High School Musical [Special Edition]

Title: High School Musical [Special Edition] Release Date: 2006 Label: Walt Disney Duration: 56:00 Album Type(s): Various artists collection, soundtrack, Enhanced CD-ROM UPC: 050086151271 Genre: Film Music Total Copies: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. High School Musical, musical film score
   - Start of Something New
2. High School Musical, musical film score
   - Get'cha Head in the Game
3. High School Musical, musical film score
   - What I've Been Looking For
4. High School Musical, musical film score
   - What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)
5. High School Musical, musical film score
   - Stick to the Status Quo
6. High School Musical, musical film score
   - When There Was Me and You
7. High School Musical, musical film score
   - Bop to the Top
8. High School Musical, musical film score
   - Breaking Free
9. High School Musical, musical film score
   - We're All in This Together
10. High School Musical, musical film score
    - I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
11. High School Musical, musical film score
    - Get'cha Head in the Game

1. High School Musical, musical film score
   - Start of Something New (Karaoke Version)
2. High School Musical, musical film score
   - Get'cha Head in the Game (Karaoke Version)
3. High School Musical, musical film score
   - What I've Been Looking For (Karaoke Version)
4. High School Musical, musical film score
   - When There Was Me and You (Karaoke Version)
5. High School Musical, musical film score
   - Bop to the Top (Karaoke Version)
6. High School Musical, musical film score
   - Breaking Free (Karaoke Version)
7. High School Musical, musical film score
   - We're All in This Together (Karaoke Version)
8. High School Musical, musical film score
   - I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (Karaoke Version)

In the Disney Channel's original movie High School Musical, the star basketball player and a brainy new arrival discover their love of singing at a karaoke night, then try out for the school musical and challenge the status quo of their cliques in the process. While the movie's soundtrack isn't exactly challenging, it does feature a pretty engaging mix of music and empowering messages, most of which can be found in earnest ballads such as "Start of Something New," "When There Was Me and You," and "Breaking Free." Meanwhile, "We're All in This Together" sets lyrics like "Everyone is special in their own way/We make each other strong" to music inspired by "Hollaback Girl"'s marching-band/cheerleader motif, and "Get'cha Head in the Game" mixes and matches an urban pop melody with sound effects like dribbling basketballs and squeaking sneakers. The soundtrack flirts with satire on "What I've Been Looking For," a number sung by the theater kids who are threatened by these upstarts from other cliques invading their territory: the song's melody is so bright and the vocals so relentlessly cheery, it sounds like a parody of a show tune . Likewise, the big chorus on "Stick to the Status Quo" urges everyone to just "go with the flow." At other times, High School Musical comes closer to sounding like the usual teen pop product issued by Disney, especially on "I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" and the latin -flavored "Bop to the Top." Still, the album has enough personality to set it apart from the status quo of the studio's other releases, and the karaoke versions of "Get'cha Head in the Game" and "Start of Something New" will appeal to aspiring singers -- whether they're jocks, drama club members, or math whizzes. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Name Credits Adam Watts Producer, Composer Alex Bush Mixing Andrew Lane Producer, Drum Programming, Mixing, Keyboard Programming Andrew Seeley Composer Andy Dodd Composer, Producer Ashley Tisdale Vocals, Performer B5 Ensemble, Producer, Producer, Ensemble Barry Rosenbush Executive Producer Bill Borden Executive Producer Corbin Bleu Performer, Vocals Dani Markman Soundtrack Supervisor David Braucher Design David Lawrence Producer, Composer Eddie Galan Vocal Producer Eddy Schreyer Mastering Faye Greenberg Composer Greg Cham Composer High School Musical Cast Performer Jamie Houston Producer, Composer Jeff Sheridan Mastering Kenny Ortega Executive Producer Kevin Quinn Composer, Producer Lucas Gabreel Vocals Lucas Grabeel Performer Matthew Gerard Producer, Composer Matthew Gerrard Producer, Composer Monique Coleman Performer, Vocals Randy Petersen Producer, Composer Ray Cham Composer, Producer Robbie Nevil Composer Steve Gerdes Art Direction Steve Sterling Design