紐約高地 電影原聲帶 (B&N獨家限量2LP紫色彩膠唱片) In The Heights Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Limited Edition 2LP Violet Vinyl)

A little over 13 years after its debut on Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning debut musical, In the Heights, receives a Hollywood treatment with a mostly new cast. A story about the everyday struggles of turning dreams into reality set in the multicultural Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, it was inspired by a then-teenaged Miranda working on a high school production of West Side Story. He realized there had been little else written for Latino actors in the intervening decades. Miranda went on to famously champion diversity in casting again with his Broadway smash Hamilton (2015). The Jon Chu-directed film adaptation of In the Heights stars Hamilton’s Anthony Ramos as Usnavi, a role originated by Miranda. The composer/lyricist does make an appearance in the film as the Piragua Guy, a character who provides comic relief and one of the show’s catchier melodic hooks (“Piragua”). Otherwise, only Olga Merediz returns from the original stage cast, reprising her Tony-nominated turn as Abuela Claudia, the beloved neighborhood matriarch. Her song “Paciencia y Fe” is a poignant highlight of a show loaded with lively Latin dance rhythms and big cast numbers. The defining voice of the show, however, is Ramos’ good-natured Usnavi, who offers up a series of effortlessly witty, wordy rhyming raps throughout the musical — “In the Heights,” the lottery fantasy “96,000,” the poetic “Alabanza,” duet “Champagne” — as he plots to leave his corner bodega business for beachfront property in his childhood Dominican Republic. Along with some finessed plot details, including the addition of a documentation-status theme, the film cuts about 20 minutes of music from the cast album, mostly from the second half. What remains still balances company numbers and more-intimate material, like Usnavi and Vanessa’s “Champagne” (Melissa Barrera stars as Vanessa) and Benny and Nina’s “When the Sun Goes Down” (they’re played here by the graceful Corey Hawkins and Leslie Grace), though it favors the spectacle songs. Set outdoors during a heat wave and blackout, “Carnival de Barrio” is a seven-minute centerpiece that rotates soloists and celebrates the musical’s rousing blend of hip-hop, Latin dance rhythms, and show tune tradition. The soundtrack closes with the pop-minded “Home All Summer” featuring Marc Anthony, its one new song.

讓小小希望成為大大夢想，就是《紐約高地 In The Heights》的宗旨。執掌《瘋狂亞洲富豪》的朱浩偉，繼《舞力全開》系列再次獻上動人音樂電影，改編自百老匯同名音樂劇。憑藉《海洋奇緣》主題曲〈海洋之心〉贏取奧斯卡與金球獎「最佳原創歌曲」的創作者Lin-Manuel Miranda，負責全劇歌曲撰寫。振奮人心之聲，絕對令人動容

曲目：
A1. In The Heights 7:41
A2. Benny’s Dispatch 2:20
A3. Breathe 4:06
A4. No Me Diga 2:24

B1. It Won’t Be Long Now 3:38
B2. 96,000 5:45
B3. Piragua 1:42
B4. When You’re Home 5:23

C1. The Club 4:48
C2. Blackout 3:20
C3. Paciencia Y Fe 4:39
C4. Alabanza 3:18

D1. Carnaval Del Barrio 7:00
D2. When The Sun Goes Down 2:52
D3. Champagne 2:53
D4. Finale 5:29
D5. Home All Summer 3:48