A Very Potter Musical (album)

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A Very Potter Musical
Very Potter Musical.jpg
Cast recording by
StarKid Productions
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2009
Recorded2009
GenreShowtunes
Length41:22
LabelStarKid Productions
StarKid Productions chronology
Little White Lie
(2009) 		A Very Potter Musical
(2009) 		Me and My Dick (A New Musical)
(2010)

The A Very Potter Musical album contains the songs from the Harry Potter parody musical A Very Potter Musical, produced by StarKid Productions[1][2][3][4][5] with music and lyrics by Darren Criss[3][4][6][7] (who also starred in the musical as Harry Potter[3][4][5][6][8]) and A.J. Holmes (who played piano in the band), and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden.[9] It was recorded by the musical's cast and was released digitally through the group's official site in 2009 and later on their Bandcamp site on July 29, 2010.[10]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Performer(s)Length
1."Gotta Get Back to Hogwarts"Darren CrissDarren Criss, Joey Richter, Bonnie Gruesen, Jaime Lyn Beatty, , Lily Marks, Sango Tajima, Tyler Brunsman, Lauren Lopez, Dylan Saunders, StarKid Company9:53
2."Aren't We an Odd Couple?" Joe Walker, Brian Rosenthal0:26
3."Different As Can Be"A.J. HolmesJoe Walker, Brian Rosenthal2:15
4."Hey, Ginny. Check This Out..." Darren Criss, Jaime Lyn Beatty0:28
5."Ginny's Song"Darren CrissDarren Criss0:45
6."Harry"Darren CrissJaime Lyn Beatty2:29
7."Different As Can Be" (Reprise)HolmesJoe Walker, Brian Rosenthal1:05
8."The Dragon Song"Darren CrissDarren Criss, StarKid Company2:16
9."Hey Cho, Check This Out..." Darren Criss0:20
10."Ginny's Song Reprise (Cho's Song)"CrissDarren Criss0:40
11."Granger Danger"Darren CrissJoey Richter, Lauren Lopez3:50
12."To Dance Again!"HolmesJoe Walker, Brian Rosenthal, StarKid Company4:06
13."There Are Pieces of You Missing" Joe Walker, Britney Coleman0:23
14."Missing You"HolmesDarren Criss, Brian Rosenthal, Joe Walker2:44
15."Not Alone"Darren CrissJaime Lyn Beatty, Darren Criss, Joey Richter, Bonnie Gruesen4:18
16."Voldemort is Goin' Down"HolmesJoey Richter, Bonnie Gruesen, StarKid Company2:19
17."Is Okay Good?" Joe Walker, Brian Rosenthal0:51
18."Not Alone/Goin' Back to Hogwarts" (Reprise)Darren CrissStarKid Company1:45
19."Pigfarts, Pigfarts Here I Come...." (Bonus Track)HolmesLauren Lopez, Joe Walker0:29

Writing credits[5]

Personnel[]

Release history[]

Website Date
StarKid Productions official site September 9, 2009
Bandcamp July 29, 2010[10]

Other appearances[]

  • The song "Harry" was previously released as "Sami" for the web-series Little White Lie (2009),[5] and was later re-recorded for Darren Criss' Human EP[5][11] and A Very StarKid Album, once again as "Sami."
  • Darren Criss also re-recorded "Not Alone" for his Human EP[5][11] and A Very StarKid Album.

References[]

  1. ^ Austrone, Xavier. "StarKid Interview: Starship Coverage & A VERY POTTER THREEQUEL!?" Archived August 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Wizardinglife.com, November 22, 2010. Retrieved on November 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "'My Dick' Rises to Become First Charting Student Musical" Billboard.com, March 18, 2010. Retrieved on November 4, 2010.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Davenport, Misha (February 2011). "Darren Criss from 'Glee,' Starkid launch Chicago home with 'Starship'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Milam, Whitney (July 24, 2010). Team StarKid tops Glee and Gaga on iTunes, talks new projects. HollywoodNews.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Smith, Grady (July 30, 2010). "'A Very Potter Musical' star Darren Criss talks about his new EP and the future for Team StarKid". EW.com. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Guerra, Jennifer (July 15, 2009). "A Very Potter Musical!". Michigan Radio. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
  7. ^ McKee, Jenn (October 25, 2010). "Darren Criss, U-M grad and 'Very Potter Musical' star, will be a new face on "Glee"". AnnArbor.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Glee Star Darren Criss Confirmed to Succeed Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway". Broadway.com. August 1, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c Team StarKid's Home Page for "A Very Potter Musical" Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "A Very Potter Musical – StarKid". Bandcamp. July 29, 2010. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Human – EP by Darren Criss – Download Human – EP on iTunes". iTunes. July 20, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2011.

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