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The music was conducted by Debney and orchestrated by Brad Detcher and Don Davis. [2] James Horner was originally slated to score the film, but became unavailable at the last minute, so Debney had only two weeks to score the 96-minute film. Prior to the production of the film, Horner wrote a two-minute theme for Sarah (commonly known as "Come ...
John Cardon Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores. [1] His work encompasses a variety of mediums and genres, including comedy , horror , science fiction , thriller , fantasy and action-adventure .
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film [5] directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, and a story by David Kirschner and Garris. It follows a villainous comedic trio of witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night.
Apart from Debney's score, the album featured two songs performed by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, who played the Sanderson Sisters. [2] [3] The first track is titled "The Witches Are Back", a re-written version of the Elton John single, "The Bitch Is Back" (1974), featuring additional lyrics by Midler and Marc Shaiman. [4]
The Ant Bully is a 2006 American animated fantasy adventure comedy film written and directed by John A. Davis and based on the 1999 children's book of the same name by John Nickle.
In October 2021, it was announced that John Debney, the composer of the original film, was set to return to score the sequel. [48] The soundtrack, which features two new songs in addition to Debney's score, was released digitally by Walt Disney Records on September 30, 2022, and was released physically on November 11, 2022. [49]
Tanya Donelly and Mt. Joy were initially intended to score for the film, before they were replaced by John Debney in November 2021. [2] Debney called it as a "dream come true" moment on writing music for the film, and said that he "fell in love with the idea of a Land Of Luck which mirrors and influences our own world". [3]
"Little Children" reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1964, [1] and No. 7 in the US Hot 100 singles chart later the same year. [3] The B-side of "Little Children" in the U.S., "Bad to Me" (which had previously been an A-side in the UK and which made No. 1 there in August 1963) peaked at No. 9 on the US charts simultaneously to the success of "Little Children".