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| | Miss Saigon (Original 1989 London Cast) | | | Music Artist : | | Alain Boublil | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Decca U.S. | | Release Date : | | 1990-02-02 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $35.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $32.49 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: Overture - The Orchestra
2. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: The Heat Is on in Saigon
3. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: The Movie in My Mind
4. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: The Dance - Chris, Kim
5. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: Why God Why? - Chris, Kim
6. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: This Money's Yours
7. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: Sun and Moon
8. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: The Telephone Song
9. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: The Deal
10. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: The Ceremony (Dju Vui Va - Chris, Kim
11. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: What's This I Find - Chris, Kim,
12. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: The Last Night of the Wo - Chris, Kim
13. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Ho Chi Minh City - April 1978: The Morning of
14. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Ho Chi Minh City - April 1978: I Still Believ - Ellen, Kim
15. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Ho Chi Minh City - April 1978: This Is the Ho - Kim, People, ,
Disc 21. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Ho Chi Minh City - April 1978: If You Want to
2. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Ho Chi Minh City - April 1978: Let Me See His
3. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Ho Chi Minh City - April 1978: I'd Give My Li - Kim,
4. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Atlanta - September 1978: Bui-Doi
5. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Atlanta - September 1978: The Revelation
6. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Bankok - October 1978: What a Waste
7. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Bankok - October 1978: Please
8. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Saigon - April 1975: The Fall of Saigon - Ellen, Kim
9. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Bangkok - October 1978: Room 317
10. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Bangkok - October 1978: Her or Me
11. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Bangkok - October 1978: The Confrontation - Kim
12. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Bangkok - October 1978: The American Dream - Chris, Kim
13. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Bangkok - October 1978: The Sacred Bird - Gigi Dover, Kim
14. Miss Saigon, Musical Play/Bangkok - October 1978: Finale - Chris, , Kim
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Miss Saigon soundtrack
Submitted on: 2009-08-29 |
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| Saw the musical for the first time, and was fun to hear the original soundtrack. Of course, the quality was superb. |
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 Great musical
Submitted on: 2009-08-16 |
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| This was my son's first musical on Broadway. Of course that was nine years ago, but the music is still incredible. Listening to it just brought back all the memories of watching it on stage. I don't know why I waited so long to buy this CD. |
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Miss Saigon - the music
Submitted on: 2009-05-31 |
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| This set of discs was all I wanted it to be. Wonderful music - the original music from the play. Seller was very prompt and item was just as promised. Would buy this way again. |
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A Modern Classic
Submitted on: 2009-04-28 |
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I saw Miss Saigon on Broadway and was blown away. I had expected to be entertained and enjoy the theatrical spectacle, what I was not expecting was the power and simplicity of the basic story and score. Yes, it is a modern retelling of Madame Butterfly, but holds even more resonance in it's reflection of Vietnam.
Lea Salonga was everything that was said of her, beguiling and heartbreaking, deserving of all the accolades and awards she received. The rest of the cast were marvelous as well.
True the show was huge, a true spectacle with dazzling effects. I was expecting the infamous helicopter scene to be ridiculous and over the top. What it was, was shattering in it's emotion and raw power, positively effective and necessary.
And while the score is not quite on the same level of Les Miserable, it still contains what I think is one of the most gorgeous and haunting ballads ever written for the theater in Why God? However, I was hugely disappointed in the sped up tempo performed on stage, robbing the song of alot of the power that comes across on the recording. Overall though, the score contains several beautiful ballads, some up tempo songs for Jonathan Pryce and plenty for Salonga's great voice.
Well worth getting the complete CD recording over the highlights. |
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A Moving, Continental Love Story
Submitted on: 2008-08-24 |
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Following the huge success of their grand masterpiece, LES MISERABLES, Alain Boubil & Claude-Michel Schonberg came out with MISS SAIGON. For those looking for the best version of the show on CD, this is the one you want. The show is basically a love story between an American G.I., Chris (Simon Bowman) and a young Vietnamese girl, Kim (Lea Salonga) just before the American departure from Saigon in 1975. The show attempts to address some similar issues from LES MISERABLE, such as the cruelty and injustice of unfair working conditions and timeless love, but these are basically camouflage for an ill-fated love story. My favorite songs from the album and show include:
"Why God Why"
"I Still Believe"
"This Is the Hour"
"Bui-Doi"
"The Fall of Saigon"
"The American Dream"
The performances by the actors are very well done, especially Simon Bowman, Lea Salonga, and Jonathan Pryce (as The Engineer). LES MISERABLE, with a central story about the life-changing power of grace, is a stronger show than MISS SAIGON. However, MISS SAIGON does have its moments and is a grand musical story of tragic love. |
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