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My vote goes to "Home Alone 2". It contains reprises of all the thematic material from the first film's score, plus numerous themes written specifically for the film.
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Dec 9, 2010 - 8:19 AM
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Mike West
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I just listened to both scores one after the other, and I don't know really. Maybe due to the recording quality the performance seems a little bit better on Home Alone 1 than on Home Alone 2, more balanced, more precise. Compare for example the fast Tschaikovsky-like music in both scores, the rapid passages in the Celli and the cymbal crashes, I think I like that in the first score better. Also the bass-clarinet appearing with the celesta-theme, I think that is better performed and mixed in the first. As far as the cues for itself are concerned, I like both scores very much. Listening to them in one session, there is maybe a bit to much from the sweet "Somewhere in my Memory"-theme, like to much cream on a cake, but never mind.
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Love 'em both, but the original holds a special spot in my black ole heart. Although I will say that the "Merry Christmas" song from 2 is wonderful and it should be boosted up there with Jingle Bells and White Christmas and all the other famous holiday tunes. It endures.
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