Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the NBC television event Annie Live! The album features the Tony and Grammy Award-winning score from the musical composed by Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin as performed by cast members Harry Connick, Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty, Celina Smith (who stars in the titular role) and Taraji P. Henson. The soundtrack is expected to be released digitally within the next week and will be available to stream/download here. A CD version is set to come out on January 21, 2022 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Annie Live! is executive produced by Robert Greenblatt & Neil Meron, directed by Alex Rudzinski and also stars Andrea McArdle (as Eleanor Roosevelt), Alan Toy (as President Roosevelt), as well as Felice Kakaletris, Cate Elefante, Sophie Knapp, Tessa Frascogna, Arwen Monzon-Sanders and Audrey Cymone. The musical will premiere tomorrow, December 2 on NBC.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Overture – Annie Live! Orchestra
2. Maybe – Original Television Cast of Annie Live! & Celina Smith
3. It’s the Hard-Knock Life – Original Television Cast of Annie Live! & Celina Smith
4. Tomorrow – & Celina Smith
5. We’d Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover – Original Television Cast of Annie Live!
6. Little Girls – Taraji P. Henson
7. I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here – Nicole Scherzinger, Original Television Cast of Annie Live! & & Celina Smith
8. N.Y.C. – Harry Connick, Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Original Television Cast of Annie Live!,Celina Smith & McKenzie Kurtz
9. Sign – Harry Connick, Jr. & Taraji P. Henson
10. Easy Street – Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty & Taraji P. Henson
11. We Got Annie – Nicole Scherzinger & Original Television Cast of Annie Live!
12. You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile – Jeff Kready & Original Television Cast of Annie Live!
13. Tomorrow (Cabinet Reprise) – Andrea McArdle, Ben Davis, Celina Smith, Alan Toy, Anastacia McCleskey & Jacob Keith Watson
14. Something Was Missing – Harry Connick, Jr.
15. I Don’t Need Anything But You – Harry Connick, Jr., Original Television Cast of Annie Live! & Celina Smith
16. Maybe (Warbucks’ Reprise) – Harry Connick, Jr.
17. A New Deal for Christmas – Original Television Cast of Annie Live!
18. Tomorrow (Finale) – Original Television Cast of Annie Live!
Who are the musicians who make up the orchestra in this Broadway MUSICAL?