Music Library List Z+ Cast Albums and Soundtracks

CAST ALBUMS/MUSICALS/BROADWAY

Annie Get Your Gun (Doris Day, Robert Goulet album) (1963) ****
Camelot Orig Broadway Cast Album **** 

Carousel (11994 Broadway Cast) *** 1/2 

Cats (Original London Cast) ***  

Chess (The Original Recording) ** 
Dear Evan Hansen (2017) ** 1/2 

Evita (Original London Cast) ** 1/2  

Floyd Collins *** 
Hadestown Orig Off Broadway Cast Album *** 1/2
Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Album *** 1/2 

Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Concept Album) **  

Kiss Me, Kate (Orig Broadway Cast Album) *** 
My Fair Lady (Orig Broadway Cast Album) **** 
Octet *** 1/2 
Some Lovers (All-Star recording of Burt Bacharach, Steven Sater work) ** 1/2 

Spring Awakening Orig Cast Album ****
Sunday in The Park With George (Original 1984) ****
Sunday in The Park With George (Bway 2017) *** 1/2 
Warriors concept album (Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis) ** 


SOUNDTRACKS

Note: As a reminder, these are reviews of the soundtrack, of what it's like to sit down and listen to these particular albums. It does not speak to how well a score might work in a film. A classic example: Jaws. It's an absolutely brilliant score in the film. But the signature spooky music pales after a few minutes listened to on its own and the album as a whole is not worth your time. In general, a great score/soundtrack can work well on its own. But not always!

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) ****
Aladdin (1992) ** 1/2 

Anthony Adverse (1936) *** 1/2 

Around The World In 80 Days (1956) * 
Baby Driver *** 1/2 

Beauty and the Beast (1991) *** 1/2 

Becoming (Kamasi Washington) ** 1/2 

Ben-Hur (1959) **** 

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) *** 1/2 
The Big Chill **** 
The Big Chill Volume Two *** 1/2  
Black Panther ***/ 
Blade Runner Original Soundtrack ***/
Blade Runner Original Complete Score Bootleg **** 
Blade Runner 2049 *** 
Boardwalk Empire *** 

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) ** 1/2 

The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) ** 

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) * 1/2 
Chariots Of Fire ***   
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973) *** 1/2

Charlie! Music From The Classic Films of Charlie Chaplin *** 

The Cold Blue *** 
Country Music (soundtrack to Ken Burns doc) ****  

Dances With Wolves (1990) **** 

Doctor Zhivago (1965) * 1/2 

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) ****
Exodus (1960) * 1/2 

Fame (1980) ** 

First Cow *** 1/2    

Funny People ** 1/2 

The Godfather Part II (1974) ** 1/2 

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly soundtrack (1966) ***

The Great Debaters soundtrack *** 1/2      

Guardians Of The Galaxy Awesome Mixtape Vol. 1 *** 1/2  

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio *** 

Harold And Maude ** 1/2 

High Noon (1952) *** 1/2 

Jaws (1975) ** 1/2 

The Last Emperor (1987) ** 1/2 

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) **** 

Legend (Tangerine Dream et al) (1985) *** 

Licorice Pizza ** 1/2  

The Little Mermaid (1989) ** 
A Little Romance (1979) *** 1/2 

Love Story (1970) * 

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season One *** 
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season Two *** 

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season Three *** 

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season Four *** 

Mary Poppins (1964) **** 

Midnight Express (1978) * 

Milagro Beanfield War (1988) ** 1/2  

Minari soundtrack *** 1/2 

Motherless Brooklyn *** 

Mysterious Skin (score) *** 1/2 

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) *** 1/2

Nomadland soundtrack *** 

Now, Voyager (1942) ** 1/2 

The Old Man and The Sea (1958) * 1/2 

The Omen (1976) * 1/2 

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood *** 1/2 

Out Of Africa (1985) * 1/2  

A Passage To India (1984) * 1/2 

Pinocchio (1940) ** 1/2 

A Place In The Sun (1951) *** 1/2 

Popeye: Music From The Motion Pictue Deluxe Edition (1980) *** 1/2 

The Right Stuff (1983) *** 1/2 

Risky Business soundtrack (1983/1984) *** 1/2

'Round Midnight (1986) *** 1/2 

Shalimar Original Soundtrack (1978) *** 

Small Axe (Music Inspired By The TV Series) *** 

Spellbound (1945) ** 1/2 

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse AKA Metro Boomin Presents... ** 1/2

Star Wars (1977) ****  

A Streetcar Named Desire *** 1/2 

Sunset Boulevard (1950) *** 1/2 

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) * 

Tune In Tomorrow... (Wynton Marsalis) *** 1/2

Twin Peaks *** 

The Virgin Suicides (Air) **** 

Yentl 40th Anniversary Soundtrack (including demos) *** 1/2 

The Way We Were (1973) * 

Wild Style soundtrack (1983) *** 

The Wizard of Oz (1939) ****