Product Description

Arranged For Piano & Guitar With Lyrics, Chords & Chord Frames. The matching songbook to the smash movie-musical "Hairspray". Includes all 19 songs from the movie & soundtrack plus 4 new songs composed for the motion picture and all songs from the original Broadway production! Composer Marc Shaiman approved arrangements of all new versions of all songs. Arrangements include chorus parts making this book appropriate for complete ensemble use. Four color photographs of the cast. Printed on quality stock paper. The book cover features the same holographic design as the CD....making this a true collector's item! Song titles: GOOD MORNING BALTIMORE,THE NICEST KIDS IN TOWN,IT TAKES TWO,**(THE LEGEND OF) MISS BALTIMORE CRABS,**I CAN HEAR THE BELLS,*LADIES' CHOICE,*THE NEW GIRL IN TOWN,WELCOME TO THE 60'S,RUN AND TELL THAT,BIG BLONDE AND BEAUTIFUL, BLONDE AND BEAUTIFUL,(REPRISE),(YOU'RE) TIMELESS TO ME,I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN,WITHOUT LOVE,**(IT'S) HAIRSPRAY,YOU CAN'T STOP THE BEAT*COME SO FAR (GOT SO FAR TO GO)**COOTIES,MAMA, I'M A BIG GIRL NOW *Composed for the movie ** From the Movie and the Broadway Musical (First time in print)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #402854 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

Customer Reviews

This Is How It Should Be Done!
The vocal selections from HAIRSPRAY is an example of how vocal selections SHOULD be done. In fact, it's more than "selections": it's the whole damn score! (See my review of the vocal selections from LI'L ABNER for the other end of the spectrum.) And what a brilliant score it is, too. It's the finest musical score since the 60s, before rock operas invaded us. No Andrew Lloyd Webber-type one-hit score this: Every song is a gem. I haven't encountered that since GYPSY and WEST SIDE STORY. Some of this is probably too difficult for the average pianist...but it beats those made-easy folios that offer little in the way of flavor. I'm thrilled by the score and by this folio. VERY highly recommended!

I love the movie and I love this book!
Being a musician, I wanted the most thourough piano arrangements I could find for this soundtrack. This book is a complete re-tooling of the broadway selections with several benifits, including EVERY song on the motion picture soundtrack and even EVERY INDIVIDUAL NOTE on the soundtrack CD! I love this is places where it was different from the broadway version, especially the new ending on "You Can't Stop The Beat" and the short extensions made in "Welcome To The 60's."

Most of these arrangements are very advanced, which works for me because they sound wonderful! Many incorporate the melody into the right hand, but it can be easily removed if you're just looking for accompniments to sing with.

Worth it!

The Most Complete Songbook
Having now purchased both the Broadway and Movie songbooks for this musical, the movie version is more complete and therefore longer than the stage equivalent. There are still songs missing, however, such as "Big Dolls House". It is an opportunity missed by the publishers to include not only all the new material written for the film but to add in those songs missed out from the Broadway songbook. Here the arrangements are somewhat different and some keys changed. A very good songbook, though, of a terrific musical, and most definately recommended.