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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Walt Disney Records
Salesrank: 727
Released: November 22, 2005 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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The Muppet Christmas Carol Track Listing:
1. Overture [Instrumental][Instrumental]
2. Scrooge
3. Room in Your Heart
4. Good King Wenceslas
5. One More Sleep 'til Christmas
6. Marley and Marley
7. Christmas Past
8. Chairman of the Board
9. Fozziwig's Party
10. When Love Is Gone
11. It Feels Like Christmas
12. Christmas Scat
13. Bless Us All
14. Christmas Future
15. Christmas Morning
16. Thankful Heart
17. Finale: When Love Is Found/It Feels Like Christmas
18. When Love Is Gone
Editorial Review:
For right-minded buyers of the reissued Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack, the odds of disappointment are about as remote as Miss Piggy's chances with Kermit. If you loved the movie, you will love the loopy mayhem of the Muppet Brass Buskers ("Good King Wenceslas"), the cartoonish malice of the black-hearted misanthropes Marley & Marley ("Marley & Marley"), and the hope-swollen harmonies of Tiny Tim and Family ("Bless Us All"), Muppeted here to hilariously humble effect. If, on the other hand, your interest in this disc has more to do with its inclusion in the way-narrow Christmas-record-for-kids category--if the spirit of the season doesn't extend, for you, to the magic of the Muppets--you may want to keep browsing, as it's a soundtrack first (overture, instrumentals, and all) and a Christmas CD second. That's not to suggest you're stuck with an un-fun disc should it land on your holiday stack without a prior screening, though. Miles Goodman's score sweeps and inspires, and certain tracks--"One More Sleep 'til Christmas" and "Fozziwig's Party"--are future classics. (Note to the right-minded: After a misstep on the original release, Martina McBride's version of "When Love is Gone" is back.) -Tammy La Gorce
The Muppet Christmas Carol Reviews:
The Beautiful Muppet Beats of Christmas 
2009-11-04 - Ah, the memories.
If there's one thing that stands out among all the Christmas specials and stories, it's Charles Dicken's short story, called A Christmas Carol. And it's been created in a number of ways, most recently by Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis in a computer generated version they claim to be strict to the source material. But if I had to gauge my childhood on one particular version, hands down its the loving version of the Muppets.
Gonzo as Dickens and Rizzo as...Rizzo, Kermit as Bob Cratchet, Waldorf and Stadler as Marley and Marley, and Michael Caine as Scrooge, this film was brilliant not only as the best Muppet film made, but as one of the best Christmas Carol films made, and the anniversery soundtrack for the film I bought proves it in spades.
A long time ago, my family had the cassette tape, and still do, I think... cassettes of course have been thrown by the wayside since the advent of the CD, so this Christmas I decided to get with the times. Not that there's any difference to this and the cassette tape, but that it's clearer, crisper, and provided I haven't heard from them for some time, was glorious.
The original, beautiful, touching, and gently teaching songs from Paul Williams mixed with an original score touching on several classic Christmas themes (such as Good King Wenceslas) by Miles Goodman touches the core of my Christmas spirit. The low horns and almost Animal-like tendencies indelibly indicate that Muppets are present, and even Martina McBride includes her vocals to an alternative version to When Love is Gone, possibly the most important love song I've ever heard, though I prefer Belle's version from the film better, since it forgoes the Soft Rock klicks and ticks that bother me.
There is more, with two additional songs by Benson Hunnydew and Beaker, and Sam the Eagle, in Room in Your Heart and Chairman of the Board. The servicemen asking for donations (played by Benson and Beaker) try to persuade Scrooge to donate with this song, and Scrooge's old headmaster (played by now British nationalized Sam the Eagle!) sings of the opportunities that await young Scrooge if indeed he puts his nose to the grind stone. Neither of these two songs are in the final cut of the film, presumably because they weren't filmed or ultimately were not needed in the film, but in the soundtrack, they are nonetheless wonderful, so I hope you have Room in Your Heart for this fantastic soundtrack.
Because whenever I listen to it, it Feels Like Christmas...
Love it!!
2009-01-22 - We love this movie and the sound track is just as wonderful! The muppets are hilarious!
Muppet Christmas Carol CD 
2009-01-21 - I can't really do much reviewing of the item because I never recieved it. I tried to contact the seller and he never replied back as to why my order go cancelled. The item was suppose to be a Christmas gift but I didn't know it was cancelled until after it was to late to buy another one from someone else.
Muppet Christmas Carol
2009-01-14 - My wife wanted this to add to her Christmas CDs, she was very happy to recieve it.
I'm Glad to Finally Have This Soundtrack
2008-12-17 - I didn't see this movie until several years after it had been released, but I immediately fell in love with it. And one reason was the songs. But by the time I went looking for the soundtrack, it was long out of print and therefore very expensive. But when Disney rereleased it, I bought it as soon as I could.
There are two main reasons I wanted to get it - "One More Sleep 'til Christmas" as sung by Kermit and "It Feels Like Christmas" by the Ghost of Christmas Present. Both songs are warm and rich as they share about the joys of Christmas. Frankly, either work outside of the movie. I'm surprised I haven't seen more people covering them.
And there are a couple of songs that work well in the context of the movie, too. "Scrooge" is a wonderful introduction to the character. As sung by the cast, it tells us exactly what we need to know about the main character. "Marley and Marley" is surprisingly funny considering it's one of the scarier moments of the traditional story. But it gets the point across with some humor.
And, like all soundtracks, there are several instrumental pieces. I count 6 of the 18 tracks. Scattered throughout, they really do invoke the feel of the movie even if you aren't watching it.
Two of the tracks, "Room in Your Heart" and "Chairman of the Board" were cut by the time I saw the movie. Frankly, they are my least favorite tracks here, probably because I never saw them in any context.
This will be yet another honored part of my Christmas music collection for years to come. If you like the movie, get it before it disappears again.
