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Score Guide – Addams Family Values (1993)

Release

Addams Family Values: The Original Orchestral Score Varèse Sarabande (1993)

Timestamps

03:50 – 1. It’s an Addams!

05:45 – Organ Source Music

07:02 – 2. Sibling Rivalry

10:12 – 3. Love on a Tombstone

12:33 – 4. Debbie Meets the Family

15:35 – 5. Camp Chippewa/”Camp Chippewa Song”

17:10 – 6. Fester’s in Love

18:41 – 7. The Big Date

20:39 – 8. The Tango

23:04 – 9. Fester & Debbie’s Courtship

25:00 – 10. Wednesday & Joel’s Courtship

26:43 – 11. The Honeymoon is Over

28:15 – 12. Escape from Debbie

30:34 – 13. Eat Us

31:23 – 14. Wednesday’s Revolt

34:04 – 15. Debbie’s Big Scene

37:25 – 16. Some Time Later

Halloween Supplemental – The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Ghost hosts Will and Wend finish off their month of Halloween specials by discussing one of their favourite film scores, composer Danny Elfman‘s The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Release

The Nightmare Before Christmas Walt Disney Records (1993)

or Disc 1 of

The Nightmare Before Christmas 2-Disc Special Edition Walt Disney Records (2006)

Timestamps

00:00 – Intro Tag: Charlie McCarron

05:11 – 1. Overture

06:12 – 2. Opening

07:25 – 3. This Is Halloween

08:52 – 4. Jack’s Lament

11:31 – 5. In the Forest

12:28 – 6. What’s This?

14:51 – 7. Town Meeting Town

16:40 – 8. Jack and Sally Montage

18:53 – 9. Jack’s Obsession

19:33 – 10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws

20:55 – 11. Making Christmas

22:59 – 12. Nabbed

24:30 – 13. Oogie Boogie’s Song

25:46 – 14. Sally’s Song

27:49 – 15. Christmas Eve Montage

31:07 – 16. Poor Jack

33:44 – 17. To the Rescue

35:43 – 18. Finale/Reprise

37:17 – 19. Closing

37:33 – 20. End Title

Links

Composer Quest – A Songwriting and Music Composition Podcast

Skywalking Through Neverland – A Halloween Celebration

Halloween Supplemental – The Addams Family

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Join Will and Wend as they explore the fantastic score to 1991’s The Addams Family, written by composer Marc Shaiman. They’ll be identifying themes, exploring their favourite musical moments, and providing you with an entertaining accompaniment to this macabre classic!

Link to buy the 2014 La-La Land Records expanded release of The Addams Family

Release

The Addams Family: Limited Edition La-La Land Records (2014)

Timestamps

04:09 – 2. Main Titles

05:55 – 3. Morning

07:40 – 4. Chess

08:26 – 6. Seances and Swordfights

10:05 – 7. The Tully Crawl/Gone With the Wind/Tully & Fester

12:09 – 8. Bermuda Love/Fester Snoops

13:17 – 10. Playmates (by The Kipper Kids)

13:45 – 11. Open & Enter Vault/Fester Sees Gold/Gold Gliss

14:55 – 12. The Mooche (Performed by Duke Ellington & Irving Mills)

15:52 – 14. Evening

17:11 – 15. A Party… For Me?

18:11 – 16. Pre-Mamushka Violin

18:23 – 17. Mamushka

20:13 – 18. Pugsley Platter/Search/Finding Wednesday

21:11 – 19. I Am That Fool! (Unused)

21:49 – 20. Fester Exposed

23:05 – 22. Thing Gets to Work (Film Version)

25:02 – 23. The Rescue

32:08 – 24. Finale

34:17 – 25. Pre-Seance/Seance Music

35:14 – 28. Addams Family Theatrical Trailer

36;27 – 29. Mamushka (Instrumental and Choir)

37:01 – 30. Waltz Potpourri (Themes Demo)

Episode 9 – Overlooked Halloween Scores

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Will and Wend kick off the Halloween season by discussing three Halloween scores that are often overlooked. We begin with a modern anthology horror featuring a spooktacular score by Douglas Pipes. Trick ‘r Treat is melodically easy to follow and perfectly captures the spirit of Halloween. The second film score we look at is The Orphanage by Fernando Velázquez, a film composer that shows us you don’t always have to be over-the-top when writing for the horror genre, you can still write beautiful music. The El Orfanato score speaks more to the sadness of the children in-film than the horrors that lie in wait for them. Finally, we discuss Danny Elfman’s Sleepy Hollow score. No stranger to Halloween music, this dark realm of Tim Burton’s shows the composer’s clearly adept at scoring horror movies. We strongly encourage you to revisit all three of these underrated Halloween soundtracks and experience the thrills, chills and kills all over again!

Release

Addams Family Values: The Original Orchestral Score Varèse Sarabande (1993)

Timestamps

03:50 – 1. It’s an Addams!

05:45 – Organ Source Music

07:02 – 2. Sibling Rivalry

10:12 – 3. Love on a Tombstone

12:33 – 4. Debbie Meets the Family

15:35 – 5. Camp Chippewa/”Camp Chippewa Song”

17:10 – 6. Fester’s in Love

18:41 – 7. The Big Date

20:39 – 8. The Tango

23:04 – 9. Fester & Debbie’s Courtship

25:00 – 10. Wednesday & Joel’s Courtship

26:43 – 11. The Honeymoon is Over

28:15 – 12. Escape from Debbie

30:34 – 13. Eat Us

31:23 – 14. Wednesday’s Revolt

34:04 – 15. Debbie’s Big Scene

37:25 – 16. Some Time Later

Release

The Nightmare Before Christmas Walt Disney Records (1993)

or Disc 1 of

The Nightmare Before Christmas 2-Disc Special Edition Walt Disney Records (2006)

Timestamps

00:00 – Intro Tag: Charlie McCarron

05:11 – 1. Overture

06:12 – 2. Opening

07:25 – 3. This Is Halloween

08:52 – 4. Jack’s Lament

11:31 – 5. In the Forest

12:28 – 6. What’s This?

14:51 – 7. Town Meeting Town

16:40 – 8. Jack and Sally Montage

18:53 – 9. Jack’s Obsession

19:33 – 10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws

20:55 – 11. Making Christmas

22:59 – 12. Nabbed

24:30 – 13. Oogie Boogie’s Song

25:46 – 14. Sally’s Song

27:49 – 15. Christmas Eve Montage

31:07 – 16. Poor Jack

33:44 – 17. To the Rescue

35:43 – 18. Finale/Reprise

37:17 – 19. Closing

37:33 – 20. End Title

Links

Release

The Addams Family: Limited Edition La-La Land Records (2014)

Timestamps

04:09 – 2. Main Titles

05:55 – 3. Morning

07:40 – 4. Chess

08:26 – 6. Seances and Swordfights

10:05 – 7. The Tully Crawl/Gone With the Wind/Tully & Fester

12:09 – 8. Bermuda Love/Fester Snoops

13:17 – 10. Playmates (by The Kipper Kids)

13:45 – 11. Open & Enter Vault/Fester Sees Gold/Gold Gliss

14:55 – 12. The Mooche (Performed by Duke Ellington & Irving Mills)

15:52 – 14. Evening

17:11 – 15. A Party… For Me?

18:11 – 16. Pre-Mamushka Violin

18:23 – 17. Mamushka

20:13 – 18. Pugsley Platter/Search/Finding Wednesday

21:11 – 19. I Am That Fool! (Unused)

21:49 – 20. Fester Exposed

23:05 – 22. Thing Gets to Work (Film Version)

25:02 – 23. The Rescue

32:08 – 24. Finale

34:17 – 25. Pre-Seance/Seance Music

35:14 – 28. Addams Family Theatrical Trailer

36;27 – 29. Mamushka (Instrumental and Choir)

37:01 – 30. Waltz Potpourri (Themes Demo)

Timestamps:

1:34 – Trick ‘r Treat

18:19 – The Orphanage

29:35 – Sleepy Hollow