30 Rock is usually Videogum’s beat, except when someone like RAC (whom we know well) remixes Tracy Morgan and Donald Glover’s “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah.” Which is what happened, and what we have here. The track comes as a bonus commemoration of the show’s official soundtrack, a two-disc release featuring the show’s supplemental score along with proper songs voiced by various members of the 30 Rock cast. (E.g. Jane Krakowski on “Make A Pizza” and “Muffin Top”; Tracy Morgan and Jack McBrayer on “I Will Always Love You.”) The OST also took a fleeting Liz Lemon joke about a Christopher Cross song on her life and made it into a reality, which we can all agree is very cool at least from a 1981 Grammys perspective. It’s called “Lemon’s Theme” and is performed with the full-on Chris Cross vocal smoothness and instrumentation you’d expect from the sailor. MP3s of both of those tracks are below.
The soundtrack also comes in a Collector’s Edition which features “2 discs of original music bundled with a custom book of exclusive photos, cast commentary, scripts, and more.” We have one of those to giveaway. It’s signed by the cast. The person who gets that will ALSO get all four seasons of 30 Rock to date on DVD. Basically, this is knocking out a big chunk of your holiday gift list, if you win.
First, the MP3s:
It’s worth noting that “Werewolf” (and most of the rest of the OST) was composed by Jeff Richmond. Meme-credit where meme-credit’s due! You can stream the rest of the soundtrack at MSN, purchase it at iTunes, and buy the Collector’s Edition over at Amazon.
Here’s the Collector’s Edition:
Closeup of the book cover:
To be eligible to win, all you have to do is be a fan of Stereogum on Facebook, and submit a comment on this post with your favorite 30 Rock character (and why, if you want) via Facebook Connect (do not use your ‘Gum user account on this post — we’ll have to be able to check if you are a fan of Stereogum on FB when the sweepstakes ends). We’ll pick a winner from the comments posted here, at random. Deadline to enter is in two weeks: 12/2 at 5:30PM EST. Have your comment logged by then, and you’re in.
Here’s the complete OST tracklist:
CD1
01 Jeff Richmond: “Page Off Intro / Theme From ’30 Rock’ Kenneth Chokes”
02 Jeff Richmond: “Carol”
03 Jeff Richmond: “Frenchy / Slummin’ It”
04 Jeff Richmond: “Restaurant / Snowy Night / Light of Day”
05 Jeff Richmond, Jason Sudeikis, and Tina Fey: “Jack in Four / Cha Cha / Cleveland”
06 Jeff Richmond: “My Funny Valentine”
07 Jeff Richmond: “Boys in Gayland / Halloween / Chicken Killer / Jack Attack”
08 Jeff Richmond: “Meet Donny / Spanx / Dirty 30′s / Liz Taylor”
09 Michael Bublé: “Mr. Templeton”
10 Jeff Richmond: “Sunset Rounds”
11 Jeff Richmond: “Lizzie’s Blues / Sad Clown”
12 Jeff Richmond: “Claire / Handkiss / The Getaway”
13 Jeff Richmond: “Colleen / Dumb Moon / Headlights”
14 Jeff Richmond: “Dad / Pieces of Wood”
15 Jeff Richmond: “Ave Maria as Played by Kathy Geiss at the Cryogenic Freezing of Her Father / Blind Love”
16 Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Alec Baldwin, Edie Falco, Jack McBrayer, Kevin Brown, and Grizz Chapman: “Midnight Train to Georgia”
17 Jeff Richmond: “30 Rock – Long Play Version/ The Bitenuker”
CD2:
01 Jane Krakowski: “Make a Pizza”
02 Katreese Barnes and Kyle Gordon: “That’s Her”
03 Jane Krakowski: “Muffin Top”
04 Tracy Morgan and Donald Glover: “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah”
05 Alec Baldwin and Jeff Richmond: “Simple Things”
06 Jane Krakowski: “Tennis Night”
07 Cheyenne Jackson: “Danny Boy”
08 Jane Krakawski and Cheyenne Jackson: “The Christmas Waltz”
09 Jane Krakowski, Elaine Stritch and Alec Baldwin: “The Christmas Song”
10 Jane Krakowski: “The America Song &the Mob”
11 Tracy Morgan and Jack McBrayer: “I Will Always Love You”
12 Tina Fey and Christopher Cross: “Lemon’s Theme”
13 Anita Gillette, Jan Hooks, Patti LuPone, Elaine Stritch and the Cast: “Don’t Go to Bed With a Frown”
14 Jeff Richmond: “What Do You Say to Cleveland (The Demo of the Unused Cleveland Song)”
UPDATE: We have our winner, Tracy Jordan fan Sarah Fonder. Congrats!
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Liz Lemon is my favorite, she puts everything into her work and her co-workers and she goes out of her way for all of them, it’s hard to find someone like that.
Liz Lemon, what the what.
Jack. He’s the only one who could get away with calling Liz a small town lesbian.
Dr. Leo Spaceman
“When is modern science going to find a cure for a woman’s mouth??”
Kenneth!!
Pete Hornberger, for sure. He had me from the start, but the time he got stuck in the vending machine really sealed the deal.
Its hard to single out one character as my favorite but im going to go with Jack. I wish he were my mentor, i could learn so much from him.
Liz Lemon :)
Dr. Spaceman, because it goes to show how funny Chris Parnell can be when given the right opportunity and not reserved to a utility player.
Dr. Spaceman because I though I do not do the meth, I enjoy the hell out of phrases like that!
You just can’t be the zaniness of Tracy Jordan.
That josh ditty kid^ has a massive crush on Tina Fey. It’s creepy as hell. True story.
What if you HATE facebook but LOVE Werewolf Bar Mitzvahs? What then, STEREOGUM?
I love Liz, but it has to be Jenna Maroney, for the classic that is “Muffin Top” alone (number 1 in Israel!).
Jack.
Definitely Moonvest. Because he wants your feet in his mouth!
Frank because of his hats.
Kenneth the Page, hands down. “Cheese and crackers that smarts!”
Dennis Duffy, Beeper King.
I wish he was my boyfriend.
“Technology is cyclical.” – Dennis
My favorite character is Kenneth. I find myself quoting him the most!
Floyd, before he went all bats**t last season.
Tracy Jordan for sure
Kenneth just might be the love of my life…
It is a tie between Jack Donaghy, and Kumiko-ton, James Franco’s pillow.
Tina. Because of evaporated-bull-semen-induced pregnancy scares.
Hornberger!
Dr. Leo Spaceman, “a fine doctor, and a pretty good dentist!”
Wesley Snipes
Carol! He’s a doorman to the sky!
Liz Lemon because we both psych ourselves up in the same way: “Stop sweating, you idiot! What is wrong with you, you stupid bitch!”
Please, call him Leo. Best doctor/dentist/meth rehab ever.
Dr Spaceman
I love Kenneth
Tracy Jordan
Liz Lemon; BLAMMO! Now that’s a woman with a plan.
Jenna! Her portrayal of Jackie Jormp-Jomp moved me.
Liz Lemon. I see perhaps a bit too much of myself in her.
Dr. Leo Spaceman. Because medicine is whatever we want it to be.
Line for line, probably Tracy Jordan. I love Kenneth and Dot Com a great deal, and I want to be Jack when I grow up, but I think Tracy wins.
Though really, I find myself cheering on relationships as much as I do characters. I love how sensitive Grizz and Dot Com are when they’re on their own. I love how Dr. Spaceman and Tracy spiral into each other’s madness (It feels like A Scanner Darkly). The characters are all wonderful, but it feels like there are certain pairs who play off each other just exceptionally well.
Jack Donaghy. Hands down.
Lemon because she is the geek that we all secretly know we are but never want to admit.
I’d have to say Jack. Written well and delivered flawlessly. Brilliant.
Jack Donaghy. A walking, talking force of pure Reaganism.
Tracy Jordan; brilliant performances every time!
Liz Lemon. Suck it, nerds!
Tracy and Kenneth.
Liz Lemon
Tracy Jordan is by far my favorite character, because he is just so wild!
Liz Lemon, because her life is so hilariously relatable.
All of Liz’s boyfriends are hilarious but if i had to choose one it would be Dennis. “When have kids, we are gonna give them cool names. Like Shannon, or Rick.”
Dr. Spaceman. Definitely a better doctor than Jack Shepard, probably a better doctor than Dr. Horrible.
Jack Donaghy, hands down. That’s who I want to be when I grow up, for sure.
Liz: Why are you wearing a tux?
Jack: It’s after six. What am I, a farmer?
Doctor Leo Spaceman for sure.
the daddy bear himself – Jack!
Jack Donaghy!
I love Liz. Honestly, I see many shades of myself in Liz. Infact, now for your amusement: Things I Have Tweeted That Could Have Been Liz Lemon Tweets
*”I hope the decision to remove one of god’s culinary gifts from the menu was specific to this location.” (when I complained to Cafe Express for taking sweet potato fries off the menu)
*Got a takeout box for my leftover nachos, tripped, turning the takeout box on it’s side and covering myself in nacho cheese. Kept the box.
*I smell like cheese. …If I open up all these markers and highlighters in my office no one will notice I smell like cheese.
*OH MY GOD, OPRAH IS GOING TO BE AT THE OPENING OF SPRINKLES CUPCAKES NEXT WEEK
*My date with myself is going well. I am happy. I am about to eat kobe beef.
*I just put butter on my last pieces of kobe beef. IT WAS AWESOME.
*OH GOD. Spell-check just changed a friend’s name to ‘Nazi’ and then I sent off an email to him.
*Doing a cookbook of recipes for staff for March of Dimes donations. Was going to call it “Cookbook For Babies” but YEAAAH.
So yes. I’m occasionally pathetic. But I think we all have our Liz Lemon moments.
Dr Leo Spaceman
Calling 911 (or 411): “New York… Uhh, diabetes repair i guess?”
Tracy Jordan, because let’s be honest, an episode of 30 Rock is only as good as the number of lines that Tracy Jordan has.
Dr. Spaceman, he gets me every time!
“Is it 411 or 911? … New York. Uhhh, diabetes repair, I guess.”
Dr. Spaceman, for so many reasons
Liz Lemon because she makes me feel better about myself.
How can you not love Jenna Maroney? She’s usually beefed up with great one-liners and Jane Krakowski delivers them PERFECTLY.
Jack, 100% “A guaranteed disaster. Like eating a burrito before sex.”
Considering I have been watching since the first episode, and I have raved about just about every character, I think I want to go ahead and celebrate the least sung character of 30 Rock: Kathy Geiss. Who DOESN’T want to play with that matchbox car after she’s been with it?
Liz Lemon
Lutz.
Everyone shut up! Shut up Lutz!
Oh god, Liz Lemon. Role model.
Liz Lemon, because we both enjoy drunk sing-a-longs
Dot Com, because I wish I’d seen him in Angels in America.
Mr. Tracy Jordan without a doubt…. “There’s no link between diabetes and diet. That’s a white myth, Ken. Like Larry Bird or Colorado.”
Liz Lemon hands down. She’s the girl we all aspire to be. Who else can shotgun a pizza with such class? And I think we all have a pair of shorterall’s we’re dying to wear. Kudos LIZZARD!
Liz Lemon hands down. She’s the girl we all aspire to be. Who else can shotgun a pizza with such class? And I think we all have a pair of shorterall’s we’re dying to wear. Kudos LIZZARD!
Dr. Leo Spacemen, always and forever.
It totally has to be Grizz and DotCom! :D theyre freakin hillarious paired with each other.
Liz Lemon
Wow, this is difficult! Like choosing your favorite dysfunctional child. I guess I have to go with Liz Lemon, just because the other day I found myself singing “Night Cheese.”
Hands down. Jack Donaghy.
…because he’s simply badass!
Jenna!
kenneth
Dick Lemon.
“Ahh-ah-ah Jack, it’s on me. Wouldn’t be a Lemon party without old Dick!”
Jenna Maroney- Check out her physicality. I’m convinced that Jane Krakowski based the way she moves on a bird.
That is REALLY tough! They are all awesome, but I think I’m going to have to say Elizabeth Yahvali Freeman Lemon. She’s got a crazy long and fantastic full name AND she is who I aspire to be.
Meat Cat?
No i’m joking obviously, it’s Liz Lemon for me.
I wish i had cheesy blasters though.
God they’re all great but I’m going to have to go with Lemon all the way.
Tracy Jordan, duh
“Sure, I Google myself all the time. Like when Angie’s not in the mood or I’m alone in a hotel.”
Jack Donaghy. “Good God Lemon, your breathe… When did you find time to eat a diaper that you found on the beach?”
toofer lol
Grizz, without a doubt. “That one goes out to WS Churchill!”
Jack.
“I take my reward. I take my reward.”
Liz Lemon for sure! She’s so horribly normal and messed up all at the same time.
Jack … for obvious reasons, pure awesomeness.
Jack Donaghy. That man defines cool.
It’s a tie between Kenneth and Tracy Jordan. Werewolf bar mitzvah has been in my head all day.
How can you not love Tracy Jordan? He’s the brilliant idiot. I laugh out loud to almost every line of his.
It’s hard not to like Liz Lemon when she, in a dead-eyed gaze, says, “I want to go to there.” However, my favorite character has to be Avery Jessup. Her unreasonable attraction to an older man, her portrayal of a Megyn Kelly-style attractive but wrong-headed newswoman, and her over-the-top confidence make her a very compelling and watchable part of 30 Rock.
I would have to probably say Vice President Al Gore.
Liz Lemon! Gotta love her complete dorkiness and food obsession.
“High fiving a million angels.”
Sacha was pretty fabulous, but Liz has to be my favorite.
Tracy Jordan has me in tears, has to be him.
Liz Lemon gets my vote, if only because she reminded me to put potato chips on a sandwich.
Favorite character: Jack Donaghy. His line are amazing.