• The soundtrack for Billy Elliot: The Musical featured music composed by Elton John with lyrics by Lee Hall. Featuring songs like "Electricity," "Born to Boogie" and "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher," the Billy Elliot musical soundtrack was released as a studio recording with the original London cast .

  Reviews for the Billy Elliot musical soundtrack were mixed. One reviewer for Monsters and Critics thought the music was uneven, with some numbers "standing out" and others "falling flat."Monsters and Critics: Billy Elliot: The Musical Soundtrack Review

  William Ruhlmann of the All Music Guide wrote in his review that Billy Elliot was Elton John's "most outstanding musical project," praising "his ability to compose pastiche numbers" and ballads. Ruhlmann also thought Hall's lyrics captured Billy Elliot's "emergence as a dancer against the odds." Allmusic: Billy Elliot: The Musical Soundtrack Review

  The soundtrack was released in the United Kingdom in 2005, and then the United States in 2006.

• Fast Facts

  1. Music: Elton John
  2. Lyrics: Lee Hall
  3. Label: Polydor/Universal Classics

• Song List

  1. "The Stars Look Down
  2. "Shine
  3. "Grandma's Song
  4. "Solidarity
  5. "Expressing Yourself
  6. "The Letter
  7. "Born To Boogie
  8. "Angry Dance
  9. "Marry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
  10. "Deep Into The Ground
  11. "He Could Be A Star
  12. "Electricity
  13. "Once We Were Kings
  14. "The Letter (Reprise)
  15. "Finale"

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  Billy Elliot The Musical | Billy Elliot Broadway Schedule | Billy Elliot Broadway Reviews | Billy Elliot Broadway Cast | Billy Elliot The Musical Lyrics | Elton John | The Lion King | Wicked Musical | The Producers | Rent Musical

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