1 |
Jingle
Bells - Johnny Mercer |
2 |
Santa
Claus Is Back In Town - Elvis Presley |
3 |
Sleigh
Ride - The Ronettes |
4 |
Here
Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Doris
Day |
5 |
I
Want You For Christmas - Russ Morgan & His Orchestra |
6 |
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson 5 |
| 7 |
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses |
8 |
Silent
Night - Sinead O'Connor |
9 |
Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo |
10 |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World -
Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole |
11 |
The
First Noel - Leigh Nash |
12 |
God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Matt Turk with Matter &
Gaby Moreno |
13 |
Suite
From Fred Claus - Christophe Beck |
SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
Okay, Santa Claus may have finished his round by the time
you read this review, but that doesn’t mean that you
cannot begin stocking up on next year’s Christmas play
list. This soundtrack album for the 2007 festive movie contains
a fair bit of cheery Christmas songs what are evergreen and
will definitely not go out of fashion anytime soon.
The
46-minute album features a mix of much-sung tunes like “Jingel
Bells”, “Sleigh Ride” and “Here Comes
Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)”. Performed
by popular artistes of the yesteryear like Johnny Mercer,
The Ronettes and Doris Day, you can be sure your parents won’t
be scoffing you for choosing other noisily inferior Christmas
tunes at wholesome family gatherings.
Jump
to music quintet Jackson 5’s (yes, the one with wacko
Michael Jackson as a kid) “Santa Claus Is Coming To
Town” and experimental New Wave band The Waitresses’
“Christmas Wrapping” if you are having a younger
crowd at your party. While these tracks aren’t exactly
rock-steady hip tunes by today’s standards, they’d
still do the trick at most Christmas gatherings.
Then
there are the somberly holy tracks like Sinead O'Connor’s
“Silent Night” and Guy Lombardo’s “Auld
Lang Syne” which are somewhat a tad too saintly for
a supposedly fun album like this. We love Israel "IZ"
Kamakawiwo'ole’s medley of “Somewhere over the
Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” where you can almost
picture a hopeful scene of happy kids celebrating the festive
season in your mind. The disc rounds off with Christophe Beck’s
(The Seeker: The Dark is Rising, We Are Marshall) medley of
themes from the movie. Although it’s nothing spectacular,
it’s still a pleasing seven-minute cue which is pleasantly
enjoyable to listen to. After all, that’s what Christmas
is all about – making everyone happy.
ALBUM RATING:
Recommended Track: (10) Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What A
Wonderful World - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole
Review
by John Li
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