Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Bio
The
musical Rent is said to have revived the rock musical in the
1990s, but it's Hedwig and the Angry Inch that could revive the
genre's movie fortunes in the new millennium. Adapted and directed
from Stephen Trask's music and lyrics by John Cameron Mitchell,
who also reprises the lead role of Hedwig, the flamboyantly unlucky
victim of a botched sex-change operation, this is as good as
a rock musical gets.
The soundtrack follows the cast album pretty faithfully, except
that the whole thing somehow feels turbocharged. Fast numbers like "Angry
Inch" (with fab backup vocals by Miriam Shor) and "Exquisite
Corpse" rock harder; ballads like "The Long Grift" and "Midnight
Radio" are more poignant. The original off-Broadway cast recording
was good, but now everything feels sharper, better defined. Even
Hedwig's backing band, the Angry Inch, is beefed up by exHüsker
Dü Bob Mould on guitar, while Girls Against Boys contribute
to "Freaks," a track that would be right at home on an
old David Bowie album. Even your punk pals will approve when they
catch you listening to this musical. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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