| Dear Evan Hansen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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| Released | September 24, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2020–2021 | |||
| Length | 70:29 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
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| Benj Pasek and Justin Paul chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Dear Evan Hansen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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Dear Evan Hansen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2021 film of the same name, released on September 24, 2021, by Interscope Records. Based on the eponymous stage musical by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the film is directed by Stephen Chbosky, with Levenson writing the screenplay and stars Ben Platt in the title role, reprising his role from the stage performance.
The soundtrack featured most of the musical numbers from the stage play, performed by the film's ensemble cast members. Four songs were excluded from the album and instead cover versions of five of the numbers were included. Those versions were performed by Sam Smith, SZA, Summer Walker, Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Finneas O'Connell, and Tori Kelly. A new song "The Anonymous Ones" was co-written by Amandla Stenberg. The musical score is composed by Dan Romer and Justin Paul, who jointly produced the album with Alex Lacamoire, who worked on the Broadway cast recording of the musical and acted as the music supervisor.
Unlike the film, which received negative reviews, the album was well received and debuted at the second position onBillboard's Top Soundtracks. The album was nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Steinberg's "The Anonymous Ones", performed by her in the film and during the end credits by SZA, was shortlisted for Best Original Song category at the 94th Academy Awards, but could not get selected for the final list of nominations.[1]
- ^ Grein, Paul (December 21, 2021). "Beyonce and Jay-Z on Shortlist of 15 Original Songs Competing for 2022 Oscar: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2022.