North

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  • The Bucket List [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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Release Date

1994

Duration

43:01

Genre

Styles

Recording Location

  • Andora Studios
  • Conway Recording
  • Todd-AO scoring
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Marc Shaiman

North

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Rob Reiner's North seems to have been intended to be cute and earnest but certainly not subtle, the kind of movie fantasy you either like a lot or not at all. Apparently, audiences weren't interested in finding out which, since the film dropped off the box office radar screen shortly after opening in the summer of 1994. Marc Shaiman's score is very much in keeping with the movie's episodic, cutesy style, interpolating everything from "If I Were A Rich Man" to "Hawaiian War Chant" into musical pieces meant to represent the various places on the globe to which the child North journeys on his search for new parents. Perhaps you can't blame Shaiman that what was intended to be endearing ends up sounding tacky -- that was the assignment. Country star Reba McEntire, who acts in the picture, is heard on the soundtrack singing new lyrics to the "Bonanza" theme with co-star Dan Aykroyd.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time
1
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
feat: The Orchestra
2:59
2
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
feat: Elijah Wood
1:23
3
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
2:43
4
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
3:10
5
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
0:40
6
Jerrold Immel / Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
0:48
7
Ray Evans / Jay Livingston
Marc Shaiman
feat: Dan Aykroyd / Reba McEntire
1:03
8
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
2:17
9
Marc Shaiman
3:21
10
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
1:02
11
Felix Bernard / Marc Shaiman / Dick Smith
Marc Shaiman
2:00
12
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
1:07
13
John Newton / Jacques Offenbach / Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
1:35
14
Don Ferris / Irving Friedman / Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
1:53
15
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
1:13
16
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
1:52
17
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
5:29
18
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
2:28
19
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
2:17
20
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
3:41
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