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Jul 27, 2010, 2:00:13 AM7/27/10

Song score production and changes

Music producer/composer/co-lyricist Marc Shaiman and co-lyricist Scott
Wittman were required to alter their Broadway Hairspray song score in
various ways in order to work on film, from changing portions of the
lyrics in some songs (e.g., "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs",
"Big, Blonde, and Beautiful", and "You Can't Stop the Beat") to more
or less completely removing other songs from the film altogether.

"Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now", a popular number from the stage musical,
features Tracy, Penny, and Amber arguing with their respective
mothers. Neither Adam Shankman nor Leslie Dixon could come up with a
solution for filming "Mama" that did not require a three-way split
screen — something they wanted to avoid[22] — and both felt the number
did not adequately advance the plot.[22][23] As a result, "Mama" was
reluctantly dropped from the film during pre-production, although it
is used by Shaiman as an instrumental number when the Corny Collins
kids dance the "Stricken Chicken". A special version of "Mama" was
recorded for the film's end credits in May 2007, during the final
score recording process, which featured vocals from each of the three
women most famous for portraying Tracy Turnblad: Ricki Lake from the
1988 film, Marissa Jaret Winokur from the original Broadway cast, and
Nikki Blonsky from the 2007 film.[24] Harvey Fierstein, who portrayed
Edna as part of the original Broadway cast, has a brief cameo moment
in the end credits version of "Mama" as well.[24]

"It Takes Two", a solo for Link, was moved from its place in the stage
musical (on Tracy's first day on The Corny Collins Show) to an earlier
Corny Collins scene, although only the coda of the song is used in the
final release print, and the song's background music can be heard
immediately after the reprise of "The Nicest Kids in Town". "Cooties",
a solo for Amber in the stage musical, is present in this film as an
instrumental during the Miss Teenage Hairspray dance-off. As with
"Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now", a version of "Cooties", performed in a
contemporary pop rendition by Aimee Allen, is present during the end
credits.

The performance of a vintage dance called The Madison, present in both
the 1988 film and the stage musical, was replaced for this version by
a newly composed song, "Ladies' Choice". Portions of the Madison dance
steps were integrated into the choreography for the musical number
"You Can't Stop the Beat", and the song to which the dance is
performed on Broadway can be heard during Motormouth Maybelle's
platter party in the film, re-titled "Boink-Boink". "The Big
Dollhouse" was the only song from the musical not used in the film in
any way.

Shaiman and Wittman composed two new songs for the 2007 film: "Ladies'
Choice", a solo for Link, and "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)", a song
performed during the end credits by Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac
Efron, and Elijah Kelley. Another "new" song in the 2007 film, "The
New Girl in Town", had originally been composed for the Broadway
musical, but was deemed unnecessary and discarded from the musical.
Director Adam Shankman decided to use the song to both underscore a
rise-to-fame montage for Tracy and to showcase Maybelle's "Negro Day",
which is never actually seen in either of the earlier incarnations of
Hairspray.[40]

One additional Shaiman/Wittman song, a ballad entitled "I Can Wait",
was composed for the film as a solo for Tracy, meant to replace the
stage musical's reprise of "Good Morning Baltimore". "I Can Wait" was
shot for the film (Tracy performs the number while locked in Prudy's
basement), but was eventually deleted from the final release print.
The audio recording of "I Can Wait" was made available as a special
bonus track for customers who pre-ordered the Hairspray soundtrack on
iTunes, and the scene itself was included as a special feature on the
film's DVD release.[41]

Post-production took place in Los Angeles. Composer/co-lyricist Marc
Shaiman continued work on the film's music, employing the Hollywood
Symphony Orchestra to record instrumentation for both the songs and
the incidental score.[24]
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