Movie Hocus Pocus Genre Classical music | Release date 1 July 1993 Label Walt Disney Records | |
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Released July 1, 1993 (Original)September 30, 2013 (Special Edition) Length 43:04 (Original)1:14:25 (Special Edition) Similar The Stoning of Soraya M, The Princess Diaries, Liar Liar | ||
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Hocus Pocus is the score for the Walt Disney Pictures Halloween comedy film of the same name. It was composed and conducted by John Debney.
Contents
The original soundtrack was released on July 1, 1993 through promotional release by Debney, containing 19 tracks from the film. Several bootlegs were released on the internet, mainly because the promotional release misses the entire opening sequence music.
On September 30, 2013, Intrada Records re-released a special edition containing the entire score from the film plus bonus material, including alternate takes of some tracks.
Background
The film didn't have an officially released soundtrack album until Intrada Records released their special complete edition of the score in late 2013. Debney released an album-like assembly of the score as a promotional album, back in 1993, which has since become a very rare and expensive item, even though it was never officially commercialized.
As a result of the score being cut from its original 60-plus-minute running time down to only 43 minutes in Debney's promo, as well as all the music from the prologue sequence being removed, many bootleg recordings of the score began to appear across the internet, all of which contained every piece of music heard in the film along with never-heard-before alternates (some of which didn't even appear on the official release).
The music was conducted by Debney himself and orchestrated by Brad Dechter and Don Davis. James Horner was originally slated to score the film, but became unnavailable at the last minute, so Debney had only two weeks to score the 96-minute film. Prior to the production of the film, Horner had written a 2-minute theme for Sarah ("Come Little Children"), which ended up being used in the film, and featured in Intrada's edition of the score (as "Sarah's Theme").
Track listing
All tracks written by John Debney.
All tracks written by John Debney, except track 21 with music by James Horner and lyrics by Brock Walsh. Track 21 is performed by Sarah Jessica Parker.