Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Overture / I Guess It Was 5 A.M. - Alan Campbell, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
2. Let's Have Lunch - Various Artists, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
3. Every Movie's A Circus - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn, Rich Hebert, Tom Alan Robbins, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
4. Car Chase - Rich Hebert, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
5. At The House On Sunset - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, George Hearn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
6. Surrender - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
7. With One Look - Glenn Close
8. Salome - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, George Hearn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
9. The Greatest Star Of All - Alan Campbell, George Hearn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
10. Every Movie's A Circus - Various Artists, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
11. Girl Meet Boy - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn, Vincent Tumeo, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
12. Back At The House On Sunset - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, George Hearn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
13. New Ways To Dream - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
14. Completion Of The Script - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
15. The Lady's Paying - Various Artists, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
16. New Year's Eve - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, George Hearn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
17. The Perfect Year - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
18. This Time Next Year - Various Artists, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
19. New Year's Eve (Back At The House On Sunset) - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra

Disc 2:

1. Entr'acte - Various Artists, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
2. Sunset Boulevard - Alan Campbell, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
3. There's Been A Call / Journey To Paramount - Various Artists, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
4. As If We Never Said Goodbye - Glenn Close, Ed Evanko, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
5. Paramount Conversations/Surrender (Reprise) - Various Artists, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
6. Girl Meets Boy (Reprise) - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
7. Eternal Youth Is Worth A Little Suffering - Various Artists, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
8. Who's Betty Schaefer? - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
9. Betty's Office At Paramount - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
10. Too Much In Love To Care - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn, George Hearn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
11. New Ways To Dream (Reprise) - Alan Campbell, George Hearn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
12. The Phone Call - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra
13. The Final Scene - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, Judy Kuhn, George Hearn, Paul Bogaev, Orchestra

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42536 in Music
• Released on: 2005-11-07
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Running time: 124 minutes

Customer Reviews

wonderful
well what can i say? having grown up with musicals this one really is brilliant and glenn close and alan campbell are both brilliant and work brilliantly together. all of the songs are here including the wonderful hits 'Sunset Boulevard' 'as if we never said goodbye' 'the perfect year' and the stunning 'with one look' which is sung beautifully by miss close who, in my opinion is one of the best norma desmonds of all time. she has a very dramatic face and a eery singing voice which both come together and bring the beautiful work of andrew lloyd webber. the only thing i will say is that there is alot of dialouge compared to other musical cds. other cast include the 10th anniversary les misérables cosette, judy kuhn as bety schaefer and george hearn as max.

brilliant and if you are thinking of adding sunset boulevard to your collection i would advise this edition because of, in two words, Glenn Close.

Terrific
First of all, the original cast audio tape doesn't do it justice. A lot of dialogue is missing and (despite what it says on amazon) so is every movies a circus, in fact its replace with a different song, strangely enough.

This is the audio cd version, the american recordings. First of all I have to say everyone in this cast makes the lyrics a lot more coherent than in the previous pertula clark and co, although they did a good job. Originally I saw the show with Glenn Close so it brings back memories just to hear her sing these songs again and she's as terrific on stage as she is on cd.

It's a brilliant show, it translates well to CD, although obviousely nothing can beat the live thing. My only complaint is that there is always too much reverb on the vocals of these recorded versions. I'm sure this is to recreate the space of a theatre but to be honest by the time you get an audience in there a lot of that is taken away from the sound as it travels straight to their ears. Singing in an empty theatre and a full theatre gives a completely different sound and the amount of reverb on the vocals seems to recreate an empty theatre, but thats a minor niggle, it's still a brilliant translation to CD even if it doesn't perfectly represent the live sound. Great cast, great musical, full dialogue, coherent singing and acting.

a tour de force by glenn close
for those who loved billy wilders black comedy, this musical reinterpretation by andrew lloyd webber is a welcome return to the story. In many ways the soundtrack heightens the key moments as we are left to image the scene's as we hear them.
Glenn Close is a tour de force as the forgotten Norma Desmond and delivers her key moments with a real sense of pathos.
The same could also be said for the role of Joe Gillis, and one gets a real sense of the cynicism that william holden brought to the original role. no where is this more perfectly demonstrated than in the title song, which drips with bitterness and resentment.
A brilliant return to form by andrew Lloyd Webber.