Interscope Records has released an extended soundtrack album for the movie adaptation of the stage musical Mean Girls. The album features five previously unreleased bonus tracks (in additional to all the songs from the original soundtrack) written by Jeff Richmond & Nell Benjamin, including Rockin’ Around the Pole Again & Let Me Go performed by Nahscha, Auli’i Cravalho’s reprise of Someone Gets Hurt, Angourie Rice’s reprise of Stupid with Love, as well as Jaquel Spivey’s French language rendition of the iCarly theme song (Laissez Moi Tout). The Bonus Track Version is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to all five new songs after the jump.
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‘Mean Girls’ Movie Musical Soundtrack Album Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for the film adaptation of the stage musical Mean Girls have been revealed. The album features the songs from the film written by Jeff Richmond (30 Rock, Baby Mama, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Girls5eva) & Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde: The Musical, The Explorers Club) and performed by cast members including Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika and Bebe Wood. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 12 by Interscope Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will be coming out next month (click here to order) and vinyl edition is set to be released in April (visit Amazon to order). A first song (Not My Fault performed by Rapp & Megan Thee Stallion) has already been released last month. Mean Girls is directed by Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. and also stars Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Christopher Briney, Tim Meadows and Tina Fey (who also wrote the screenplay).
‘The Sea Beast’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix animated film The Sea Beast. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Grammy Award winner Mark Mancina (Moana, Speed, Twister, Tarzan, Bad Boys, Brother Bear, Con Air, August Rush, Cry Macho). Also included and already available to stream/download now is the original song Captain Crow written by Nell Benjamin & Laurence O’Keefe (Legally Blonde: The Musical) and produced by Mancina. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Sea Beast is directed by Chris Williams and features the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Dan Stevens, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Kathy Burke.
Nell Benjamin and Laurence O’Keefe to Develop Original Movie Musical
Deadline is reporting that Nell Benjamin and Laurence O’Keefe are currently working on an untitled comedy movie musical for Universal Pictures. They are writing both the songs and screenplay for the project, which is produced by Scott Sanders (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) & Mara Jacobs at Scott Sanders Productions. The producers are also involved in movie adaptations of the musicals In the Heights and The Color Purple. Benjamin & O’Keefe have previously teamed up for the stage production Legally Blonde: The Musical, which received seven Tony Award nominations.