary Artist
Melissa Barrera   Primary Artist
Gregory Diaz   Primary Artist
Anthony Ramos   Primary Artist,Vocals
Doreen Montalvo   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Jimmy Smits   Primary Artist
Noah Catala   Primary Artist
Daphne Rubin-Vega   Primary Artist
Leslie Grace   Primary Artist,Vocals
Olga Merediz   Primary Artist
Dascha Polanco   Primary Artist
Stephanie Beatriz   Primary Artist
Nicholas Lane   Trombone
Glenn Morrissette   Sax (Tenor)
Trevor Lawrence   Drums
Ruben Blades   Vocals,Featured Artist
Alex Budman   Sax (Baritone)
Mike Elizondo   Bass
James Hovorka   Trumpet
Jeff Babko   Trombone
Javier Gonzalez   Trumpet
Marc Anthony   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Craig Rosen   A&R
Nevin Steinberg   Sound Design
Brian Lucey   Mastering
Derik Lee   Recording
Lin-Manuel Miranda   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Sergio George   Producer
Adam Blackstone   Producer
Greg Wells   Mixing
Will Wells   Vocal Producer
Trooko   Producer
Riggs Morales   A&R
Steven Gizicki   Music Supervisor
Bill Sherman   Producer
Mambo Kingz   Producer
Oscar Hernandez   Dance Arrangement
Pete Ganbarg   A&R
Alex Lacamoire   Producer
Kevin Weaver   A&R
Mike Elizondo   Producer
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