Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Nitrate Christmas Special!

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas to all Nitrate fans- hope you enjoyed the selection of all the Christmas movies and specials I played today! It always brings back some good old cheer for me to hear these tunes; hope it did the same for you :)

Thurls Ravenscroft- You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (The Grinch Who Stole Christmas)
Josh Groban- Believe (The Polar Express)
Ed Wynn- Workshop Song (Babes in Toyland)
Danny Elfman- Making Christmas (Nightmare Before Christmas)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra- The Nutcracker Suite (Elf)

Vince Guaraldi Trio- Christmastime is Here (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
Loreena McKennitt- The Bells of Christmas (The Santa Clause)
John Williams- Main Title (Home Alone)
Main Theme (Santa Claus is Comin' to Town)
Harry Gregson-Williams- Father Christmas (The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe)
Main Theme (Frosty the Snowman)
Burl Ives- Main Theme (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
John Williams- Christmas at Hogwarts (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
The Pointer Sisters- Jump (Love Actually)

Hugo Friedhofer- Choir Rehearsal (The Bishop's Wife)
Bing Crosby- White Christmas (Holiday Inn)
Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra- The Hut-Sut Song (A Christmas Story)
Annie Lennox and Al Green- Put a Little Love in Your Heart (Scrooged)
Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters- Mele Kalikimaka (National Lampoons Christmas Vacation)
Run-DMC- Christmas in Hollis (Die Hard)
Jason Alexander- Link by Link (A Christmas Carol- TV Special)
Chris Brown- Main Title (This Christmas)

Phillippe Rombi- Stille Nacht (Joyeux Noel)
Hans Zimmer- Gumption (The Holiday)
Christophe Beck- Suite from Fred Claus (Fred Claus)
Mick Jagger- Lonely Without You this Christmas (Alfie)
Faith Hill- Where are you Christmas? (How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000)
The Muppets- Scrooge (The Muppet Christmas Carol)

Vince Girauldi Trio- Oh Tannenbaum (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

Saturday, December 13, 2008

December 13th, 2008

We had a King-Sized Nitrate 88 For you this week due to some basketball and scheduling shenanigans so I hope you enjoyed an extra slice of Nitrate 88 Pie and stay tuned for the next few weeks as Becky continues to serve up your weekly helping of delicious television and movie soundtracks. Alex (me) will be out of town traveling the world to search for some international Nitrate recipes. Stay tuned to find out if Alex will make it back from his perilous and exciting adventures!

Vince Guaraldi - Linus and Lucy (Peanuts)
Nathan Lane - Hakuna Matata (The Lion King)
Adriana Caselotti - Someday My Prince Will Come (Snow White)
Jodi Benson - Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid)
Roger Miller - Oo-De-Lally (Robin Hood)
Bill Farmer & Aaron Lohr - On The Open Road (A Goofy Movie)
Cliff Edwards & Dickie Jones - Give A Little Whistle (Pinocchio)
Scatman Crothers - Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat (The Aristocats)
Peggy Lee - He's a Tramp (Lady And The Tramp)
Mark Mancina - August's Rhapsody (August Rush)

Jay Ward - Rocky and Bullwinkle (Rocky & Bullwinkle)
Stanley Worth - George Of The Jungle (George Of The Jungle)
Various Artists - Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood)

John Williams and London Symphony Orchestra - Main Title (Star Wars)

Earle Hagen -The Dick Van Dyke Show (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
Eliot Daniel - I Love Lucy (I Love Lucy)
Various Artists - Superman (Superman)
Henry Vars - Flipper (Flipper)
P.F. Sloan - Secret Agent Man (Secret Agent Man)
John Dankworth - The Avengers (The Avengers)
The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O (Hawaii Five-O)
Flatt & Scruggs/Jerry Scroggins - The Ballad of Jed Clampett (The Beverly Hillbillies)
Mort Greene - Leave It To Beaver (Leave It To Beaver)

Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - Harvey Two-Face (The Dark Knight)
Alan Silvestri - Back To The Future (Back To The Future: Part I)
Danny Elfman - Spidey Suite (Spiderman 2)
John Williams - Indy's Very First Adventure (Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade)
Various Artists - Sora (Escaflowne: The Movie)
Mark Isham - The Host of Seraphim (The Mist)

Miles Goodman - Transformation (Teen Wolf)
Craig Armstrong - Bruce Goes Home w/ The Lonely Man (The Incredible Hulk)
Shiny Toy Guns - Finale/Reprise (Nightmare Before Christmas)
Yann Tiersen - La Valse D'Amelie (Piano Version)
Michael Andrews/Gary Jules - Mad World (Donnie Darko)
Michael Nyman - The Departure (Gattaca)
Carlo Siliotto - The Skull (The Punisher)

Various Artists - Escape From The Monastery (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
Danny Elfman - Worms Lounge 1 (Men In Black 2)
Danny Elfman - Into The Woods/The Witch (Sleepy Hollow)
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (National Lampoon's Vacation)
Hanz Zimmer/Cee-Lo Brown - Kung Fu Fighting (Kung Foo Panda)
Ray Park - Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters)
Various Artists - Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (Scooby Doo)
The Muppets - It's Not Easy Being Green (Sesame Street)
Erik Johnson -ATHF Theme [Remix] (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
Iain Ballamy - Close To You (Mirrormask)
David Bowie - Magic Dance (Labyrinth)
Marilyn Manson - If I Was Your Vampire Instrumental (Max Payne)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence [Piano Version] (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (O Brother Where Art Thou?)
The Blues Brothers - Gimme Some Lovin' (The Blues Brothers)
Vangelis - Blush Response (Bladerunner)

Saturday, December 6, 2008

NITRATE December 6, 2008

Nicholas Hooper- The Ministry of Magic (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
will.i.am- Big and Chunky (Madagascar 2)
Danny Elfman- Mike TeaVee (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
A Pirate Says Arr (The Backyardigans)
Limahl- Never Ending Story (The Never Ending Story)

The Twenty Twos-Another Day (Grandma's Boy)
Chris Thomas King- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Carter Burwell- A Lance Without Target (A Knight's Tale)
John Morris- Main Title (Spaceballs)
Will Ferrel- Afternoon Delight (Anchorman)
Max Steiner- Escape from Atlanta (Gone with the Wind)
Mahala Rai Band- Mahalageasca (Borat)
Johnny Greenwood- Proven Lands (There Will Be Blood)

Nancy Sinatra- You Only Live Twice (You Only Live Twice)
Elmer Bernstein- Main Theme (The Magnificent Seven)
Carly Simon- Nobody Does it Better (Nobody Does it Better)
Olivia Newton-John- Xanadu (Xanadu)
John Williams- Prelude (The Poseidon Adventure)

Carl Davis- Main Theme (The Great Dictator)
Bee Gees- Stayin' Alive (Saturday Night Fever)
Queen- Flash's Theme (Flash Gordon)
John Williams- March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Alexandros Xenofontos- Stalia, Stalia (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
John Williams- Main Theme (Schindler's List)
Aimee Mann- One (Magnolia)
Hedwig- Origin of Love (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
David Holmes- $165 Million + Interest (Ocean's Twelve)
Only a Woman (Team America)
Mark Mothersbaugh- Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)

Prince- Partyman (Batman)
J. Ralph- The Kansas City Shuffle (Lucky Number Slevin)
Huey Lewis and the News- The Power of Love (Back to the Future)
Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard- Now We are Free (Gladiator)