From the Upcoming Film Comes the Movie Soundtrack Mamma Mia!
CD TO BE RELEASED JULY 8 ON DECCA
ABBA HITS SUNG BY THE STAR-STUDDED HOLLYWOOD CAST
NEW YORK, June 30 -- Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast
in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by
more than 30 million people in 170 cities and eight languages around the
world. Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA
to movie audiences, summer 2008 is the season for Mamma Mia! The
star-studded soundtrack is the ultimate souvenir to the movie, set for
release on Decca July 8.
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The feature film adaptation of the global stage hit production brings
the magic of ABBA's music to the silver screen. With rising stars Amanda
Seyfried and Dominic Cooper, alongside Hollywood heavy-hitters Meryl
Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters and
Christine Baranski, the film features the stars' versions of 17 ABBA
classics in this celebration of a mother, a daughter and three possible
dads.
Mixed, mastered and produced by ABBA's musical geniuses Benny Andersson
and Bjorn Ulvaeus, the soundtrack is a must-have collection of these pop
gems. Andersson and Ulvaeus reunited in Stockholm with the musicians who
played on the original ABBA songs to record the disc in February 2007. It
was the first time the musicians had played the songs together since ABBA
toured more than 25 years ago. Along with producing the recording,
Andersson also played keyboards. He commented, "We didn't have to think
about it. It was in the fingers."
The actors joined together for the first time to record their vocals in
London in April, 2007, prior to the commencement of principal photography,
and continued recording later that summer on location while filming on the
beautiful Greek islands. Whether it's Streep, Walters and Baranski making
their mark on "Dancing Queen," Brosnan and Streep's upbeat rendition of
"SOS," or the energetic song-and-dance numbers such as "Voulez-Vous," the
Mamma Mia! soundtrack captures the essence of the originals, while still
giving them new and dazzling treatments.
Inspired by the storytelling arcs of ABBA's songs from "Dancing Queen"
to "Money, Money, Money" and "Take a Chance on Me," Mamma Mia! is a
celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found.
Tracklisting as follows:
1. Honey, Honey (Amanda Seyfried, Ashley Lilley & Rachel McDowall)
2. Money, Money, Money (Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski)
3. Mamma Mia (Meryl Streep)
4. Dancing Queen (Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski) 5. Our Last Summer (Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard,
Amanda Seyfried & Meryl Streep)
6. Lay All Your Love on Me (Dominic Cooper & Amanda Seyfried)
7. Super Trouper (Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski)
8. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (Amanda Seyfried, Ashley
Lilley & Rachel McDowall)
9. The Name of the Game (Amanda Seyfried)
10. Voulez-Vous (Full cast, Philip Michael, Christine Baranski, Julie
Walters & Stellan Skarsgard)
11. SOS (Pierce Brosnan & Meryl Streep)
12. Does Your Mother Know (Christine Baranski & Philip Michael)
13. Slipping Through My Fingers (Meryl Streep & Amanda Seyfried)
14. The Winner Takes It All (Meryl Streep)
15. When All is Said and Done (Pierce Brosnan & Meryl Streep) 16. Take a Chance on Me (Julie Walters, Stellan Skarsgard, Colin Firth,
Philip Michael & Christine Baranski)
17. I Have a Dream (Amanda Seyfried)
About Mamma Mia!
The three women who created the worldwide smash stage hit -- global
producer Judy Craymer, writer Catherine Johnson and director Phyllida Lloyd
-- repeat their roles in bringing this joyful, musical story to the big
screen. The Mamma Mia! film is produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman.
An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic
Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda
Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding,
Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends -- practical and
no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya
(Christine Baranski)-- from her one-time backing band, Donna & the Dynamos.
But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.
On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the
aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean
paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new
love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full
of possibilities.
http://www.mammamiamovie.com / http://www.deccarecords-us.com
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