| Paul Bushnell | Bass, Bass Guitar |
| Greg Curtis | Organ |
| Aaron Lohr | Vocals |
| Jamie Muhoberac | Organ, Piano, Keyboards |
| Tim Pierce | Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar |
| Suzie Katayama | Accordion, Cello |
| Tim Weil | Piano |
| Taye Diggs | Vocals |
| Wilson Jermaine Heredia | Vocals |
| Anthony Rapp | Vocals |
| Gregory Curtis | Organ |
| Greg Suran | Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar |
| Idina Menzel | Vocals |
| Dorian Crozier | Percussion, Drums |
| Jesse L. Martin | Vocals |
| Adam Pascal | Vocals |
| Rosario Dawson | Vocals |
| Tracie Thoms | Vocals |
| Wayne Wilcox | Vocals |
| Tim Davis | Vocals |
| David Campbell | Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Choir Arrangement |
| Daniel Chase | Digital Editing |
| Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| Doug McKean | Engineer |
| Rob Cavallo | Arranger, Producer, Audio Production |
| Tim Weil | Arranger, Vocal Conductor |
| Dann Thompson | Engineer |
| Dorian Crozier | Programming |
| Jonathan Larson | Composer, Lyricist, Book |
| Elan Trujillo | Engineer |
| Matt Beckley | Digital Editing |
| Brian Cometa | Engineer |
| Chris Columbus | Liner Notes, Soundtrack Executive Producer |
| Dan Chase | Digital Editing |
Anonymous
Posted October 1, 2010
This is a great CD set, but this is THE ORIGINAL MOVIE CAST (OMC). If you want the Broadway cast (OBC) just look for it. You can even check. I have both CD sets, and they are both amazing, but I do think that this is the MOVIE and not the BROADWAY
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.The music in this CD is amazing. I love the music of Rent and I recommend it to a mature audience, but anyone who love musicals and just a good story. :)
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Posted October 1, 2010
this is amazing i love ths movie
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Posted October 1, 2010
Rent is one of the best movie ever made. It has true character. It has a great cast but also has a great story line. It is about poor people who are living day to say with HIV and Aids. It taught poeple to apperciate life. Whatever is wrong with your life there is probably someone out there who has a worst life. So it was truly a great movie.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Alright, when I was going into the theatre to see the RENT movie, I was expecting to hate it. I am always fussy to any little changes, and I was ready to trash it mercilessly. To my surprise, I rather enjoyed it. However, it simply wasn't as good as the OBC. Even the original cast members were not as good. The fact is that Rosario Dawson isn't much of a singer. In all honesty, neither is Daphne Rubin-Vega, but she perfectly fit the role of Mimi and sounded beautiful against Adam Pascal. Rosario was too strong and clashed with the rest of the cast. On the contrary, Adam seemed to be breathless the whole time. This is apparent in "One Song Glory" especially. Idina Menzel was lovely as always, but "Over the Moon" was a complete mess. It was boring and so many notes seemed wrong, particulary the final "leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeap of faith". Anthony Rapp, however, seemed to have less of that...well...odd tone that he had in the OBC and his solo album "Look Around". Unhappily, that odd tone seemed to have been passed onto Wilson Jermaine Heredia. I do love Wilson, but...with this performance, he would not have won the Tony. Tracy Thoms is a good singer, but didn't have the right feel for Joanne. Fredi Walker was my favorite of the original cast though, so maybe I'm biased. The best of the bunch was probably Taye Diggs, who was as good or better than his performance in the OBC. Unfortunately, many of his parts were cut out! All in all, the OMC was fairly good, but I cannot see how people can truly fall in love with it like the OBC. (Now I feel bad for not mentioning Jesse L. Martin! I love him! There's just not much to say! Except...well...is it me or is his voice deeper on here than the OBC? It's probably just my oddness imagining things.)
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Posted October 1, 2010
RENT was such an amazingly good heartbreaking story of true friendship and love. I would strongly recomend having parental supervision while watching RENT because this movie is rather inappropriate for anyone under 13.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This is a very well put together musical. it is very good. the singing is amazing. i wouldnt be suprised that these actors and actrsesses go far. they have very good voices!
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Posted October 1, 2010
The soundtrack is really awesome. I'm a really big fan of Rent. The music is awesome. I really enjoy listening to it. I sing to it all the time and love acting out the parts and what not. It's cool and fun and great
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Posted October 1, 2010
This soundtrack has got to be my favorite - and I'm a true blue junkie when it comes to musicals. The original Broadway cast is outstanding. The songs have a life all their own. Rosario Dawson's voice is the cherry atop the sunday - strong and riveting!
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Posted October 1, 2010
This soundtrack is AMAZING! i love it soo much more than the OBC its more emotional and the original members (idina, adam, anthony, etc.) bring more richness into there roles and emotion into their song. I think that Tracie and Rosario were amazing replacements for daphne and fredi! I really recommend both the movie soundtrack and the OBC soundtrack they are both AMAZING!
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Posted October 1, 2010
The movie was great - until you hear Rosario Dawson sing. Absolutely terrible performance. The original soundtrack is just so much better.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Although a fan of the original recording, I found this soundtrack to be immensely moving. I highly reccomend that anyone who appreciates the music of Jonathan Larson take a listen to this version. While some songs from Broadway-Rent were excluded from the movie and this soundtrack, interestingly enough, songs not featured in the movie are on this cd. "Halloween" and "Goodbye Love," sung by the movie's cast, do not appear on-screen. Possibly those scenes will appear in the Rent DVD extras? Make sure to include this soundtrack in your holiday shopping this year.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I liked it alot. its not the same as the original, but then neither is the movie - its supposed to be a little different. a worthy choice :)
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Posted October 1, 2010
While many people are very used to the Original Broadway Cast, and even partial to it, I feel that this album is better. All of the vocalists have improved a great deal, except Anthony Rapp who is still as good and lovable as ever. The new Joanne and Mimi are fantastic, much better then the original ones. The artists also didn't get stuck into their old habits, but took the liberty to change things. There are new harmonies that make the ears tingle, especially the ones between Adam Pascal and Rosario Dawson. The Limited edition CD covers also make them quite enjoyable to collect. My friends and I are trying to hunt down all of them, although we're having quite a hard time finding Mark and Roger.
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Posted October 1, 2010
then you will have trouble listening to this soundtrack from the movie. The order of songs, voices and occasionally tunes, are extremely different. It contains all the great songs, just not great quality.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I absolutely love the original RENT soundtrack, and was disappointed that the vocalists went out of their way to sing the songs differently than they originally had, when the original soundtrack left little to be improved upon. The resulting sound, while still enjoyable, can, at times, sound slightly like an amateur experimenting with different rhythms, and while you can't really accuse the newcomers (non-OBC) of being "affected" in their singing, they try much too hard to carve their own way and be different. If you're only going to buy one CD, buy the OBC CD, but this is still a decent recording.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I was floored by how amazing this Soundtrack sound. I was worried it wouldn't measure up to the OBC. Now, I think I might say that I like this one even better. The newcomers were just as good as the people they replaced, and the ones from the OBC sound even better, especially Anthony Rapp and Idina Menzial. I loved every second of it.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I liked this cd somewhat. If you enjoyed the movie, the soundtrack is well worth the purchase. But, the soundtrack of the original Broadway play is much better. I would reccommend the original Broadway Cast recording over the movie soundtrack.
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Posted October 1, 2010
In going to see RENT, I had no idea what to expect. Needless to say I was pretty blown away by it all, and it is now one of my favorite movies, if not my favorite. The music is a reflection of this and I prefer it to the OBC, as I think it is richer and sang with more emotion. Examples of this are found in song like, "One Song Glory", "Rent", and "I Should Tell You". I thought Roger was AMAZING!!! As was Angel, and Mimi too. This is one of my favorite CDs, and I listen to it all the time!!!
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Posted October 1, 2010
This story is about hypocracy and intolerance of some and love for those who "fit" into the molds we make. One of the characters is rebuffed by a homeless person in the same way that he later rebuffs a job offer. The group becomes intolerant of one of it's own who persues his dream and instead of working together to help the homeless the two groups fight and argue. It's a story about every person on the planet and while the movie is different then the play they are both terrific.
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