Masterworks/Broadway Records will release a soundtrack album for the NBC television event The Wiz LIVE!. The album features the songs performed by the TV special’s cast, led by Shanice Williams, as well as Queen Latifah (The Wiz), Mary J. Blige (Evillene), David Alan Grier (Cowardly Lion), Ne-Yo (Tin Man), Elijah Kelley (Scarecrow), Uzo Aduba (Glinda), Amber Riley (Addaperle), Common (Bouncer) and Stephanie Mills (Auntie Em). The soundtrack will be released physically on December 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Wiz LIVE! is an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same title and is executive produced by Craig Zadan & Neil Meron (Chicago, Hairspray), directed by Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Fences) and choreographed by Fatima Robinson (Dreamgirls). Harvey Mason Jr. (Dreamgirls, Pitch Perfect 2) serves as music producer and Stephen Oremus (The Book of Mormon, 87th Academy Awards) is the project’s music director. The 3-hour television event will air on December 3 on NBC. Visit the official event website for more information.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Prologue
2. The Feeling We Once Had
3. Tornado
4. He’s the Wizard
5. Soon As I Get Home
6. You Can’t Win
7. Ease on Down the Road
8. Slide Some Oil to Me
9. Mean Ole Lion
10. Be a Lion
11. So You Wanted to See the Wizard
12. What Would I Do if I Could Feel
13. We Got It
14. Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
15. A Brand New Day
16. Y’All Got It
17. Believe in Yourself
18. Home
