’90s box office smash ‘The Bodyguard’, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a new vinyl release of the soundtrack.
Legacy RecordingsĀ in cooperation withĀ The Estate of Whitney E. HoustonĀ will release two vinyl editions of the filmāsĀ āOriginal Soundtrack AlbumāĀ onĀ 18th November 2022. In addition to the standard black vinyl, a special new red vinyl will also be available. Both versions feature the albumās original packaging and are available to pre-order.
‘The Bodyguard’ will return to cinemas on 6th and 9th November to mark the anniversary and fans will also get to see the music videos for Houston’s soundtrackk hits ‘Queen of the Night’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’.
āThe Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack AlbumāĀ is the all-time global top-selling album by a female artist as well as the biggest-selling soundtrack album worldwide. In theĀ UK, it reachedĀ #1Ā on the compilation chart and became one of the biggest selling albums of the decade, reachingĀ 7 x PlatinumĀ in recognition of more thanĀ 2 millionĀ sales.Ā Whitney’sĀ monumental interpretation ofĀ Dolly Partonās āI Will Always Love YouāĀ was also one of the eraās biggest smashes as it spentĀ 10Ā consecutive weeks atĀ #1.
The album, co-executive produced byĀ Whitney HoustonĀ andĀ Clive Davis, was certifiedĀ 18 x PlatinumĀ in theĀ US, winning theĀ Grammy AwardĀ forĀ Album of the YearĀ whileĀ āI Will Always Love YouāĀ wonĀ Record of the Year.Ā Ā The video forĀ āI Will Always Love YouāĀ has been viewed over aĀ billionĀ times onĀ YouTube.
InĀ āThe Bodyguardā,Ā HoustonĀ stars asĀ Rachel Marron, a music/movie superstar at her peak. Fans want to see her. Hear her. Touch her. But one wants to kill her – and thatās where security expertĀ Frank FarmerĀ (Costner) comes in. Farmer is a former Secret Service agent who never lets his guard down, while Rachel has always been in control of her glamorous life. Each expects to be in charge, but what they donāt expect is to fall in love.
Written byĀ Lawrence KasdanĀ and directed byĀ Mick Jackson,Ā āThe BodyguardāĀ has it all: suspense, thrills, romance, peril, passion, and above all, the shining brilliance of two great stars.
Sony PicturesāĀ newĀ Whitney HoustonĀ biopic,Ā āI Wanna Dance With Somebodyā, will be released in theĀ UKĀ onĀ 26th December.
āThe Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack AlbumāĀ track list is:
Side A
- āI Will Always Love Youā – Whitney Houston
- āI Have Nothingā – Whitney Houston
- āIām Every Womanā – Whitney Houston
- āRun To Youā – Whitney Houston
- āQueen of the Nightā – Whitney Houston
- āJesus Loves Meā – Whitney Houston
Side B
- āEvery If My Heart Would Breakā – Kenny G and Aaron Neville
- āSomeday (Iām Coming Back)ā – Lisa Stansfield
- āItās Gonna Be A Lovely Dayā – S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.
- āWhatās So Funny āBout Peace, Love and Understandingā – Curtis Stigers
- āTheme From The Bodyguardā – Alan Silvestri
- āTrust In Meā – Joe Cocker featuring Sass Jordan