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. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in November 2007. It was sung at the 77th Academy Awards show by original performer Josh Groban with Beyoncé. The song, " Believe", written by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri, was nominated for Best Original Song at the 77th Academy Awards. One only has to hear the last minute of the suite of Silvestri's score to long for more.The Polar Express: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name, released on Novemby Reprise Records, Warner Music Group and Warner Sunset Records. These six oldies songs do not even fit in with the rest of the new music, as they sound muddled as if recorded off a worn-out record. Like any Menken musical production, the album would have benefited by including more of Alan Silvestri's score. While great songs, they do not add anything to the soundtrack, which captures the spirit of Christmas so well without these unnecessary songs. The rest of the album is a mix of old Christmas tunes performed by Frank Sinatra and the like basically, the classics you hear playing every Christmas day on the radio. The cue brings the album to a brilliant close with a second, more powerful performance of Believe with a countering horn line and choir thrown in.
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"Seeing Is Believing" is a magical cue with a full choir, backed by bells and soaring brass lines, which concludes with orchestral renditions of classic Christmas standards such as "Jingle Bells and "Deck the Halls." The rest of Silvestri's score that appears on the album is locked up in "Suite for The Polar Express," which begins with the "Believe" theme, but contains full orchestral performances of all his themes from the songs.
Not since John Williams' Home Alone scores has a composer captured the magic of Christmas so well. Silvestri's score, though featured in only two tracks, is phenomenal and worthy of an Oscar nomination. "Spirit of the Season" features a large choir in classic Christmas carol style. From the sleigh bells in the background to the hopeful lyrics sung emotionally by Josh Groban, it is a perfect song for the holiday season. "Believe" is a song written to Silvestri's main theme. "When Christmas Comes to Town" is a slow duet performed wonderfully by two children soloists, Matthew Hall and Megan Moore.
The other three of these songs feature Silvestri's themes for The Polar Express. Two of these songs are performed by Tom Hanks as his character in the film, "The Polar Express" and "Hot Chocolate." Both are upbeat, jazzy songs and fit in well with the celebratory tone of certain scenes in the movie.Īlong the same line is "Rockin' on Top of the World" performed by Steven Tyler (who makes a smirk-inducing cameo in the film). The album opens with six songs written by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard for use in the film.
Writing along the lines of Alan Menken's work for Disney in the early 1990's, Silvestri not only provides a breathtaking score for the visually stunning Polar Express, but also lends a hand to the numerous songs that accompany the film. After Silvestri's minimal contribution to Cast Away, he comes back for Zemekis' next project with power. The pairing of Robert Zemekis and Alan Silvestri represents one of the most acclaimed and seasoned director/composer duos in the entertainment industry alongside Steven Spielberg and John Williams.
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