Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997)

Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Michael Jackson as Maestro / Mayor / Mayor Ghoul / Superghoul / Skeleton

Pat Dade as Pat

Amy Smallman as Amy

Edwina Moore as Edwina

Dante Beze as Dante

Seth Smith as Seth

Kendall Cunningham as Kendall

Loren Randolph as Loren

Heather Ehlers as Heather

Michael Balderrama, Troy Burgess, Nikki Pantenburg, John "Havic" Gregory, Travis Payne, Michael Gregory, Mia Pitts, Heather Harley, Charlie Schmidt, Paula Harrison, Joie Shettler, Shawnette Heard, Anthony Talauega, Yuko Sumida Holley, Richmond Talauega, Cristan Judd, Lisa Thompson, Richard Kim, Mic Thompson, Dorie Konno, Stacey Walker, Kelly Konno, Michelle Weber, Suzi McDonald, Jason Yribar, and Courtney Miller as Dancers

Songs

The original orchestral score was composed by Nicholas Pike. In 2021 the soundtrack was released on the web from the non promotional CD.

The Michael Jackson songs are the following ones:

"2 Bad" (film version)

Taken from HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

"Is It Scary" (film version)*

Taken from Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix

"Ghosts"

Taken from Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix

Written and composed by Babyface and Michael Jackson

Produced by Babyface

Solo and background vocals by Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's Ghosts is a 1996 short film starring Michael Jackson, written by Stephen King and Mick Garris, and directed by Stan Winston. It was filmed and first screened in 1996 and released along with select prints of the film Thinner. It was released as promo a year later internationally on LaserDisc, VHS and Video CD. Jackson plays five roles.

Ghosts tells the story of an eccentric man with supernatural powers being forced out of a small town by its judgmental mayor. Jackson performs dance routines set to the songs "2 Bad", "Is It Scary" and "Ghosts", taken from Jackson's albums HIStory (1995) and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997).