Varèse Sarabande has announced a new collectible picture disc edition of the score album for the 2003 holiday classic Elf directed by Jon Favreau and starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Asner, Bob Newhar and Zooey Deschanel. The album, which features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus, The Jungle Book,The Emperor’s New Groove, Bruce Almighty), will be released on September 25 and is now available for pre-order here. The label has also announced a reissue of the expanded 44-track deluxe edition of the score, which is being released as an Encore Edition and will be available for the first time as a digital album on October 16. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version, which will also be released on September 25.
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‘Elf’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD Club series, including a new deluxe score album for the 2003 holiday classic Elf directed by Jon Favreau and starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner and Zooey Deschanel. The album features the expanded original music from the New Line Cinema production composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus, The Emperor’s New Groove, Bruce Almighty), including around 30 minutes of previously unreleased music, as well as alternate tracks. The CD, which is limited to 2,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released the original 2003 score album featuring 30 minutes of Debney’s score at the time of the movie’s release, while WaterTower Music has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the comedy.
Matthew Sklar & Christopher Guardino Scoring NBC’s ‘Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas’
NBC announced today that Matthew Sklar and Christopher Guardino are composing the score for the upcoming NBC holiday event Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas. The stop-motion animated special is directed by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh and features the voice talent of Jim Parsons, Mark Hamill, Ed Asner, Fred Armisen, Jay Leno, Matt Lauer, Rachael MacFarlane, Max Charles, Gilbert Gottfried, Kate Micucci and Steve Higgins. The hour-long special is based on Jon Favreau’s hit 2003 hit film starring Will Ferrell and the Broadway show Elf: The Musical and tells the story of Buddy’s travels to New York City to meet the father he never knew he had.