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"Linus and Lucy" is a popular instrumental jazz standard written by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi. It serves as the main theme tune for the many Peanuts animated specials and is named for the two fictional siblings, Linus and Lucy Van Pelt .
Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi is the tenth album by pianist George Winston, released in 1996. It features covers of songs composed by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, including several written for the Peanuts animated television specials. It was reissued on Dancing Cat Records in 2008.
Guaraldi was born in San Francisco's North Beach area, a place that became very important to his blossoming musical career. [2] [3] His last name changed to "Guaraldi" after his mother, Carmela (née Marcellino; 1908–1999), divorced his biological father (whose last name was Dellaglio) and married Tony Guaraldi, who adopted the boy. [1]
In the strip, adult voices are heard, though conversations are usually only depicted from the children's end. To translate this aspect to the animated medium, the sound of a trombone with a solotone mute, created by Vince Guaraldi [1] and played by Dean Hubbard.
In particular, the version of "Linus and Lucy" stands out due to the incorporation of the East Bay Sound, a funk-influenced style of drumming, brought to the session by Clark. Clark was known for his pioneering work in this style, which added a more rhythmic and modern feel to the track.
"With the Peanuts movies, I grew up on those specials from the '60s and '70s, that, of course, rerun to this day. I'm very fond of all that Vince Guaraldi music, so what we did was try to find spots in the film where we could sort of touch down and remind people who were watching the film that it's still a Peanuts movie, and there's still a place for that music in the film.
While many of the cues were brief — ranging from 30 to 90 seconds — they were carefully composed and executed to support the animated scenes. One of the most significant reworkings of earlier material was "Linus and Lucy," which was arranged with greater complexity, featuring a call-and-response between Guaraldi’s piano and Ellis ...
It was also released in a limited-edition picture disc vinyl format in September 2015, with images of Charlie Brown and Lucy covering each side. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Peanuts , a second limited-edition picture disc vinyl format featuring images of Snoopy and Woodstock was released by Craft Recordings on July 24, 2020.