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Instant Star soundtracks

The television show Instant Star has produced a series of soundtracks featuring songs from the show, mostly performed by Alexz Johnson, released between 2005 and 2009.

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, as she had signed with Capitol Records and Epic Records.

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, entirely performed by Alexz Johnson. The album was released by the Orange Record Label, produced by Matt Hyde and Dave Ogilvie and executive produced by Stephen Stohn, who also is an 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 Harrison's second album was titled Learning Curve.

Singles

Official Remixes

Covers and Uses

These compilations are available for purchase on various online outlets.

The N Soundtrack

Released in 2006, The N Soundtrack contains "24 Hours" from Instant Star, and various songs from other shows that aired on The N and CTV.

Songs from Instant Star 3

Songs from Instant Star 3 is the soundtrack for the third season of Instant Star. In-show, Alexz Johnson appears on 10 tracks, but her contract with Capitol Records produced legal issues that prevented Johnson of being featured in more than four songs in the album. Her versions of many of her character's songs were subsequently replaced by other artists. Including, but not limited to; many of the other performers, songwriters, and producers who were already involved with the series. In show, Tyler Kyte’s character Vincent Spiederman, records a solo single (thus far), and Cory Lee’s character, Karma, whom is the third Instant Star competition winner, also has a musical career in which she too begins having her songs showcased with limited relevance to the show/soundtrack.[1] Jude Harrison's third album in the show is called My Turn.

Releases

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

Track listing

Singles

Covers

Four Canadian actors provide brief vocal performances. Jordin L'Abbe is credited as 'Emo-Boy', Michael Carabine credited as 'Punk', and Jeff Moulton credited as 'Sinatra Snapper'. Karma (Cory Lee) also performs her version of the song in an R&B/Pop style, and wins the competition. As the characters perform, Jude's voiceover states:

"Playing guest-star on the show that made you is a real mixture of pride and nerves. Pride, because you're the original; nerves, because you have to listen to a bunch of strangers re-interpret your music. From emo, to punk, to Sinatra? Still, it's kind of moving to see how my music's inspired others. Inspired them to want to be me--" (Jude sees Karma performing, and shifts nervously in her seat) "maybe even to replace me? There are those nerves again. The ones that never really go away."

-Jude Harrison, Instant Star [Season 3, Episode 1] 'Lose Yourself'

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. Jude Harrison's fourth album in the show is titled My Return, it was a reworked version of her third album in the series My Turn after it was deemed over-produced and over-edited.

Track List

For their first feature on Your EDM, Offset Noize & Stravy have sent over this super chill remix of ‘2AM’ by Alekz Johnson. This certainly falls under the hard to categorize genre — there’s a little future bass, a little progressive house, a teeny little bit of funk in there too... Jeen O’Brien’s vocals are uncompromised in what Offset Noize & Stravy have done. The bass and flow work well together and produce a pretty damn good track.

-Matthew Meadow, YourEDM.com[3]

Covers

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.[4] 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

Trivia

Not only does Alexz Johnson have multiple songs used throughout many seasons of its soundtracks; but she also sings the theme song “Whatever It Takes” produced by Demacio "Demo" Castellón, from season 11 thru season 14 of Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Both she and her character Jude Harrison's songs have variously been featured within its and Degrassi: Next Class’s canon. This resulted in making both artists individually existent within Degrassi’s overall continuity.

It remains however, unclear; if this head-canon was incidental and coincidently never given thought, or if it was intentionally done.

Three of Jude Harrison's songs were performed as karaoke covers by various characters in three separate episodes.

References

  1. ^ "Buy 'Mistakes' by Artist Avalon on Itunes". iTunes. November 2012.
  2. ^ "Alekz Johnson Ft. Jeen O'Brien "2AM" (Offset Noize & Stravy Remix) Free Download by Matthew Meadow, July 17, 2014". YourEDM.com. 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  3. ^ "Track List". Retrieved 2007-10-13.[dead link]