Global InformationList of songs in Smash information
Smash is an American musical television show that premiered on NBC, Monday, February 6, 2012.[1][2][3]
It was announced on June 9, 2011, that NBC had signed a deal with Columbia Records for a soundtrack of the series. The deal gave Columbia worldwide, digital and physical rights to the first season, with options to subsequent seasons. The deal included both original songs written for the series and any covers of songs featured on the show.[4]
By the end of the first season, 36 studio recordings of the show's musical performances were released, 31 of them on iTunes[5] and five with the deluxe edition of the first season soundtrack.
The first season soundtrack, The Music of Smash, was released on May 1, 2012.[6] A deluxe edition,[7] with additional songs, was available exclusively from Target until early 2013.
A second soundtrack album from the show, Bombshell, which serves as the "cast album" for Bombshell, the main show-within-the-show, was released on February 12, 2013, in standard[8] and deluxe versions,[9] the latter again exclusively from Target.
A third soundtrack album, The Music of Smash: The Complete Season 1, was released digitally exclusively by iTunes on May 21, 2013.[10] It consists of 36 songs that had been previously released for Season 1, either as singles or on the previous soundtrack albums, including the deluxe Target edition of The Music of Smash (which is currently out of print).
A fourth soundtrack album, The Music of Smash: The Complete Season 2, was released digitally exclusively by iTunes on May 21, 2013.[11] It consists of 51 songs: 48 from the second season and 3 from the first season - Ivy Lynn's version of "Never Give All the Heart" and demos of "Smash!" and "Second Hand White Baby Grand".
- ^ Seidman, Robert (August 1, 2011). "It's Official: NBC Premieres Second Season of 'The Voice' After Super Bowl; 'Smash' Premieres Next Day". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ^ Morabito, Andrea (May 11, 2011). "NBC Orders Pilots 'Smash,' 'Whitney,' More". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 15, 2011). "NBC Unveils 2011–2012 Primetime Schedule". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 9, 2011). "Columbia Records Teams With NBC For 'Smash' Music Albums, Inks Solo Recording Deal With Co-Star Katharine McPhee". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – SMASH Cast". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ "The Music of SMASH". Amazon. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ^ SC Soundtrack Smash Deluxe Exclusive (May 1, 2012). "SC Soundtrack Smash Deluxe Exclusive". Target. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ "Bombshell". Amazon. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ^ "Bombshell Deluxe version". Target. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ^ iTunes, "The Music of Smash: The Complete Season 1"
- ^ iTunes, "The Music of Smash: The Complete Season 2"