National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Score Cover
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Something a little Christmassy for ya - the score for "Christmas Vacation" by Angelo Badalamenti has unfortunately never seen a release, so I thought I'd recreate a small piece of music from one of the scenes.
It was quite difficult learning it from ear, but I had fun recreating the sounds, from the warm strings to the synthy-sounding harmonica; BBCSO Discover's strings proved perfectly capable of capturing that warmth here.
Merry Christmas!!
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Flower Productions 2020
Love love love this score. Annoyed it was never released. Thank you for this!
Just love those hard to find scores from films we all know and love!
Wow...this is one of my favorite movie scores that can't be found anywhere for some reason. Your recreation of this is just gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing!
I’ve been looking for traces of this song for years. It’s one of the best parts of the movie! Thank you for sharing this with us.
Wow this is incredible, well done
Fantastic! It's amazing that there is absolutely no trace of this score anywhere on the internet. This little taste is a real treat. I love the variation that plays in the final scene of the film.
This piece that plays in the background in the scene that the lights fail for the first time creates such a profound inner sense of longing in such an irresistibly bittersweet way, which the downcast harmonica really captures.
You did a really great job with this. I only found this just today. Since I had no luck finding sheet music for this, and since I play fingerstyle solo guitar, as of December 2022, I’ve been figuring this out by ear from scratch for acoustic solo guitar. Some of it has been smooth to figure out while other moments are a little more subtle and sly with deceptive cadences, but definitely lots of jazz chords.
Thank you for putting this out here. As soon as I’ve finished my guitar version, I will add my contribution, too. For the classic that Christmas Vacation is, I can’t believe that this uncredited instrumental filler music score hasn’t become famous like “Somewhere In My Memory” from another classic Christmas movie, Home Alone.
Thanks for your comment - I agree this could definitely be a classic Christmas film score if it were released! Best of luck with your transcription, I'd love to have a listen once you're finished - this piece would sound lovely on guitar
Oh wow, this is a nice holiday treat to listen to....nice and thank you Peter!
Can’t believe this score has never seen a release.
I’ve been looking for this score track forever, it’s close enough to the real thing, thanks for making it!
Just what I was looking for, at just the right time!
Me too! I always thought it was so endearing and sweet to hear but I never could find it until now.
Why is this so damn hard to find. Thanks
When the pandemic is over, I will put this music to remember the victims who pass away from covid-19 crisis.
great stuff as always!
The choir voices are missing😢