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Dear Evan Hansen : original Broadway cast recording

Benj Pasek

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Summary: Universal Pictures and Interscope Records present the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with social anxiety disorder and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance following the suicide of a classmate. In addition to fan-favorite cast recordings, the soundtrack includes two new songs written for the film and five covers from world-renowned pop artists.

Reviews (1)

The gramophone

2017 October

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Edward Seckerson

2017 October

"Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will, of course, forever be best known as the composers of La La Land ... By contrast, their smash-hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen could hardly inhabit a more different world ... It centres around a latter-day 'everyman': young Evan Hansen, a high-school senior with a social anxiety disorder ... One song introduces and defines our eponymous protagonist ... 'Waving through a window' and it is quite simply one of the most brilliant contemporary show songs of recent times ... Evan's near-catastrophic journey to self-recognition and acceptance is chronicled in a terrific set of songs ... The pop-rock nowness is painted in a contemporary funkiness, keyboards and guitars, acoustic and electric, dominating - but the soul of these songs is personal and timeless. I've been hooked since first hearing".