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.
Song List
- "The Stars Look Down
- "Shine
- "Grandma's Song
- "Solidarity
- "Expressing Yourself
- "The Letter
- "Born To Boogie
- "Angry Dance
- "Marry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
- "Deep Into The Ground
- "He Could Be A Star
- "Electricity
- "Once We Were Kings
- "The Letter (Reprise)
- "Finale"
Billy Elliot: The Musical Soundtrack MP3s
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