
Moulin Rouge (Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film) is a Soundtrack & Scores album by Various, originally released in 2001. On Gatefold: 70 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Soundtrack & Scores
- Compiled Soundtrack
- lush
- theatrical
- cinematic
About
Baz Luhrmann’s soundtracks have always been as central to his style as screenwriting or wardrobe: Just think about the mid-’90s mixtape of <i>Romeo + Juliet</i> or the hot-jazz/rap hybrid of <i>The Great Gatsby</i>, whose clever recontextualizations made remote-seeming texts feel pertinent and new. <i>Moulin Rouge</i> is filled with Luhrmann moments: a drag-ready take on LaBelle’s “Lady Marmalade” (courtesy of Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mýa, and P!nk), Nicole Kidman with an innocence-free “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” (“Sparkling Diamonds”), The Police’s “Roxanne” as a tango (“El Tango de Roxanne”). But the soundtrack’s cornerstone is the “Elephant Love Medley,” which strings together a series of pop classics—“All You Need Is Love,” Bowie’s “Heroes,” “I Will Always Love You”—in a Broadway-style extravaganza. At first, Luhrmann faced pushback from the songs’ publishers, who said it couldn’t be done. But Luhrmann, undaunted, reached out to the artists directly and managed to pull it together. “I think for artists who live in the pop lane or the popular music lane, the idea that their music’s going to be used dramatically, for a drama—they find that thrilling,” he tells Apple Music. “It’s a kind of enthusiasm to be involved.”
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Nature Boy3:25
- 2Lady Marmalade4:24
- 3Because We Can3:27
- 4Sparkling Diamonds2:52
- 5Rhythm Of The Night3:49
- 6Your Song3:38
- 7Children Of The Revolution2:57
- 8One Day I'll Fly Away3:19
- 9Diamond Dogs4:35
- 10Elephant Love Medley4:11
- 11Come What May4:48
- 12El Tango De Roxanne4:45
- 13Complainte De La Butte3:07
- 14Hindi Sad Diamonds3:28
- 15Nature Boy4:08
Credits
Production & Engineering
- Jenny O'GradyCHORUS MASTER [CHOIR MASTER FOR METRO VOICES]
- Chris BarrettENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
- Dave MorganENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
- Jake JacksonENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
- Jason WormerENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
- Jepson StaralENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
- Jon BaileyENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
- Neale RicottiENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
- Ricky GrahamENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
- Geoff FosterENGINEER [LONDON ORCHESTRA]
- Anton MonstedEXECUTIVE-PRODUCER [MUSIC]
- Laura ZiffrenEXECUTIVE-PRODUCER [MUSIC]
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 70 pressings tracked on Gatefold
