Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2

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Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2
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Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released26 February 2002 (2002-02-26)
Recorded2001
Genre Soundtrack
Label Interscope
Producer BLAM, Craig Armstrong, Josh G. Abrahams, Marius de Vries, Steve Sharples
Moulin Rouge original soundtrack chronology
Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film
(2001)
Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2
(2002)
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Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2 is a soundtrack album to Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film Moulin Rouge! It was released on February 26, 2002. It is the follow-up to the original soundtrack, which was released a year prior. The album features original film versions of some songs, remixes and instrumentals. [3]

Contents

Track listing

#TitlePerformer(s)Length
1"Your Song"
(Instrumental from the "Rehearsal Montage" scene)
Craig Armstrong 2:28
2"Sparkling Diamonds" (Original film version) Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent and Lara Mulcahy2:52
3"One Day I'll Fly Away" (Tony Philips remix)Nicole Kidman5:10
4"The Pitch (Spectacular Spectacular)" (Original film version)Jim Broadbent, Nicole Kidman, Jacek Koman, John Leguizamo, Ewan McGregor, Garry McDonald, Richard Roxburgh and Matthew Whittet2:50
5"Come What May" (Original film version)Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor4:38
6"Like a Virgin" (Original film version)Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh and Anthony Weigh3:10
7"Meet Me in the Red Room" (Original film version) Amiel Daemion 2:38
8"Your Song"
(Instrumental from the "After the Storm" scene)
Craig Armstrong4:55
9"The Show Must Go On" (Original film version)Jim Broadbent, Nicole Kidman and Anthony Weigh3:04
10"Ascension" / "Nature Boy"Ewan McGregor4:09
11"Bolero (Closing Credits)" (Original film version)Steve Sharples6:53

Charts

Chart performance for Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2
Chart (2002)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 74
French Albums (SNEP) [5] 133
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 85
US Billboard 200 [7] 90
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) [8] 9

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat(s)Catalog
United States, Europe26 February 2002 Interscope Records CD 493228-2 [9]

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