The Harvard Variations

Album: Legally Blonde (2007)
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  • "The Harvard Variations" is from the 2007 musical adaptation of Legally Blonde, which debuted as a film in 2001. Like the rest of the score, it was written by the husband and wife team of Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin. Both contributed to the music and lyrics.

    This sees Elle, having passed the entrance exam, arriving for the first day of tuition at Harvard and some of her classmates introducing themselves. At the end of the song she runs into Warner, who dumped her in "Serious." >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

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