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Santa Claus: The Movie

Henry Mancini

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Seeing is believing! Quartet Records, in collaboration with Capitol Records and Calash Corporation, proudly presents the premiere release of Henry Mancini’s complete score for this 1985 Christmas movie.

The film, directed by Jeannot Szwarc, starred Dudley Moore, David Huddleston and John Lithgow. An ambitious and expensive project produced by Alexander Salkind, it was not the box-office hit it was expected to be.

One of the most important aspects of the film was its soundtrack, for which Salkind hired the great Henry Mancini. The composer was deeply involved in the production, composing more than 85 minutes of original music for the 109-minute film. This soundtrack is surely one of the biggest efforts of his career, written in the same period as Lifeforce and The Great Mouse Detective.

Mancini’ score is so beautiful, diverse and emotional, it is not strange that it has become the film’s most remembered and appreciated feature. Recorded in CTS Studios in London with The London Metropolitan Orchestra, the score also features The Ambrosian Children’s Choir performing several charming songs written by Mancini and Leslie Bricusse.

For the original album, released in 1985 by EMI America, Mancini prepared a program of highlights: 13 tracks lasting only 37 minutes (from an 85-minute score!). Some themes were modified for their album version – with different durations, slightly different mixes or the addition of pop elements. Almost all of Mancini’s symphonic effort was missing.

After a long search for all the source material and an effort to bring together the different rights owners (the film was a complicated coproduction), we can now present Mancini’s masterful score in its entirety, remixed from ½″ 3-track stereo and 2" 24-track session masters vaulted in mint condition in Abbey Road Studios, London (where the EMI album was mixed). In addition to the complete score, it has been great to discover a lot of extra material that Mancini recorded for the film: songs with alternate lyrics, different orchestrations, etc. Courtesy of Capitol Records, we have also included the original 1985 album version, mastered from first generation master tapes stored in the Abbey Road vaults.

This deluxe, 3CD release includes a 32-page full-color booklet with liner notes and track-by-track analysis by Jeff Bond.

DISC ONE: THE FILM SCORE
01. Main Title: Every Christmas Eve/Santa’s Theme (4:27)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
02. North Star/Arrival of the Elves (4:07)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
03. Santa’s New Home (4:14)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
04. The Magic Workshop (1:43)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
05. Reindeer Stable (1:52)
06. Making Toys (Film Version) (4:01)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
07. Season’s Greetings (1:36)
08. The Ancient One (2:32)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
09. Santa Claus/First Sleigh Ride/Christmas Rhapsody (5:28)
10. Naughty or Nice (Does not appear in the film) (1:04)
11. Into the XX^TH Century (1:38)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
12. It’s Christmas Again (2:39)
13. March of the Elves (2:55)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
14. Table Scraps (1:19)
15. A New Sleigh Ride/Santa Meets Joe (1:41)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
16. Sleigh Ride Over Manhattan (4:15)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
17. Cornelia’s Home (1:53)
18. Bad Toys (0:38)
19. Sad Patch (3:11)
20. Vanishing Elf (1:42)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
21. No Free Toys (1:12)
22. Present for Joe (0:48)
23. Patch, Natch! (1:17)
24. Patchmobile/Patch Versus Santa (5:13)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
25. Lollipop Flight (1:39)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
26. Stronger Formula (1:37)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
27. The World Is Different (1:02)
28. A New Doll (0:49)
29. Eavesdropping (2:35)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
Total Disc One Time: 69:06

DISC TWO: THE FILM SCORE (Cont.)
01. Letter From Cornelia (2:30)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
02. Elf Portrait (1:45)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
03. Flight From Police (1:06)
04. To the North Pole/Super Duper Looper/Reunited Again (6:09)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
05. End Titles: Thank You, Santa (Does not appear in the film) (4:47)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
THE EXTRAS
06. Every Christmas Eve (Alternate Lyrics) (4:28)
07. Making Toys (Children’s Choir) (4:01)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
08. Making Toys (Carousel Version) (0:27)
09. Making Toys (Men’s Choir) (4:01)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
10. Making Toys (Instrumental Alternate) (4:00)
11. Patch Versus Santa (Alternate) (4:34)
12. To the North Pole (Alternate) (3:49)
13. Thank You, Santa (Alternate Vocal) (3:35)
14. Every Christmas Eve (Instrumental Version) (4:27)
15. It’s Christmas Again (Instrumental Version) (1:20)
16. It’s Christmas Again (Christmas Bells) (1:21)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
17. Chopin’s Waltz (Source) (0:30)
18. Patch, Natch! (Instrumental Version) (1:14)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
19. Thank You, Santa (Instrumental Version) (4:29)
20. Patch Toys (Percussion Insert) (0:27)
21. Christmas Jingles (Rehearsal) (2:53)
22. Making Toys (TV Spot) (0:26)
Total Disc Two Time: 62:19

DISC THREE: THE 1985 SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
01. Main Title: Every Christmas Eve/Santa’s Theme (4:11)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
02. Arrival of the Elves (4:08)
03. Making Toys (4:01)
04. Christmas Rhapsody (3:53)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
05. It’s Christmas Again (2:31)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
06. March of the Elves (2:55)
07. Patch, Natch! (1:15)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
08. It’s Christmas All Over the World (5:02)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
09. Shouldn’t Do That (3:33)
10. Sleigh Ride Over Manhattan (4:16)
11. Sad Patch (3:12)	To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin
12. Patch Versus Santa (4:13)
13. Thank You, Santa (3:09)
Total Disc Three Time: 46:21
Total Disc Time: 2:57:46

Santa Claus: The Movie

Henry Mancini

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