Mixtape #120: The Mixtape Before Christmas

Festive scores and orchestras

18th December, 2022

Side A

1. Main Title from “Home Alone” by John Williams
2. Trepak (Russian Dance) from “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky
3. A Christmas Fantasy by Ron Goodwin
4. Snow in August from “Nanny McPhee” by Patrick Doyle
5. Ice Dance from “Edward Scissorhands” by Danny Elfman

Side B

6. Kissing Town from “10th Kingdom” by Anne Dudley
7. Holiday Flight from “Home Alone” by John Williams
8. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky
9. Buddy’s Theme from “Elf” by John Debney
10. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Spotify

Liner notes

On Christmas I tend to listen to either the Home Alone score by John Williams, or Frank, Bing, and Dean. Plus a bit of emo/punk Christmas when opening presents.

Since I’ve already made playlists for the latter two, and since I’m not going to just publish the entire Home Alone soundtrack here, I thought I’d make a Mixtape with other scores and orchestral favourites thrown in. Hopefully some of these fit with your idea of seasonal, a selection with wist, whimsy and wonder.

Whatever you do, have yourself a very Merry Christmas (or christams as I like to call it) one and all.

See you in 2023 when I’ll be sharing mixtapes for my upcoming fiction project, Portrait of a Body (In Pieces). The first chapter is going out on 1st January, and the whole thing is free to read. If you haven’t already, you can subscribe here:

Dan x