Everyone’s talking about Beyonc’s forthcoming B’Day LP, but the singer’s also got something in store for Christmas. few months after the release of her second solo album on September 5 (the day after her 25th birthday), Beyonc will return to music stores as the centerpiece of the soundtrack to the Bill Condon-directed film adaptation of the Broadway show “Dreamgirls,” due in theaters December 25. The soundtrack’s first single, in fact, will be a Beyonc track called “Listen” that is one of four new songs written for the movie and not featured in the original musical (several online retailers also say the song will be one of three unlisted bonus tracks on B’Day). She plays Deena Jones in the film, the breakout leader of an all-girl singing group that’s suddenly catapulted into stardom after crafty manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx) lands them a spot working with Eddie Murphy’s James “Thunder” Early.

“It’s a ballad, it’s got a big orchestra, so it’s totally different for her and for the radio and MTV and everybody it’s gonna be exciting,” said Harvey Mason Jr. of production duo the Underdogs (Omarion, Mario, JoJo), who spent six months producing the soundtrack. “That’s gonna be a big, big record.” The album’s track list is still being finalized, but Mason said the Underdogs recorded more than 50 songs for the movie. “It’s got most of the stuff from the Broadway play, and we reinterpreted some of that,” Mason said. “And then some small pieces of new stuff in between. We saw a screening of it last week and it’s going to be an amazing movie.”