High School Musical Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the Disney Channel Original
Movie, High School Musical, was released on January 10, 2006 and debuted at #143
on the Billboard 200, selling 6,469 copies in its first week. The album has
since generated much success by climbing to #1 on the Billboard album chart in
early March and again in late March of 2006. It has been certified three times
Platinum.
The album has reached #1 on both the iTunes Best Selling Albums and on
Amazon.com's Top Sellers for Music, as well as producing five songs on the
iTunes Top 10 Best Selling Songs, and also producing five Top 40 hit singles on
the Billboard Hot 100. The High School Musical soundtrack is also the first TV
soundtrack to be No.1 in the Billboard since Miami Vice.
We're All In This Together - High School Musical Cast
As the final song of the movie, with solos by Troy, Gabriella, Ryan, and Sharpay, the chorus performs the school chant, which highlights that everyone is at their strongest when they're "all in this together."
Start of Something New - Troy and Gabriella
Troy and Gabriella are randomly called up during a New Year's Eve karaoke party to sing this song, which portrays their meeting each other, and that it could be the "Start of Something New."
Breaking Free - Troy and Gabriella
Assigned to Troy and Gabriella for the pairs' callbacks, the two audition the song in front of their peers and, through it, are able to show the school their desire to "break free" from the molds that others have put them in.
What I've Been Looking For - Ryan and Sharpay
This faster-tempo arrangement of the standard audition piece for the Winter Musical is performed by Sharpay and Ryan for the pairs audition.
Bop to the Top - Ryan and Sharpay
Sharpay and Ryan's selection for the pairs audition callbacks, the song characterizes the duo's ambition to always be the best and "Bop to the Top."
What I've Been Looking For (Reprise) - Troy and Gabriella
Though too late to sign-up for the Winter Musical auditions, Troy and Gabriella sing the audition piece the way it's supposed to sound, for and as written by Kelsi, the student composer of the musical.
Get Cha Head in the Game - Troy and the Wildcats
Sung by Troy and the rest of the East High Wildcats basketball team during one of their practices, the focus of the piece is that they all need to get their head in the game. Throughout the song, Troy contemplates the possibility of auditioning with Gabriella for the Winter Musical.
Stick to the Status Quo - High School Musical Cast
When the school finds that Troy and Gabriella have gone against the grain in auditioning for the Winter Musical, some of other the students follow their lead and confess their own secrets and non-stereotypical interests, much to the chagrin of the rest of the student body.
When There Was Me and You - Gabriella
Distressed by what she overheard Troy saying about his lack of feelings for her and singing, Gabriella berates herself for her apparent naiveness, and expresses that she "thought you felt it too, when there was me and you."
I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - Troy, Gabriella, Ryan, Sharpay
Although it is not on the movie, it is on the soundtrack. It is sung by Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel, and Ashley Tisdale.
