Grease II - Original Soundtrack

Advantages: great tracks to sing along to
Disadvantages: none

...After writing a review on the Touring Production of Grease I thought that I would write a review on the original movie soundtrack. As we all know, Grease is a musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John. I am not reviewing the film, so I will just mention the basics. Sandy and Danny meet during the summer and then again at school. The film then covers what happens to them and there are songs for each step of the way. We all know the film and we all know the songs. You can't help but sing along to them. I have listed The tracks as they are on the CD. This is not in the order of the film. I think they have listed them by order of popularity. I have included a track listing and I will attempt to explain where in the film the song comes in and what it means. Also whether I like it or not! Grease - Frankie... Read review

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Advantages: Fun score, great performances, surprising arrangements
Disadvantages: BAD version of Beauty School Dropout

...Of the numerous recordings of Grease in my collection of stage and film music (five), this is the one I listen to the most often and the one ‘most deserving of wider recognition.’ There are so many opinions here on Ciao of the film soundtrack and I feel I’m being a bit strange and different by writing on any of the others… This is the most recent Broadway revival of the show, and they did some pretty radical things to the score for it. They didn’t write any new songs, nor did they incorporate any of the songs written for the film, which to me is a great relief. Don’t get me wrong, I love the four songs from the film, but they don’t fit in with the rest of the score. The original songs from the Grease stage show (six years before the film came out) are all pastiches of various kinds... Read review

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Advantages: great songs
Disadvantages: none

...This is my most favourite soundtrack of all time. Since I first watched the film I was addicted to it and know all the words to the songs. I had this soundtrack on tape originally but I listened to it so much it sounds a bit dodgy now. In parts of it the music goes slow and patchy. This then forced me into getting it on cd. Being a newer version to what I originally had this follows the stage version of it and includes extra songs from what was on the film. I will highlight the extra ones when i go through the songs. There are 24 tracks on the album but the last song is the first song being repeated.That is grease, which is played at the start of the film when all the title names are going up. It is a fast song, with a good beat to it. The theme behind this song is a sort of cool one which the two main grouops of the tee birdes... Read review

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