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Hollywood Holiday: Ebenezer Edition

Saturday Cinema - Dec. 21, 2024

This week on Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel features music from all the great films that celebrate Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, as well as a couple films inspired by Dickens. Selections include The Man Who Invented Christmas, Scrooge: the Musical and the films that starred George C. Scott, Alastair Sim and Patrick Stewart. Listen now!

Playlist

The Man Who Invented Christmas: Curtain Up
Composer: Mychael Danna
Conductor: Nicholas Dodd
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
London/Decca 27639

The Man Who Invented Christmas: Scrooge Appears
Composer: Mychael Danna
Conductor: Nicholas Dodd
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
London/Decca 27639

The Man Who Invented Christmas: Marley
Composer: Mychael Danna
Conductor: Nicholas Dodd
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
London/Decca 27639

The Man Who Invented Christmas: A Gift From Your Father
Composer: Mychael Danna
Conductor: Nicholas Dodd
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
London/Decca 27639

The Man Who Invented Christmas: Are There No Workhouses?
Composer: Mychael Danna
Conductor: Nicholas Dodd
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
London/Decca 27639

The Man Who Invented Christmas: Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come
Composer: Mychael Danna
Conductor: Nicholas Dodd
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
London/Decca 27639

The Man Who Invented Christmas: In the Season of Hope
Composer: Mychael Danna
Conductor: Nicholas Dodd
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
London/Decca 27639

A Christmas Carol: Suite
Composer: Franz Waxman
Conductor: Richard Mills
Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 5714

A Christmas Carol: Suite
Composer: Richard Addinsell
Conductor: David Newman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

A Christmas Carol: Overture
Composer: Nick Bicat
Conductor: Tony Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Quartet 301

A Christmas Carol: Introducing Tiny Tim
Composer: Nick Bicat
Conductor: Tony Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Quartet 301

A Christmas Carol: Alive!; Making Amends; Scrooge’s Joke; On Christmas Night; Finale
Composer: Nick Bicat
Conductor: Tony Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Quartet 301

A Christmas Carol: Funeral; Walking Home; O Little Town of Bethlehem
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Conductor: Nick Ingman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 66071

A Christmas Carol: The Ghost of Christmas Past
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
Walt Disney 49208

A Christmas Carol: Ride On My Good Man
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
Walt Disney 49208

A Christmas Carol: First Waltz
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
Walt Disney 49208

A Christmas Carol: I’m Still Here
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
Walt Disney 49208

The Muppet Christmas Carol: Overture
Composer: Miles Goodman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Walt Disney 71185

The Muppet Christmas Carol: Scrooge
Composer: Miles Goodman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Walt Disney 71185

Scrooge: Overture
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: I Hate People
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Soloists: Albert Finney, vocals
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: Father Christmas
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: Christmas Children
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: See The Phantoms
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: December the 25th
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: You...You
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: Happiness (Reprise)
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: I Like Life
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: I Like Life (Reprise)
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: I’ll Begin Again
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: Father Christmas/Thank You Very Much
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Soloists: Albert Finney, vocals
Columbia 1970

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (Reprise)
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Cast Recording
Soloists: Albert Finney, vocals
Columbia 1970

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