Chicago (soundtrack)


Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture is a soundtrack album featuring all of the original songs of the 2002 Best Picture Academy Award-winning musical film Chicago starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Mýa Harrison and Christine Baranski.

Track listing

Differences from the musical

  • The songs "A Little Bit Of Good", "I Can't Do It Alone ", "My Own Best Friend", "I Know A Girl", "Me and My Baby", "When Velma Takes The Stand", "Class", and "Finale" were cut from the Film, however most were repurposed in some way.
  • The Preface announced by a chorus member, heard at the start of the Overture was cut.
  • The dialogue between Fred and Roxie heard at different points during "All That Jazz", with some of the lines repurposed as a scene after the end of the number.
  • Some of Amos' speech during "Funny Honey" were cut from the song, instead stated before and after the number.
  • "Cell Block Tango", and "When You're Good To Mama" were swapped in the runtime due to narrative changes.
  • The song "Nowadays" and "Hot Honey Rag" appear together on the soundtrack.
  • The song "Nowadays" has been changed by shortening Roxie and Velma's performance of the song and instead replacing it with Roxie auditioning with the song.
  • The Finale has been cut, with elements of Roxie and Velma's speech being retained, however the at the end they onpy reprise the final phrase of "All That Jazz" instead of the entire last verse.

Awards

Chart performance

The album fared well on four of the Billboard charts, reaching #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. The soundtrack has sold 2,417,000 copies, as of February 2013.

Year-end charts

Chart Position
US Soundtrack Albums 23