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Your Learning Zone - The Polar Express
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List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $10.62
Your Save: $ 3.36 ( 24% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Pictures
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624889724
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Warner Bros. Pictures
Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Pictures
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: 2004-11-02
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
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Summary: BEAUTIFUL music!
Comment: Whether you've seen the movie or not, this is wonderful Christmas music for kids AND adults. The movie originals are on here as well as the classics that get played during the movie... I can't think of a song from the movie that they left out. This is by far my 4 year-old son's favorite Christmas movie, and now he can listen to the music in the car, while playing, or (his favorite) while laying in bed.
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Summary: Polar Express
Comment: My children and I enjoyed this over the entire month of December since we had just been on a Polar Express train ride. They love the music and so do I!
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Summary: Polar Express Soundtrack
Comment: The Polar Express soundtrack is played every day at our house. My 2 1/2 year old daughter loves the movie and now when we are in the car, she can listen to her favorite songs.
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Summary: The Polar Express
Comment: Cool CD. I bought this because Josh Groban sings "Believe" in the CD. I enjoyed all the other songs on it too.
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Summary: Like the movie: Good - but should have been much better
Comment: This CD spends a lot of time in my player around Christmas. Why the three star rating then, you ask?
The first half of the CD, which features original songs from the movie, is great. Josh Groban's "Believe" is the highlight of the disc. The original songs "When Christmas Comes to Town" and "The Polar Express" are enjoyable as well.
The second half of the CD contains the same old Christmas classics from Frank, Bing, and Co. that appear on almost every other Christmas compilation out there. It seems like a waste; the movie featured a great score by Alan Silvestri, but unfortunately, only three of his compositions made it onto the CD (two songs, plus the medley that plays during the closing credits). Personally, I would have preferred a bit more of the film's score and a lot less of the verge-of-public-domain tracks that are played in every department store from Halloween until December 25th.
My other complaint with this CD is that Tom Hanks, while a great actor, is a horrible singer. Actually, his "singing" can be described more as shouting over the other vocalists, than singing. I enjoyed the rendition of the title track in the movie, but Hanks' vocals on the album version border on annoying. Luckily, he only appears on two tracks.
So there you have it. Would I recommend this CD? Yes. It has it's faults, but is still a must have for the holiday season.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Promising to be this holiday season's family film blockbuster, the revolutionary computer-animated The Polar Express-based on a best-selling children's book, starring the voice of Tom Hanks and directed by Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis-is a classic Christmas film with a modern look. The soundtrack album also mixes the classic with the contemporary, with immortal versions of the greatest Christmas songs ever penned, such as "White Christmas" from Bing Crosby and new recordings from Josh Groban "Believe", Aerosmith's Steven Tyler "Rockin' On Top Of The World" and others. This Christmas everyone will be getting on board The Polar Express.
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