This week The Score celebrates Grandparents Day with films featuring grandparents in a starring role. Have fun with The Princess Diaries. Enjoy zingers slung by Lady Violet in Downtown Abby. Get to know the ancestral family wisdom in Coco and the fierce grandmother in Minari, this is the music for matriarchs and patriarchs with pizazz.
Playlist:
20th Century Fox Theme – Telarc 80168 – Hollywood’s Greatest Hits – Alfred Newman – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel, cond.
The Winner Is from Little Miss Sunshine, 2006
Lakeshore Records LKS 338652 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Mychael Danna/Devotchka – Devotchka
Main Titles from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005
Warner Bros Records 72264 – Music from the Motion Picture – Danny Elfman – original soundtrack/Rick Wentworth, cond.
111 Archer Avenue/Scrapping and Yelling/Sparkplug Minuet from The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001
Hollywood Records 20061-623582 – Original Soundtrack – Mark Mothersbaugh – original soundtrack
The Winner Is from Little Miss Sunshine, 2006
Lakeshore Records LKS 338652 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Mychael Danna/Devotchka
Jacob’s Prayer/Grandma Picked a Good Spot from Minari, 2020
Milan Records 19439892372 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Emile Mosari – original soundtrack
Violet Mon Adoree/That I Do Remember from Downton Abbey: A New Era, 2022
Decca Records 06024457783350 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – John Lunn – original soundtrack
Queen Clarisse/The Princess Diaries Medley from The Princess Diaries, 2001
Walt Disney Records 60745-7 – The Princess Diaries The Score – John Debney – original soundtrack/John Debney, cond.
Epilogue from On Golden Pond, 1981
Varese Sarabande 302 067 486 8 – Music and Original Dialog from the Motion Picture Soundtrack – Dave Grusin – original soundtrack
Little Tree from The Education of Little Tree, 1997
Sony SK 60330 – Music from the Motion Picture – Mark Isham – original soundtrack/Ken Kugler, cond.
Purgatory Cove/Epilogue from On Golden Pond, 1981
Varese Sarabande 302 067 486 8 – Music from the Motion Picture – Dave Grusin – Henry Fonda/Doug McKean actors/original soundtrack
Little Tree from The Education of Little Tree, 1997
Sony SK 60330 – Music from the Motion Picture – Mark Isham – original soundtrack/Ken Kugler, cond.
Tala’s Deathbed/Ta’Fiti Restored from Moana, 2016
Walt Disney Records D002467102 – Deluxe Edition Soundtrack – Mark Mancina/Linn Manuel Miranda/Opetaia Foa’l – original soundtrack
The Thrombey Estate/Blanc’s Tale Pt 1 from Knives Out, 2019
Cut Narrative Records digital – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Nathan Johnson – original soundtrack
Thelma’s Theme/Counterbalance from Thelma, 2024
Milan Records digital – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Nick Chuba – original soundtrack
The Princess Diaries Medley from The Princess Diaries, 2001
Walt Disney Records 60745-7 – The Princess Diaries The Score – John Debney – original soundtrack/John Debney, cond.
Main title From Star Wars A New Hope, 1977
Sony Classical S2K 51333 – John Williams’ Greatest Hits – John Williams – London Symphony Orchestra/John Williams, cond.