25th December 2011

My festive track of the week belongs to Bob Seger for his Christmas masterpiece.

Elf
Winter Wonderland, Ray Charles

White Christmas
Snow, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney

One Magic Christmas
Sleigh Ride, The Ronettes

Christmas With The Kranks
Sock It To Me Santa, Bob Seger and The Last Heard

Jingle All The Way
Back Door Santa, Clarence Carter

I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Santa Clause is Back in Town, Elvis Presley

The Polar Express
Santa Claus is Coming To Town, Frank Sinatra

Muppet Christmas Carol
It Feels Like Christmas, Jerry Nelson, Louise Gold, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Brian Henson and Frank Oz

How The Grinch Stole Christmas
The Who Song, Thurl Ravenscroft

Home Alone
You’re a Mean One Mr Grinch, Thurl Ravenscroft

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Making Christmas, Danny Elfman, Debi Durst, Kerry Katz, Greg Proops and Carmen Twillie

Four Christmases
Christmas All Over Again, Tom Petty

The Santa Clause 2
Run Rudolph Run, Chuck Berry

This Christmas
Santa Baby, Lina

Miracle on 34th Street
Bellevue Carol, Bruce Broughton

Bad Santa
Holly Jolly Christmas, Burl Ives

Hide and Seek
Jingle Bells Gurushetram, Krishna

18th December 2011

It's the Video Game Sound Tracks special and my track of the week ends up in the hands of John Baker for ToeJam Jammin!

Uncharted 3
Nate’s Theme, Greg Edmondson, Azam Ali, Clint Bajakian

Sonic 2
Chemical Plant Zone, Masato Nakamura

Portal 2
Turret Wife Serenade, Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory

The Legend of Zelda
Great Fairy’s Fountain Theme, Koji Kondo

Silent Hill 2
Theme of Laura, Akira Yamaoka

Wonder Boy
In Game Music, Composer Unknown

ToeJam and Earl
ToeJam Jammin, John Baker

Katamari Damacy
Katamari on the Rocks, Yū Miyake

Red Dead Redemption
Born Unto Trouble, Bill Elm and Woody Jackson

Metal Gear Solid
The Best is Yet To Come, Rika Muranaka

Mega Man 2
Dr Wily Stage 1, Takashi Tateishi, Manami Matsumae

Tetris
Theme Music C, Hirokazu Tanaka

Parappa The Rapper
Cheap Cheap The Cooking Chicken Rap, Masaya Matsuura

The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
Sons of Skyrim, Jeremy Soule

11th December 2011

It's time for a big Bollywood special here on SoundTracks, with so much wonderful music on show, the week belongs to the original and the best playback singer Lata Mengashker who graces our ears several times over the course of the show.

Barsaat
Hawa Mein Utta Jaye, Lata Mengashker,

Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum
Yeh Hadka Hai Allah, Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan

Teesri Manzil
Main Hoon Pyar Tera, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi

Bari Behen
Chup Chup Khade Ho, Lata Mengashker and Premlata

Ek Duuje Ke Liye
Tere Mere Beech Mein, Lata Mangeshkar and Balasubrahmanyam

Mr India
Hawa Hawai, Kavita Krishnamurthy

Hum Aapke Hain Koun
Joote Dedo, Praise Lelo, Balasubrahmanyam and Lata Mangeshkar

Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
O Saathi Re, Kishore Kumar

Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
Say Shava Shava, Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhonsle, Adesh Shrivastava and Amitabh Bachchan