A Very Potter Musical (album)

The A Very Potter Musical album contains the songs from the Harry Potter parody musical A Very Potter Musical, produced by StarKid Productions^{[1][2][3][4][5]} with music and lyrics by Darren Criss^[3][4][6][7] (who also starred in the musical as Harry Potter^{[3][4][5][6][8]}) and A.J. Holmes (who played piano in the band), and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden.^[9] It was recorded by the musical's cast and was released digitally through the group's official site in 2009 and later on their Bandcamp site on July 29, 2010.^[10]

A Very Potter Musical
Cast recording by StarKid Productions
Released	September 9, 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Showtunes
Length	41:22
Label	StarKid Productions
StarKid Productions chronology
Little White Lie (2009) A Very Potter Musical (2009) Me and My Dick (A New Musical) (2010)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Gotta Get Back to Hogwarts"	Darren Criss	Darren Criss, Joey Richter, Bonnie Gruesen, Jaime Lyn Beatty, Devin Lytle, Lily Marks, Sango Tajima, Tyler Brunsman, Lauren Lopez, Dylan Saunders, StarKid Company	9:53
2.	"Aren't We an Odd Couple?"		Joe Walker, Brian Rosenthal	0:26
3.	"Different As Can Be"	A.J. Holmes	Joe Walker, Brian Rosenthal	2:15
4.	"Hey, Ginny. Check This Out..."		Darren Criss, Jaime Lyn Beatty	0:28
5.	"Ginny's Song"	Criss	Darren Criss	0:45
6.	"Harry"	Criss	Jaime Lyn Beatty	2:29
7.	"Different As Can Be" (Reprise)	Holmes	Joe Walker, Brian Rosenthal	1:05
8.	"The Dragon Song"	Criss	Darren Criss, StarKid Company	2:16
9.	"Hey Cho, Check This Out..."		Darren Criss	0:20
10.	"Ginny's Song Reprise (Cho's Song)"	Criss	Darren Criss	0:40
11.	"Granger Danger"	Criss	Joey Richter, Lauren Lopez	3:50
12.	"To Dance Again!"	Holmes	Joe Walker, Brian Rosenthal, StarKid Company	4:06
13.	"There Are Pieces of You Missing"		Joe Walker, Britney Coleman	0:23
14.	"Missing You"	Holmes	Darren Criss, Brian Rosenthal, Joe Walker	2:44
15.	"Not Alone"	Criss	Jaime Lyn Beatty, Darren Criss, Joey Richter, Bonnie Gruesen	4:18
16.	"Voldemort is Goin' Down"	Holmes	Joey Richter, Bonnie Gruesen, StarKid Company	2:19
17.	"Is Okay Good?"		Joe Walker, Brian Rosenthal	0:51
18.	"Not Alone/Goin' Back to Hogwarts" (Reprise)	Criss	StarKid Company	1:45
19.	"Pigfarts, Pigfarts Here I Come...." (Bonus Track)	Holmes	Lauren Lopez, Joe Walker	0:29

Writing credits^[5]

Personnel

Featured Performers[9] Actor/Actress Character Darren Criss[3][4][5][6][8] Harry Potter Joey Richter Ron Weasley Bonnie Gruesen Hermione Granger Lauren Lopez Draco Malfoy Jaime Lyn Beatty Ginny Weasley Joe Walker Lord Voldemort Dylan Saunders Albus Dumbledore Brian Rosenthal Quirinus Quirrell Joe Moses Severus Snape Britney Coleman Bellatrix Lestrange Tyler Brunsman Cedric Diggory Cornelius Fudge Devin Lytle Cho Chang Richard Campbell Neville Longbottom Julia Albain Vincent Crabbe Sango Tajima Lavender Brown Jim Povolo Gregory Goyle RumbleRoar Lily Marks Pansy Parkinson Molly Weasley

Band[9] A.J. Holmes – piano Carlos Valdes – bass Joe Carroll – drums, guitar

Release history

Website	Date
StarKid Productions official site	September 9, 2009
Bandcamp	July 29, 2010[10]

Other appearances

• The song "Harry" was previously released as "Sami" for the web-series Little White Lie (2009),^[5] and was later re-recorded for Darren Criss' Human EP^[5][11] and A Very StarKid Album, once again as "Sami."
• Darren Criss also re-recorded "Not Alone" for his Human EP^[5][11] and A Very StarKid Album.

References

1. Austrone, Xavier. "StarKid Interview: Starship Coverage & A VERY POTTER THREEQUEL!?" Archived August 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Wizardinglife.com, November 22, 2010. Retrieved on November 23, 2010.
2. Caulfield, Keith. "'My Dick' Rises to Become First Charting Student Musical" Billboard.com, March 18, 2010. Retrieved on November 4, 2010.
3. Davenport, Misha (February 2011). "Darren Criss from 'Glee,' Starkid launch Chicago home with 'Starship'". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
4. Milam, Whitney (July 24, 2010). Team StarKid tops Glee and Gaga on iTunes, talks new projects. HollywoodNews.
5. Smith, Grady (July 30, 2010). "'A Very Potter Musical' star Darren Criss talks about his new EP and the future for Team StarKid". EW.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
6. Guerra, Jennifer (July 15, 2009). "A Very Potter Musical!". Michigan Radio. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
7. McKee, Jenn (October 25, 2010). "Darren Criss, U-M grad and 'Very Potter Musical' star, will be a new face on "Glee"". AnnArbor.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
8. "Glee Star Darren Criss Confirmed to Succeed Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway". Broadway.com. August 1, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
9. Team StarKid's Home Page for "A Very Potter Musical" Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
10. "A Very Potter Musical – StarKid". Bandcamp. July 29, 2010. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
11. "Human – EP by Darren Criss – Download Human – EP on iTunes". iTunes. July 20, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2011.

External links

• StarKid Productions official website
• Star Kid Productions on YouTube