{"id":385475,"date":"2021-12-24T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-john-williams-made-home-alone-sound-like-christmas\/"},"modified":"2021-12-24T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T14:30:55","slug":"how-john-williams-made-home-alone-sound-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-john-williams-made-home-alone-sound-like-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"#How John Williams Made &#8216;Home Alone&#8217; Sound Like Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373ca8ad125\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373ca8ad125\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-john-williams-made-home-alone-sound-like-christmas\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CWhy_Home_Alone_is_the_Best_Christmas_Soundtrack_Ever%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cWhy Home Alone is the Best Christmas Soundtrack Ever\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-john-williams-made-home-alone-sound-like-christmas\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-john-williams-made-home-alone-sound-like-christmas\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How John Williams Made &#8216;Home Alone&#8217; Sound Like Christmas<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;There\u2019s a lot more to composing a banger Christmas soundtrack than sleigh bells.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Home_Alone_3.jpeg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Home Alone\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Home_Alone_3.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Home_Alone_3-768x416.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;20th Century Fox&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on December 24th, 2021 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay about why Home Alone has the best Christmas soundtrack.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>It\u2019s that time of the year again folks. An unmistakable din of bells, carols, and hallowed Christmas classics has invaded every grocery store, pharmacy, and retail outlet.<\/p>\n<p>And as you make your way down produce aisles to the tune of \u201cFrosty the Snowman\u201d (or if you\u2019re really lucky, the Dolly Parton\/Kenny Rogers collab album \u201cOnce Upon a Christmas\u201d), here\u2019s a question worth mulling over: what makes a song\u00a0<em>sound <\/em>like Christmas? \u00a0Is it as easy as throwing in a volley of sleigh bells here and there? Can the effect be achieved by merely name-dropping keywords like \u201cfireplace\u201d \u201csnow\u201d and \u201chome\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Well, as the video essay below suggests, the answer may lie in the 1990 holiday classic\u00a0<strong><em>Home Alone<\/em><\/strong>, which features one of the most \u201cChristmassy\u201d scores of all time. Directed by Chris Columbus, the film sees eight-year-old Kevin (Macaulay Kulkin) making the most of his newfound independence when his family accidentally leaves him behind during the holidays. And by \u201cnewfound independence\u201d we of course mean \u201cdefending his home from two burglars\u201d with the imaginative menace of a villain from the\u00a0<em>Saw\u00a0<\/em>franchise.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s score, by none other than\u00a0<strong>John Williams<\/strong>, is an incredibly solid case study in what makes music\u00a0<em>feel\u00a0<\/em>like the holidays. As the video essay below underlines, Williams is fully aware of the key role cycles of nostalgia play in the holiday and the music associated with it. Made up of old classics befitting the nostalgic thrust du jour (the 1950s), Williams\u2019 score also features original carols that emulate the real deal so seamlessly, they\u2019re difficult to pick out from the crowd. So grab a mug of hot <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>le cider, suck on a candy cane and cozy up for this look at why <em>Home Alone\u00a0<\/em>feels like Christmas from a musical point of view.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CWhy_Home_Alone_is_the_Best_Christmas_Soundtrack_Ever%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cWhy Home Alone is the Best Christmas Soundtrack Ever\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Home Alone is the Best Christmas Soundtrack Ever\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jvQGGbq1MFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" data-inc=\"3\">This video about why <em>Home Alone <\/em>has an incredible Christmas soundtrack is\u00a0by <strong>Sideways<\/strong>, a video essay channel whose work goes deep on music, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, and music in movies. Their videos interrogate a lot of issues in movie music that may not be noticed by the untrained ear, but have a huge impact on the film. You can subscribe to their YouTube channel <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Sideways440\/featured\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Chris Columbus, Christmas, Home Alone, The Queue\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;\n            &lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;\n            &lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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