Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Overture
2. Heaven On On Their Minds
3. What's The Buzz
4. Strange Thing Mystifying
5. Then We Are Decided
6. Everything's Alright
7. This Jesus Must Die
8. Hosanna
9. Simon Zealotes
10. Poor Jerusalem
11. Pilate's Dream
12. Temple
13. I Don't Know How To Love Him
14. Damned For All Time/Blood Money

Disc 2:

1. Last Supper
2. Gethsemane
3. Arrest
4. Peter's Denial
5. Pilate And Christ
6. King Herod's Song
7. Could We Start Again Please
8. Judas' Death
9. Trial Before Pilate
10. Superstar
11. Crucifixion
12. John Nineteen: Forty One

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1187 in Music
• Released on: 1999-12-23
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Soundtrack, Original recording remastered

From Amazon.com
This 1974 Norman Jewison film may have been a critical misstep, but some fans actually preferred it to Broadway's rock spectacle. The thing is, Jesus Christ Superstar was first introduced as a two-disc rock opera, not unlike the Who's Tommy, as it even scored several Top 40 hits. While no set matches the original, it's still hard to go wrong with the music, no matter what the source. This also includes the pretty "Could We Start Again, Please," composed for the stage version, and sung here by the original LP's Mary Magdalene, Yvonne Elliman. Ted Neely (Jesus) and Carl Anderson (Judas), meanwhile, have spent two decades on the road, recreating their roles night after night, although they have to now be at least two decades older than Jesus was at the Crucifixion. --Bill Holdship

Customer Reviews

Best to avoid!
- The real star of J.C.S was obviously the music which was funky and definitive compared to the first stage show recording. Keeping this in mind you can overlook the shortcomings of the movie which looks like an elaborate dress rehearsal. -

Concerning the music, the first CD release of the O.S was a horrible mono affair and this new release is sadly no improvement. The price is excessive. So unless you have a copy of the old vinyl, your stuck with the sad fact that the DVD of the movie contains the proper stereo version of the Soundtrack.

What can be done? I had to extract the raw audio files from the DVD and convert them into Wav files which I burned onto CD. If you can go through the headache it's well worth it. I can finally enjoy Jesus Christ Superstar the way it was meant to be heard.

It's also easy on your pocket as you can get the DVD for a third of the price.

Jesus Christ Superstar...

If, like me, you're primarily a fan of "rock music" rather than "musicals" then this the THE version of JCS. The orchestration takes it beyond classic rock of course ... but the feel of the score is still very much based in 1970s rock music. The vocals of Judas and JC exceptional ... personally, the classic musical/stage production type of voice turns me off ... but these guys are great. As are Magdaline, Pilot & the priests. Agree with the comments below about some of the screechy chorus parts and the horrible Herod rendition. But over all this is superb.

Hey J.C.!
Over the years there have been many cast recordings of Jesus Christ Superstar but without a doubt this is the best. Apart from the fact that these portrayals of Jesus, Judas and Mary Magdalene (Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson and Yvonne Elliman) are my favourites, and you can't beat the film for passion and emotion, this is the most complete version of Jesus Christ Superstar as it not only includes all the songs from the stage show but the additional songs written for the film itself, including my personal favourite, "Could we start again please". I agree with other reviewers that I'd heard better sound quality from "remastered" CDs but even so, it's well worth the money and I'm delighted with it. A worthy companion to the DVD - brilliant.