Rent
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 27, 1996
RecordedEarly 1996 (Sorcerer Sound)
Length126 minutes
LabelDreamWorks
ProducerArif Mardin, Steve Skinner
The Best of Rent
Cast recording
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1999
GenreShow tunes
LabelDreamWorks

Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is an album of music from the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning 1996 musical Rent. It is produced by DreamWorks with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. The album is a 2-disc (in its CD format) collection of every song from the musical; some small segments of narration and spoken dialogue from the play are not included in the recording. The collection ends with a studio-recorded rearrangement of the song "Seasons of Love" featuring Stevie Wonder.[1] The album was recorded by the original Broadway cast of RENT and was released on August 27, 1996. A second one-disc album was released in 1999 containing highlights from the original cast album.[2]

Track listing

Original Broadway Cast Recording

All tracks are written by Jonathan Larson

Disc One
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Tune Up #1"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal0:51
2."Voice Mail #1"Kristen Lee Kelly0:36
3."Tune Up #2"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal1:32
4."Rent"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs4:25
5."You Okay Honey?"Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia1:42
6."Tune Up #3"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal0:25
7."One Song Glory"Adam Pascal2:44
8."Light My Candle"Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega4:05
9."Voice Mail #2"Byron Utley, Gwen Stewart, Idina Menzel0:46
10."Today 4 U"Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal3:30
11."You'll See"Taye Diggs, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin2:57
12."Tango: Maureen"Anthony Rapp, Fredi Walker3:28
13."Life Support"Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Gilles Chiasson, Timothy Britten Parker, Rodney Hicks1:59
14."Out Tonight"Daphne Rubin-Vega3:49
15."Another Day"Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega4:44
16."Will I?"Gilles Chiasson, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal2:30
17."On The Street"Anthony Rapp, Wilson Jermaine Heredia1:33
18."Santa Fe"Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp3:13
19."I'll Cover You"Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin2:29
20."We're Okay"Fredi Walker1:23
21."Christmas Bells"Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taye Diggs, Idina Menzel6:05
22."Over The Moon"Idina Menzel5:16
23."La Vie Bohème"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs8:00
24."I Should Tell You"Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega3:01
25."La Vie Bohème B"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker1:53
Total length:1:12:55
Disc Two
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Seasons of Love"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley2:52
2."Happy New Year"Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia3:24
3."Voice Mail #3"Kristen Lee Kelly, Aiko Nakasone0:51
4."Happy New Year B"Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Taye Diggs, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin3:57
5."Take Me or Leave Me"Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker3:43
6."Seasons of Love B"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs1:05
7."Without You"Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal4:21
8."Voice Mail #4"Aiko Nakasone0:32
9."Contact"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker2:08
10."I'll Cover You (Reprise)"Jesse L. Martin, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Idina Menzel, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taye Diggs2:51
11."Halloween"Anthony Rapp1:49
12."Goodbye Love"Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, Taye Diggs, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Jesse L. Martin5:58
13."What You Own"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal3:56
14."Voice Mail #5"Aiko Nakasone, Byron Utley, Kristen Lee Kelly0:56
15."Finale"Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Fredi Walker5:30
16."Your Eyes"Adam Pascal2:21
17."Finale B"Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, Fredi Walker, Idina Menzel, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp2:53
18."Seasons of Love" (featuring Stevie Wonder)Stevie Wonder, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs4:26
Total length:53:32

The Best of Rent: Highlights From The Original Cast Album

  1. "Rent" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs
  2. "One Song Glory" - Adam Pascal
  3. "Light My Candle" - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega
  4. "Today 4 U" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
  5. "Tango: Maureen" - Anthony Rapp, Fredi Walker
  6. "Life Support" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Gilles Chiasson, Timothy Britten Parker, Rodney Hicks
  7. "Out Tonight" - Daphne Rubin-Vega
  8. "Another Day" - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega
  9. "Will I?" - Gilles Chiasson, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
  10. "Santa Fe" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
  11. "I'll Cover You" - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin
  12. "La Vie Bohème" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs
  13. "I Should Tell You" - Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega
  14. "La Vie Bohème B" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker
  15. "Seasons of Love" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley
  16. "Take Me or Leave Me" - Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker
  17. "Without You" - Daphne Ruben-Vega, Adam Pascal
  18. "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" - Jesse L. Martin, Fredi Walker, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Idina Menzel, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taye Diggs
  19. "What You Own" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal
  20. "Finale B" - Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, Fredi Walker, Idina Menzel, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp
  21. "Seasons of Love (Arif Mardin's Remix)" - Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker, Taye Diggs, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley

See also

References

  1. ^ Rent (1996 Original Broadway Cast) (August 27, 1996). New York, New York. Dreamworks. Retrieved on November 30, 2006
  2. ^ The Best of Rent: Highlights From The Original Cast Album (1996 Original Broadway Cast) (September 7, 1999). New York, New York. Dreamworks. Retrieved on November 30, 2006
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