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Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens - A Christmas Carol (1995 Original Broadway Cast) (1995)
	Album details
	Label: Sony    Ref#: ?-0284 Date: 8/22/1995   Category: soundtrack Length: 0:00     Format: CD     Audio: Stereo     Genre:
Notes/Reviews
Charles Dickens's classic tale receives another musical treatment in this Broadway production, a rare collaboration between Alan Menken, composer of Little Shop of Horrors as well as several of the films behind Disney's late-1980s revival (including The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast), and Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty's lyricist for such hits as Ragtime and Once on this Island. If you've already heard a song from this score, it's probably "A Place Called Home," and rightly so--it's a warm, beautiful ballad. But there are other good, catchy songs here, including "The Lights of Long Ago" and the peppy "Mr. Fezziwig's Annual Christmas Ball" (which is so Menken it almost conjures visions of dancing kitchenware). As Scrooge, Walter Charles leads the ensemble cast, which includes Robert Westenberg and Emily Skinner. And of course only the hardest heart could fail to be touched by this story. Full lyrics are included. --David Horiuchi
Songs/Tracks
1.   Overture   2.   The Years Are Passing By   3.   Jolly, Rich And Fat   4.   Nothing To Do With Me   5.   Link By Link   6.   The Lights Of Long Ago   7.   Mr. Fezziwig's Annual Christmas Ball   8.   A Place Called Home   9.   Money Montage   10.   Abundance And Charity   11.   Christmas Together   12.   Dancing On Your Grave   13.   Yesterday, Tomorrow And Today   14.   Christmas Day   15.   God Bless Us, Everyone
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