Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1985 fantasy adventure Santa Claus: The Movie directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith and Judy Cornwell. The album features the newly remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther, Charade, The Thorn Birds), as well as the movie’s original songs written by Mancini and featuring lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list, listen to audio samples and find out more about the 2-CD set.
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‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’ Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix animated film Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. The album features the songs from the movie written by late Academy Award winner Leslie Bricusse (for the 1970 musical feature) and arranged & produced by the film’s composer Jeremy Holland-Smith. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 2 (click here to stream/download). A CD version is available to order on Amazon. Scrooge: A Christmas Carol is directed by Stephen Donnelly and features the voices of Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Giles Terera, Fra Fee, James Cosmo, Trevor Dion Nicholas and Jonathan Pryce. The Timeless Films production based on the classic Charles Dickens story follows Scrooge as he has but one Christmas Eve left to face his past and build a better future.
Jeremy Holland-Smith Scoring Netflix’s ‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’
Netflix announced today that Jeremy Holland-Smith (The Passing, The League of Gentlemen, The Dumping Ground, Frankie) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix animated feature Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. The composer has also arranged and produced the re-imagined songs written by late Academy Award winner Leslie Bricusse for the movie, which is directed by Stephen Donnelly (Monster High: Welcome to Monster High) and features the voices of Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Fra Fee, Giles Terera, Trevor Dion Nicholas, James Cosmo and Jonathan Pryce.
Leslie Bricusse (1931-2021)
Leslie Bricusse has passed away at age 90. The Grammy Award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright wrote numerous songs and scores for stage and screen over the last six decades. He received two Academy Awards for the song Talk to the Animals from 1967’s original Doctor Dolittle and (in the Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score category) for 1982’s Victor/Victoria (shared with Henry Mancini). He was also Oscar-nominated for his Doctor Dolittle score, 1969’s Goodbye Mr. Chips, a song (Thank You Very Much) and score from 1970’s Scrooge, 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as well as the original songs Life in a Looking Glass from 1986’s That’s Life (co-written with Mancini), Somewhere in My Memory from 1990’s Home Alone and When You’re Alone from 1991’s Hook (with John Williams).
David Shire’s Unused ‘Apocalypse Now’ Score to Be Released
La-La Land Records has announced the first-ever release of the unused score for Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 classic war drama Apocalypse Now starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Larry Fishburne and Dennis Hopper. The music is composed by David Shire (The Conversation, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Zodiac, Return to Oz). The soundtrack is limited to 2000 copies and will be available to order on the label’s website next week. Visit the label’s official Facebook page for the full album details.