The Wiz (1978 soundtrack)

Infobox Album


Name = The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Various Artists
Released = September 18, 1978
Recorded = 1977
Genre = R&B / soul / pop / disco
Length = 1:16:22
Label = MCA
2-14000
Producer = Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jnfrxqr5ldhe~T00 link]
Misc = Singles
Name = The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Type = Soundtrack
single 1 = Ease on Down the Road
single 1 date = September 21, 1978
single 2 = You Can't Win
single 2 date = January 11, 1979
single 3 = A Brand New Day
single 3 date = 1979

"The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" is the soundtrack album for the 1978 film adaptation of the Broadway musical "The Wiz". Although the film was produced for Universal Pictures by Motown Records' film division, the soundtrack album was issued on MCA Records as a two-LP collection. Chiefly produced by Quincy Jones, cite book | last =Jones | first =Quincy | authorlink =Quincy Jones | coauthors = | title =Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones | publisher =Broadway Books | date =2002 | location = | pages =Pages 229, 259 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0767905105] "The Wiz" soundtrack features cast performances by the starts of the film, including Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, and Lena Horne.

The track selection is made up of both songs from the original 1975 Broadway musical by Charlie Smalls and Luther Vandross, as well as new songs written for the film by Quincy Jones, Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, and Anthony Jackson. This soundtrack marks Jones' first collaboration with Jackson; Jones would go on to produce Jackson's hit solo albums "Off the Wall", "Thriller", and "Bad". [cite book | last =Bronson | first =Fred | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits | publisher =Watson-Guptill | date =2003 | location = | pages =Page 107 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0823077381]

Track listing

"All songs written by Charlie Smalls, unless otherwise noted."

Record one, side one

#"Main Title (Overture, Part One)" (instrumental)
#"Overture (Part Two)" (instrumental)
#"The Feeling That We Have" - Theresa Merritt and Chorus
#"Can I Go On?" "(Quincy Jones, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson)" - Diana Ross
#"Glinda's Theme" (instrumental)
#"He's The Wizard" - Thelma Carpenter and Chorus
#"Soon As I Get Home"/"Home" - Diana Ross

Record one, side two

#"You Can't Win" - Michael Jackson
#"Ease On Down The Road #1" - Diana Ross and Michael Jackson
#"What Would I Do If I Could Feel?" - Nipsey Russell
#"Slide Some Oil to Me" - Nipsey Russell
#"Ease On Down The Road #2" - Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Nipsey Russell
#"I'm A Mean Ole Lion" - Ted Ross
#"Ease On Down The Road #3" - Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross
#"Poppy Girls" "(Anthony Jackson)" (instrumental)

Record two, side one

#"Be a Lion" - Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross
#"End Of The Yellow Brick Road" (instrumental)
#"Emerald City Sequence" "(music: Jones, lyrics: Smalls)" - Chorus
#"So You Wanted to See the Wizard" - Richard Pryor (spoken dialogue)
#"Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy's Theme)" "(music: Jones, lyrics: Ashford & Simpson)" - Diana Ross
#"Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" - Mabel King and Chorus
#"A Brand New Day" "(Luther Vandross)" - Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, and Chorus

Record two, side two

# "Believe In Yourself (Dorothy)" - Diana Ross
#"The Good Witch Glinda" (instrumental)
#"Believe In Yourself (Reprise)" - Lena Horne
#"Home" - Diana Ross

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