Instant Star soundtracks

This article is about the series of soundtracks for the television show Instant Star. The albums shown below were released from 2005 to 2009.

The majority of songs performed for all of the albums were by Alexz Johnson. The first two albums contain only songs sung by Johnson, but starting from Songs from Instant Star 3, only four songs per album featured her vocals. It was originally planned for all the albums to be entirely performed by Johnson, but legal issues prevented her from doing this for the 3 and 4 soundtracks.

Songs from Instant Star

Songs from Instant Star Two

Songs from Instant Star Two is the soundtrack album for the second season of the Canadian television show Instant Star. All of the songs on the CD are sung by Alexz Johnson. The album was released by the Orange Record Label, produced by Matt Hyde and Dave Ogilvie. The executive producer is Stephen Stohn who also is executive producer of the television show. Background vocals are performed by Katie B on most of the tracks and Leslie Stanwyck on track 5. In the show, Jude's album was titled "Learning Curve".

Track listing

1. "Liar Liar" (Damhnait Doyle, Marc Jordan, Rob Wells)
2. "How Strong Do You Think I Am" (Christopher Ward, Marc Jordan, Greg Johnston)
3. "Anyone But You" (Christopher Ward, Damhnait Doyle, Marc Jordan)
4. "How I Feel" (Damhnait Doyle, Rob Wells)
5. "There's Us" (Christopher Ward, Rob Wells)
6. "Over-Rated" (Christopher Ward, Greg Johnston, Jeen O'Brien)
7. "Natural Disaster" (Dave Thomson, Luke McMaster)
8. "Fade To Black" (Dave Thomson, Luke McMaster, Marc Jordan, Sarah Caseman)
9. "Another Thin Line" (Brendan Johnson)
10. "Not Standing Alone" (Damhnait Doyle, Greg Johnston, Jeen O'Brien)
11. "My Sweet Time" (Christopher Ward, Rob Wells)
12. "Who Am I Fooling" (Christopher Ward, Luke McMaster, Marc Jordan, Wells)
13. "White Lines" (Rob Wells, Luke McMaster, Greg Johnston)

Singles

1. How Strong Do You Think I Am

Covers

• The Backstreet Boys covered the song "There's Us" and it was a bonus track on their album Unbreakable.
• Canadian Idol 3 top 4 finalist Suzi Rawn covered the song "Over-Rated" on her debut album Naked.

The N Soundtrack

Released in 2006, The N Soundtrack contains songs from Instant Star, and other shows airing on The N and CTV.

Songs from Instant Star 3

Songs from Instant Star Three is the soundtrack for the third season of Instant Star. All of the songs on the CD were originally sung by Alexz Johnson, but when she was signed to Capitol Records, legal issues had Johnson to perform only four songs, while others were sang by other artists. On the show itself, most songs will be sung by Alexz. However, Tyler Kyte's character, Vincent Spiederman, records a solo single (thus far in the series), and Karma also has a musical career in which she will be recording with limited relevance to the show/soundtrack.^[1]

Releases

In Canada, the album was officially released July 3, 2007. There was a physical copy available for purchase in stores. In the USA, the album was officially released March 11, 2008. You can purchase the album through iTunes, FYE music stores or Amazon.com.

Track listing

• "Just The Beginning", "Love to Burn", "Unraveling", "Worth Waiting For" and "Darkness Round The Sun" were performed by Alexz Johnson in the show as her character Jude Harrison. Finished versions of "Love to Burn" and "Darkness Round the Sun" have leaked to the web, while the other songs just had clips played on the show or leaked to the web.
• "I Will Be the Flame" is performed only by Cory Lee in the soundtrack and in a Mini webisode while it features Alexz Johnson in the show. A version featuring Johnson was released on "Greatest Hits", although it's different from the one featured on the show.
• "No Shoes, No Shirt" was originally included on Cory Lee's album Sinful Innocence, titled "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service".
• "What You Need" was originally included on Tyler Kyte's EP Let's Talk. For the soundtrack, it was remixed, and then re-recorded to be included on Kyte's debut album Talking Pictures.

Singles

• "Where Does It Hurt"

Songs from Instant Star 4

Songs from Instant Star 4 is the soundtrack for the fourth and final season of Instant Star. This album was previewed many times before the release, by the leaking of a "2 a.m." demo sung by Jeen O'Brien and samples posted on The N official website.

Track List

• On Canadian iTunes, the song "Here We Go Again" was mistitled as "Songs From Instant Star".
• "Ultraviolet", "Perfect", "Live Like Music", "The Music", "Here We Go Again" and "I Still Love You" were performed in the show by Alexz Johnson as her character Jude Harrison. "Perfect" has been released on Instant Star Greatest Hits, while "Ultraviolet"and "I Still Love You" have leaked complete on the web. "Live Like Music" and "Here We Go Again" were featured in Mini webisodes. "The Music" is the only song sung by Alexz which has not a full version presented to the public.
• "I Just Wanted Your Love" is not featured in the soundtrack, despite being featured in the show. Later, it was released in Instant Star Greatest Hits.
• "That Was Us" was not heard in the series, only on a Mini websode.

Instant Star: Greatest Hits

Instant Star: Greatest Hits was released on September 22, 2009. The album has a duet version of I Will Be The Flame by Alexz and Cory from season three, due to popular demand.^[2] The album also features the Alexz Johnson versions of two songs from the fourth season of Instant Star: Perfect and I Just Wanted Your Love, as well as two remixes.

Track List

References