Intrada Soundtrack Forum

In 1986, Geffen Records released the soundtrack for the film on vinyl, CD and cassette, and currently it's available digitally. Actually, I don't think it's EVER been out of print - which is something that one can seldom say about a movie soundtrack!

The problem, however, is that in addition to not including Miles Goodman's Oscar-nominated score, it doesn't match the film at all - off the top of my head, I think "Da-Doo!," "Dentist!" and "Suddenly Seymour" are the only songs that would (almost) sync if played against the movie. I honestly can't complain that several songs include additional verses ("Some Fun Now," "The Meek Shall Inherit," "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"), but others have completely different vocals (the title track, "Downtown"), some are missing portions of the film's orchestrations ("Grow for Me," "Somewhere That's Green," "Feed Me"), the entire opening segment of "Don't Feed the Plants" was omitted, "Suppertime II" and the (originally deleted) reprise of "Somewhere That's Green" were not included, and "Your Day Begins Tonight," a song composed-and-recorded-but-rejected for the end credits, has never been released in any form anywhere. The original '90s DVD releases included an isolated music track (which was used to get bootlegs circulating in fandom), but the isolated track was not included on the blu-ray. The only other music officially issued are a few demos composed for the film, which surfaced as bonuses on the 2003 Broadway revival CD.

When work began on the "Director's Cut" in 2011, the restoration team tracked down the 24-track master tapes (reportedly in good shape) and utilized them to extend "Mean Green Mother" and restore the reprise of "Somewhere That's Green" and "Don't Feed the Plants." Unfortunately, they seem to have been returned to the WB vaults, as I've never caught wind of any plans to release them. Composer Alan Menken once remarked that there was enough material from the recording sessions to issue 3 full-length albums.

"Little Shop" is an enduring cult classic with legions of fans (thanks in part to stage productions continuously being performed around the world), and I can absolutely guarantee that if Intrada released a lavish multi-disc edition soundtrack, it'd sell out quickly and become a highly sought-after collector's item (in other words, if it happens, don't limit it to a minuscule 1,000-disc pressing for greedy resellers to snap up and gouge fans!).

I wholeheartedly agree. And I would definitely buy it if it was released.

This thread (and soundtrack, for that matter) deserves more attention. Is there any chance a set like this could be released?

I'd buy it (probably).

I bought this on vinyl in the late 80s, then again on CD in the early 90s, and I'd snap up a deluxe edition from Intrada faster than Audrey 2 can gobble down psychotic dentists.

I would live to hear the orchestral stuff too, like when Seymore is feeding Orin to the plant. Its just begging for a intrada release

So is there any chance of this one actually happening?

I just stumbled into this forum for the first time in over a year, fully expecting this thread to be buried and forgotten... and here it is near the top of the page! I know that a special edition would sell well if anyone ever gets around to releasing it, and it makes me happy to know that there are others who agree!

It's my favorite musical of all time, so if this were to be released, I'd buy it quicker than you can say "Feed Me!"

This would most certainly be a first-day pre-order click from me, too!

I hate to break this to you but this is a project for WaterTower Music more so than Intrada since the original CD came out through Geffen Records in which any expansion would have to involve Universal Music Group (UMG) as well.

This is a project that should've been done for the films' 25th Anniversary ten years ago and for apperent legal reasons, it didn't happen. The other time that this could've been done was when Warner released the restored original version of the film in 2012 on Blu Ray and DVD. Even then I was surprised that they didn't do anything special for the soundtrack. I guess is due to royalties to the actors and performers who are apart of the Screen Actors Guild and the reuse fees would start from zero and that would be costly. Perhaps, this was the reason this didn't happen.

If it were to happen now, it would probably still be through Warner's label.