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It takes a pretty deft touch to make us believe towering Will Ferrell as a displaced human cum Santa's elf, Ed Asner as St. Nick and make a Christmas movie that's as loopy/sassy as it is seasonally sentimental. Yet that's what director Jon Favreau has done with this unlikely little holiday gem, and his hand-picked song score underscores its warm heart and comedic smarts with charm to burn. Suffused with a New York sense of traditional cool, Favreau turns his soundtrack into an upbeat secular Christmas classic, a sort of Swingers-Meet-Santa collection that convinces us that performances as diverse as Louis Prima's rousing take on "Pennies From Heaven" and the pumping soul of Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing" are as season-friendly as the performances of more traditional Christmas pop fare by Ella Fitzgerald, Jim Reeves, Eartha Kitt and Eddy Arnold they bookend. The edited Ferrante & Teicher/Les Baxter medley is a lounge-y inspiration, while a trio of laconic Leon Redbone crooners anchor the film's dizzy, if often bittersweet emotional foundations. Co-star Zooey Deschanel duets with Redbone on "Baby It's Cold Outside," her bluesy performance a welcome surprise that recalls nothing less than a young Peggy Lee. --Jerry McCulley
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Elf: Music From The Major Motion Picture
Various Artists Manufacturer: New Line Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000DIZT4 Release Date: 2003-11-04 |
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It takes a pretty deft touch to make us believe towering Will Ferrell as a displaced human cum Santa's elf, Ed Asner as St. Nick and make a Christmas movie that's as loopy/sassy as it is seasonally sentimental. Yet that's what director Jon Favreau has done with this unlikely little holiday gem, and his hand-picked song score underscores its warm heart and comedic smarts with charm to burn. Suffused with a New York sense of traditional cool, Favreau turns his soundtrack into an upbeat secular Christmas classic, a sort of Swingers-Meet-Santa collection that convinces us that performances as diverse as Louis Prima's rousing take on "Pennies From Heaven" and the pumping soul of Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing" are as season-friendly as the performances of more traditional Christmas pop fare by Ella Fitzgerald, Jim Reeves, Eartha Kitt and Eddy Arnold they bookend. The edited Ferrante & Teicher/Les Baxter medley is a lounge-y inspiration, while a trio of laconic Leon Redbone crooners anchor the film's dizzy, if often bittersweet emotional foundations. Co-star Zooey Deschanel duets with Redbone on "Baby It's Cold Outside," her bluesy performance a welcome surprise that recalls nothing less than a young Peggy Lee. --Jerry McCulleyCustomer Reviews:
Good Christmas Classics.......2007-02-21
Elf CD.......2007-01-23
Elf Soundtrack.......2007-01-18
Best soundtrack ever!.......2007-01-18
Guaranteed to make you smile.......2007-01-16
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Magical World of Harry Potter
Manufacturer: Music Club Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00063339Q Release Date: 2004-11-01 |
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Following the successful Themes from the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Music Club have commissioned recordings from the phenomenal series of Harry Potter movies. High in quality and impressively packaged this single CD features key music from three of the finest children's movies of all time, Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone, The Chamber Of Secrets & The Prisoner Of Azkaban. 2004.Album Details
High in Quality and Impressively Packaged the Single CD features Key Music from Three of the Finest Children's Movies of Our Time.Customer Reviews:
very disappointing.......2005-08-02
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Music from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Manufacturer: Wonderful Music Of ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000E6EH0 Release Date: 2006-04-21 |
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Three Cats and a Girl
Manufacturer: Three Cats and a Girl (Soundtrack) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006SKPU Release Date: 2002-10-01 |
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This CD is a recording of the fifteen songs from the musical, Three Cats and a Girl, a musical comedy. The tale concerns the adventures of eleven-year-old Catherine and her three feline companions in a fantasyland populated by the Giant Cookie, Devious Troll, Nasty Elf, Fourth Cat (at the Mouse-a-Rama) and The Witch with a Plan to Save the World! Fourteen of the songs are about cats, the other, a dark view of the world, as envisioned by the Nasty Elf. Lyrics are by Lawrence Jakus and Music by Scott Harness.
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The Happy Elf Soundtrack
Harry Connick Jr. Manufacturer: Anchor Bay Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000KDZEPS |
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25 tracks.
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Music from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000092Q5B Release Date: 2003-04-15 |
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Elf
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000TAZ92 Release Date: 2003-11-11 |
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The divergent marketing concerns of many a modern Hollywood film have increasingly led to the issuing of individual song-scores and traditional orchestral soundtracks for the same film, releases that sometimes seem completely at artistic cross-purposes. John Debney's effervescent score for Jon Favreau's loopy Christmas fantasy is a happy exception. Perfectly complementing a song-score that leans on Favreau's decidedly hipster retro-lounge affections, Debney has concocted playful orchestral cues that careen with the same buoyant sense of innocent abandon as Will Ferrell's star-crossed title character. The composer's swinging "Christmas Medley" here wouldn't seem at all out of place on its song-score companion piece, while his musical portrayal of the Elves and their magic holiday world is dominated by a whistling chorus that's just ever so-slightly off. It's instrumental holiday music fueled by a refreshing sense of fun - and a little contemporary, ironic sass. --Jerry McCulleyCustomer Reviews:
Blah Humbug, thought i was getting Zooey.......2003-12-24
Absolutely enchanting!.......2003-12-09
ELF is a must-own for anyone with a heart and an ear for lovely music. It's a wonderfully sweet score that's light as a feather, cheering and never cloying. And while it's guaranteed to move you in the Christmas spirit, it's also a CD guaranteed to bring tears of joy all year round. Highly recommended for anyone who loves the lighthearted style of a musical fairy tale!
Boring score - Buy the soundtrack record instead!.......2003-11-18
Great movie - great soundtrack!.......2003-11-12
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Elf Music World, Vol. 3: Chaos Days
Original Game Soundtrack Manufacturer: Toys Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006GJFJ Release Date: 2002-09-30 |
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Elf Music World, Vol. 2: Fantasy Days
Original Game Soundtrack Manufacturer: Toys Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006AUXU Release Date: 2002-09-02 |
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Timothy Tweedle: The First Christmas Elf
Original Soundtrack Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000K2A56W |
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1. That's The Way We Love To Live 2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 3. Toys 4. Let It Snow 5. It Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 6. Flo 7. Marshmallow World, A 8. Comet-The One And Only 9. Sleigh Ride 10. Smallest Elf Of All, The 11. O Christmas Tree 12. At My Journey's End 13. Joy To All On Christmas MornMusic: