Annie (1999 film soundtrack)

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Annie
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Soundtrack album from Annie by
Various Artists
ReleasedNovember 2, 1999
Genre Soundtrack
Label Sony

Annie is a soundtrack album for the 1999 film of the same name.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Overture / Main Titles" - Instrumental
  2. "Maybe" - Alicia Morton
  3. "It's the Hard Knock Life" - Paris Oliver
  4. "It's the Hard Knock Life" (Reprise) - Orphans
  5. "Tomorrow" - Alicia Morton
  6. "Little Girls" - Kathy Bates
  7. "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" - Audra McDonald, Alicia Morton and Company
  8. "NYC" - Victor Garber, Audra McDonald, Alicia Morton, and Star-to-Be
  9. "NYC (Reprise) / Lullaby" - Victor Garber
  10. "Easy Street" - Alan Cumming, Kathy Bates, and Kristin Chenoweth
  11. "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" (Radio Version) - Bert Healy and the Boylan Sisters
  12. "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" (Cast Version) - Orphans
  13. "Something Was Missing" - Victor Garber
  14. "I Don't Need Anything But You" - Victor Garber and Alicia Morton
  15. "Maybe / Tomorrow" (Reprise) - Audra McDonald
  16. "Little Girls" (Reprise) - Kathy Bates
  17. "Finale: I Don't Need Anything But You" - Victor Garber, Audra McDonald, and Alicia Morton

Reception

A review in The Atlantic Constitution said, "this Disney version sounds as bouncy as an orphan high on sugar". [1] While giving the album a "B", critic Kathy Janic said, "The delight here is Cumming, who in one song ('Easy Street'), plays Rooster as a wicked, wily, oily, blockheaded and endearing scamp." [1]

The Washington Post said that the 1999 film featured "a safe recasting", noting, "The whole thing feels a little smoothed out – dare we say Disneyfied? – and it's hard to hear 'The Hard-Knock Life' these days without Jay-Z's urban input." [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Janich, Kathy (November 4, 1999). "ON MUSIC: MINI REVIEWS Weekend at Home". The Atlanta Constitution. ProQuest   413866849 . Retrieved February 6, 2025 via ProQuest.
  2. Harrington, Richard (November 7, 1999). "'Shake, Rattle & Roll': Hart Aches and Pains; Miniseries Soundtrack Falters in the Hands of Studio Band". The Washington Post . ProQuest   408567544 . Retrieved February 6, 2025 via ProQuest.