Home Alone (1990)
Composer: John Williams
Lyricist: Leslie Bricusse
Orchestrators: John Williams, Herbert W. Spencer, John Neufeld, Steve Bartek, Alexander Courage, Angela Morley
Conductor: John Williams
Director: Chris Columbus
Producers: John Hughes, Tarquin Gotch, Mark Levinson, Scott M. Rosenfelt
Starring Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara, Roberts Blossom
“When I first heard the John Williams score to this film, it just brought it to life in a way that I had never imagined.”
- Chris Columbus
Principal Themes and Motifs
Soundtrack Albums
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1990)
1. Theme from Home Alone (“Somewhere in My Memory”)
2. Holiday Flight
3. The House
4. Star of Bethlehem (Orchestral Version)
5. Man of the House
6. White Christmas
7. Scammed by a Kindergartner
8. Please Come Home for Christmas
9. Follow That Kid!
10. Making the Plane
11. O Holy Night
12. Carol of the Bells
13. Star of Bethlehem
14. Setting the Trap
15. Somewhere in My Memory (Walking Home)
16. The Attack on the House
17. Mom Returns and Finale
18. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
19. We Wish You a Merry Christmas / End Title
25th Anniversary Limited Edition (2015)
Disc 1:
1. Home Alone (Main Theme)
2. Go Pack Your Suitcase / Introducing Marley / In Goods Hands
3. Banished to the Attic
4. We Slept In / Hard Count
5. Making the Plane
6. The Basement
7. Target Practice / Sledding On the Stairs
8. Lights On / Guess Who’s Home / Paris Arrival
9. The Man of the House / Police Check
10. The Bookshelf
11. Phone Machine / Drug Store / Escape Across the Ice
12. Follow That Kid! (Film Version)
13. Listening to Carson
14. Cleaning Clothes / Kitchen
15. Scammed by a Kindergartner (Film Version)
16. Somewhere in My Memory (Walking Home) (Film Version)
17. O Holy Night (Film Version)
18. Star of Bethlehem (Film Version)
19. Carol of the Bells
20. Setting the Trap
21. The Attack Begins
22. Marv Enters the Basement / A Hot Hand / Sore Head
23. Paint Cans
24. Clothesline Trapeze / Marley to the Rescue
25. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Film Version)
26. The Next Morning / Mom Returns / Finale
27. We Wish You a Merry Christmas / End Title (Film Version)
Additional Music:
28. Star of Bethlehem (Orchestral Version)
29. Somewhere in My Memory (Walking Home) (Instrumental)
30. Jingle Bells
31. Christmas Carol Medley
32. Silent Night
33. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (Chorus)
34. O Holy Night (Alternate Finale)
35. Somewhere in My Memory
Disc 2:
1-19. Identical to the original 1990 album release except…
20. Run Rudolph Run
21. Rock and Roll Riff
22. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
23. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree