The Producers (2005)

Featuring vocal performances by Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach and Roger Bart, The Producers original soundtrack recording will be released by Sony Classical on Tuesday, November 22, 2005. In addition to featuring most of the hit songs from the stage production, including “We Can Do It,” “I Wanna Be A Producer,” “Keep It Gay,” “Along Came Bialy,” “That Face” and, of course, “Springtime for Hitler,” the soundtrack includes two brand new songs written by Mel Brooks especially for the film: “There’s Nothing Like a Show on Broadway,” performed over the end titles by Lane and Broderick, and “You’ll Find Your Happiness in Rio.”

Brooks reflects, “I’ve never been happier than when I was writing the musical score of The Producers. “One song after another tumbled out of my head in what was the most soul-satisfying experience of my career. And in my less than humble opinion, I must say that it turned out to be surprisingly good.”

As a second end-title track, Ferrell has recorded “The Hop-Clop Goes On,” a “power ballad” arrangement of his character’s song from the show, “Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop.” Additionally, the score has been rearranged for larger musical forces by Douglas Besterman, who won a Tony for his orchestrations of the stage production.

Sony Classical made the original cast recording—which went on to win a Grammy for Best Musical Show Album—and also produced a documentary film about the recording session, Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks, that won a Grammy for Best Longform Music Video.

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