The Polar Express CD

MUSIC

HOLIDAY

CHRISTMAS

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Polar Express, The - Tom Hanks ~ Various Artists

2. When Christmas Comes to Town - Matthew Hall/Meagan Moore ~ Various Artists

3. Rockin' on Top of the World - Steven Tyler ~ Various Artists

4. Believe - Josh Groban ~ Various Artists

5. Hot Chocolate - Tom Hanks ~ Various Artists

6. Spirit of the Season - Alan Silvestri ~ Various Artists

7. Seeing Is Believing - Alan Silvestri ~ Various Artists

8. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Frank Sinatra ~ Various Artists

9. White Christmas - Bing Crosby ~ Various Artists

10. Winter Wonderland - The Andrews Sisters ~ Various Artists

11. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como/The Fontane Sisters ~ Various Artists

12. Silver Bells - Kate Smith ~ Various Artists

13. Here Comes Santa Claus - The Andrews Sisters/Bing Crosby ~ Various Artists

14. Suite from The Polar Express - Alan Silvestri ~ Various Artists

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Audio Mixers: William Malina; Dennis Sands; Mick Guzauski; Scott Campbell .
	Arranger: Jerry Hey.
	The soundtrack to Robert Zemeckis' groundbreaking film adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's popular children's book The Polar Express celebrates the season with both classic and contemporary holiday flair. Composers Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri provide the latter, relying on swelling choral arrangements, tender ballads, and polarizing yuletide offerings from Stephen Tyler and Josh Groban. Tyler struts his stuff on the amiable but derivative "Rockin' on Top of the World," a three-chord rave-up that finds the Aerosmith mouthpiece channeling a pack of howler monkeys, but it's Groban's syrupy, future American Idol favorite "Believe" that serves as the soundtrack's commercial centerpiece. Tom Hanks does his best Gene Wilder on the whimsical and strangely unnerving title track, a wonderfully unhinged performance that will have Willy Wonka fans clamoring for more, and the winsome vocals of preteens Matthew Hall and Meagan Moore give the ballad "When Christmas Comes to Town" a real sense of wonder. Silvestri's orchestral pieces are effective in tone, yet ape Danny Elfman's Edward Scissorhands theme so shamelessly that lawyers on both sides must have had words early on in the production. The Polar Express is ambitious for sure, but the fact that its most sincere pieces are the six classics that make up its caboose is telling. [The Polar Express is also available in a Special Edition that includes a decorative box and artwork from the book.]
Producer: Glen Ballard; Alan Silvestri; David Bifano; Glen Ballard; Alan Silvestri
Engineer: Dennis Sands

Technical Info

	Release Date : 10/26/2004
	Original Release Date : 2004
	Catalog ID : 48897
	Label : Warner Bros.
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00093624889724

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The Polar Express (2004)

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