The Polar Express (soundtrack)

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The Polar Express: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
ReleasedNovember 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)
GenreChristmas music
Length44:06
LabelWarner Sunset Records
Reprise Records
Warner Music Group
ProducerVarious Artists
Singles from The Polar Express: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Believe"
    Released: November 2, 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[1]

The Polar Express: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name, released on November 2, 2004 by Reprise Records, Warner Music Group and Warner Sunset Records.

The song, "Believe", written by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri, was nominated for Best Original Song at the 77th Academy Awards. It was sung at the 77th Academy Awards show by original performer Josh Groban with Beyoncé. It gained a Grammy Award in 2006.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in November 2007.[2] Having sold 724,000 copies in the United States, it is the best-selling film soundtrack/holiday album hybrid since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking music sales in 1991.[3]

It is worth noting, that most of the original orchestral score featured in the film was not released on the official soundtrack, and has never been officially released.[4] The soundtrack mostly comprises only songs featured in the film.[5] A limited number of promotional "For Your Consideration" CDs, intended to showcase the film's score to reviewers of the film, were released in 2005. This CD contained nearly the complete score, but none of the film's songs. Various bootleg versions of the soundtrack, combining both the official soundtrack album and the orchestral-only CD, have since surfaced.[5]

Track listing[]

The Polar Express: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."The Polar Express"Tom Hanks3:25
2."When Christmas Comes to Town"Matthew Hall and Meagan Moore4:07
3."Rockin' on Top of the World"Steven Tyler2:35
4."Believe"Josh Groban4:18
5."Hot Chocolate"Tom Hanks2:33
6."Spirit of the Season"Alan Silvestri2:33
7."Seeing Is Believing"Alan Silvestri3:47
8."Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"Frank Sinatra2:35
9."White Christmas"Bing Crosby3:05
10."Winter Wonderland"The Andrews Sisters2:43
11."It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"Perry Como with The Fontane Sisters2:40
12."Silver Bells"Kate Smith2:39
13."Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters3:04
14."Suite from the Polar Express"Alan Silvestri6:02
Total length:44:06

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "American certifications – Polar Express". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  3. ^ Caulfield, Keith (December 6, 2014). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Guardians' on Cassette Cashes In". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  4. ^ Goldwasser, Dan (21 January 2005). "Battling Monsters With Alan Silvestri". Soundtrack.net. Autotelics, LLC. Archived from the original (Interview with Alan Silvestri) on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2019. "I'm not sure [if a soundtrack will be released featuring the full orchestral score], I have no real information about it at this time, but I can certainly say that we all have talked about it, and it's in the air as we speak - it just hasn't gotten any further along at this point.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Clemmensen, Christian (19 September 2009). "The Polar Express". Filmtracks.com. Filmtracks Publications. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019. The commercial album contains only a few minutes of Silvestri's own score material not connected to the songs. Released a month later was a Warner Brothers "For Your Consideration" promotional album featuring five untitled tracks amounting to 27 minutes. Fans eventually took the two albums and combined them to form "complete" bootlegs, some featuring an alternate edit of the suite heard on the commercial product.

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