Annie (1999 film soundtrack)
1999 soundtrack album; various artists
Annie is a soundtrack album for the 1999 film of the same name.
Track listing
"Overture / Main Titles" – Instrumental
"Maybe" – Alicia Morton
"The Hard Knock Life" – Alicia Morton, Orphans
"The Hard Knock Life" (Reprise) – Orphans
"Tomorrow" – Alicia Morton
"Little Girls" – Kathy Bates
"I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" – Audra McDonald, Alicia Morton and Company
"NYC" – Victor Garber, Audra McDonald, Alicia Morton, and Star-to-Be
"NYC (Reprise) / Lullaby" – Victor Garber
"Easy Street" – Alan Cumming, Kathy Bates, and Kristin Chenoweth
"You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" (Radio Version) – Bert Healy and the Boylan Sisters
"You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" (Cast Version) – Orphans
"Something Was Missing" – Victor Garber
"I Don't Need Anything But You" – Victor Garber and Alicia Morton
"Maybe / Tomorrow" (Reprise) – Audra McDonald
"Little Girls" (Reprise) – Kathy Bates
"Finale: I Don't Need Anything But You" – Victor Garber, Audra McDonald, and Alicia Morton
Reception
A review in The Atlantic Constitution said, "this Disney version sounds as bouncy as an orphan high on sugar". While giving the album a "B", critic Kathy Janic said, "The delight here is Cumming, who in one song ('Easy Street'), plays Rooster as a wicked, wily, oily, blockheaded and endearing scamp."
The Washington Post said that the 1999 film featured "a safe recasting", noting, "The whole thing feels a little smoothed out – dare we say Disneyfied?
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