La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere release of the score for the 1983 comedy Trading Places. The album features the score by Elmer Bernstein, which incorporates Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. The soundtrack is limited to 2000 copies and is available to order on La-La Land Records’ website, where you can also check out audio samples from the score. Trading Places directed by John Landis stars Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche. Bernstein has received the movie’s sole Academy Award nomination for his work on the comedy, which was also nominated for two Golden Globes for Best Comedy and Eddie Murphy’s lead performance.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Main Title (4:01)
2. Your Breakfast Sir / Good Morning! / Dukes (3:42)
3. The Club / Bump (1:44)
4. Wager (1:05)
5. Moving Out / Plots (1:59)
6. Philly / Ploy (0:56)
7. Discovery / Bed (0:49)
8. Revelation*/ The Goods / Train (1:46)
9. Heroes (2:55)
10. Kicking Ass / Cards (2:11)
SOURCE CUES
11. Dessert (2:43)
12. Louis Winthorpe III Blues (1:39)
13. Jamaican Bye-Bye (1:32)
14. Andante Cantabile from String Quartet, K. 165 (1:25)
W. A. Mozart, arr. Elmer Bernstein
15. Jingle Bells (2:53)
James Pierpont, arr. Elmer Bernstein
16. Joy to the World (1:32)
G. Handel/F. Watts, arr. Elmer Bernstein
17. Silent Night (2:01)
Franz Gruber, arr. Elmer Bernstein
18. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (1:14)
Traditional, arr. Elmer Bernstein
19. O Little Town of Bethlehem (2:36)
Philip Brooks/Lewis H. Redner, arr. Elmer Bernstein
20. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (slower version) (1:49)
Traditional, arr. Elmer Bernstein
BONUS CUES
21. Good Morning! (alternate) (1:55)
22. Bump (alternate) (1:06)
23. Ploy (alternate) (0:38)
24. Ploy (alternate 2) (0:37)
25. Train (promotional LP version) (1:34)
26. Kicking Ass / Cards (alternate) (1:37)
