High School Musical Soundtrack: The Start of Something New

Indeed, the movie High School Musical, soundtrack, and other merchandising blitz definitely started something new for the some of the cast. They even have launched their own solo albums after the success of the first High School Musical movie.

The High School Musical soundtrack is a phenomenal success. Released in the United States on the first month of 2006, it debuted at the 133rd slot on the Billboard 200. On its first week alone, the High School Musical soundtrack sold 7,469 copies. Since then, it has continually climbed up the charts and on its third week, as published on Billboard 200’s February 11, 2006 issue, High School Musical soundtrack reached number ten. The soundtrack reached number one twice on the same chart, the first one was March 1, 2006 and another one on March 22, 2006. Certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the High School Musical soundtrack shipped 3.8 million copies by December of 2006 and out of this number, sold more than 3 million 4 months before that.

What’s so special about this soundtrack? Different folks have different reasons. However, a lot have said they started to appreciate the movie immediately after Troy and Gabriella sang “The Start of Something New”. Here’s the lyrics:

The Start of Something New

[Troy:]
Living in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything can happen
When you take a chance

[Gabriella:]
I never believed in

[Troy:]
Ohh

[Gabriella:]
What I couldn't see
I never opened my heart

[Troy:]
Ohh

[Gabriella:]
To all the possibilities. ohhhh

[Both:]
I know

[Gabriella:]
That something has changed

[Both:]
Never felt this way

[Gabriella:]
And right here tonight

[Both:]
This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you, ohh
And now looking in your eyes

[Gabriella:]
I feel in my heart

[Troy:]
Feel in my heart

[Both:]
The start of something new

[Troy:]
Ohh yeahh
Now who'd of ever thought that, mmm

[Both:]
We'd both be here tonight

[Troy:]
Ohh

[Gabriella:]
Yeah
And the world looks so much brighter

[Troy:]
Brighter brighter

[Gabriella:]
With you by my side

[Troy:]
By my side

[Both:]
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way

[Gabriella:]
I know it for

[Both:]
Real
This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you, ohh
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart

[Gabriella:]
The start of something new

[Troy:]
I never knew that it could happen
Till it happened to me, ohhh yeah

[Both:]
I didn't know it before
But now it's easy to see, ohhhh

It the start of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you, ohh

And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
That it's the start
Of something new
It feels so right

[Troy:]
So right

[Gabriella:]
To be here with you

[Both:]
Ohhhh
And now looking in your eyes

[Troy:]
(Looking in your eyes)

[Both:]
I feel in my heart

[Troy:]
(Feel in my heart)

[Gabriella:]
The start of something new

[Troy:]
The start of something new

[Both:]
The start of something newwww

This is definitely the start of something new for these two lovable artists. Since then, they have been catapulted to fame. Thanks to High School Musical soundtrack that is widely distributed all throughout the world. You see, people could get tired of watching the same movie over and over again, but they can listen to its soundtrack endlessly (besides, they cannot watch a movie anytime and as easily as they can listen to its soundtrack.)

The High School Musical soundtrack definitely is this generation’s soundtrack as “Grease” and “Saturday Night Fever” was the soundtrack a generation ago.

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