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This holiday season, Warner Bros. Records will release the soundtrack to the holiday comedy "Fred Claus" on December 4th, 2007. Filled with traditional Christmas pop favorites by such artists as the Jackson 5, Sinead O'Connor, and Leigh Nash from Sixpence None the Richer, the album will also be available digitally via all online retail outlets on November 13th, a few days after the movie hits theaters on November 9th.
The soundtrack includes classic Christmas tunes such as "Silent Night" from Irish songstress O'Connor, "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" from the legendary Elvis Presley, "Christmas Wrapping" from '80s experimental new wave band The Waitresses, and "Sleigh Ride" by famed girl group The Ronettes. It also features an original piece entitled "Suite From Fred Claus" from film score composer Christophe Beck.
The track-listing for the soundtrack to "Fred Claus" is as follows:
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
It's amazing to me how much Doris Day is brought up today. There was a period starting in the late '60s, when her name was mentioned, people would recoil in horror. This was the backlash she received from a nation in the midst of America's sexual revolution, which was filled with pot smokers, drug addicts and free-love types, who looked down on anyone who didn't represent that type of lifestyle.
Today, Miss Day's image and persona has made a comeback. People seem to yearn for those days when the top female movie star was not "naughty" and hopping into bed with every man she met.
Day certainly has a distinguished record in films, she is the top female boxoffice star in the history of movies and a genuine MOVIE STAR, a feat that is all but impossible today -- an age where you don't even have to be an actress to become "a star." Today's so-called "movie stars" are more like tabloid stars and TV personalities since they are seen daily/nightly on television on the news programs and countless tabloid shows that report every move they make.
The movie people from the Golden Age of cinema, rarely appeared on the tube and their mistique was kept in tact. Today, we know EVERYTHING about them, including if they do or don't wear panties and the paparazzi does everything to show us the proof.
I'm not surprised to see her recording included in this soundtrack, her songs are heard in countless movies these days and, she's referred to in many film reviews, articles and blogs. Today, her album sales far exceed the numbers which made her the top female recording star of the 1950s and early 1960s. Her name seems to never dim in the eyes of her multitude of fans around the world.
Miss Day has so many Internet sites devoted to her, you cannot count them. THE FILMS OF DORIS DAY is one of the best. There, you can find countless rare pictures, articles and lively discussion (the Doris Day Forum) about the star by people who know and admire her. Check it out.
Posted at: October 31, 2007 12:59 PMWhat happen to Ludacris trak? (The song that comes out at the end of the credits.)
Posted at: November 12, 2007 6:00 PM