For those familiar with the musical stage play, the songs on this album vary slightly; some tunes were not used in the film and therefore do not appear here (no big loss IMHO) and there is an added track "Mean Green Mother From Outerspace" to go with the movie's altered ending. Of all the great movie soundtracks out there, this is a true favourite of mine which never ceases to please. Plant this one in your CD player and watch it grow for you.


Disappointing   January 4, 2004
 19 out of 24 found this review helpful

This isn't really the film soundtrack at all. Best I can tell it's a studio recording using most of the movie cast. Not only are some tracks vastly different than the film versions, there are tracks here not even included in the final film. That might sound good at first but because of these tracks, things like the Supper Time reprise are missing. Also, the sound quality is awful. There are times when you can barely hear certain singer (especially in The Meek Shall Inherit). Before you buy this CD, know that it's incomplete, poorly recorded, and different from the film. It does have the movie cast though, so if that's what you're after then this is the CD for you.


Some Fun Now!   September 20, 2000
 13 out of 15 found this review helpful

This is one of the best soundtracks of all time. The music, from Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, is easily better than their work for Disney. The pop influence is great. Between Steve Martin's smarmy turn as Orin Scrivello D.D.S. and Ellen Greene reprising her Broadway role of Audrey... this one is a must have for musical fans.


Horror in Motown Style   November 24, 2002
 11 out of 12 found this review helpful

The movie was great, but the soundtrack is awesome. Hear some of your favorite songs from Little Shop of Horrors and sing along. My personal favorite is "Suddenly Seymore" where big comedian Rick Moranis shows off that he's not just a comedian, but he's also a big-time singer. Other hits such as "Mean Green Mother" and "Skid Row" also add spice to the whole CD. With a motown sound, the CD gives listeners a wide variety of examples of this music era at the same time express the feelings of the characters of the musical...


It's GREAT! (but....)   October 18, 2003
 7 out of 10 found this review helpful

I absolutely love this movie... I put the movie on just to hear the songs sometimes. However, the movie soundtrack's songs are different than the actual versions of that in the movie. An example would be the voice of the introduction during "Little Shop of Horrors" at the beginning of the movie. Or on "Skid Row" the different singers on the street in the movie are not on the soundtrack, like the black man that sings "down on skid" real loud, or the heavy set man singing "down on skid roooaaad" These things you may not notice, but after being a fan of the movie for so many years, I was a bit disappointed the songs were different. Even if only slightly. It's kinda like going to a concert & hearing you favorite song sung differently, or only an accoustical version of it. Does anyone know if in the movie, the songs were sung live during the filming? That would explain alot!