1. Pennies From Heaven - Louis Prima
2. Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald
3. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Lena Horne
4. Sleigh Ride / Santa Claus Party - Ferrante And Teicher/Les Baxter
5. Baby It's Cold Outside - Leon Redbone/Zooey Deschanel
6. Jingle Bells - Jim Reeves
7. Nutcracker Suite - Brian Setzer
8. Christmas Island - Leon Redbone
9. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
10. Winter Wonderland - Leon Redbone
11. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Eddy Arnold
12. Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston
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It takes a pretty deft touch to make us believe towering Will Ferrell as a displaced human cum Santa's elf, Ed Asner as St. Nick and make a Christmas movie that's as loopy/sassy as it is seasonally sentimental. Yet that's what director Jon Favreau has done with this unlikely little holiday gem, and his hand-picked song score underscores its warm heart and comedic smarts with charm to burn. Suffused with a New York sense of traditional cool, Favreau turns his soundtrack into an upbeat secular Christmas classic, a sort of Swingers-Meet-Santa collection that convinces us that performances as diverse as Louis Prima's rousing take on "Pennies From Heaven" and the pumping soul of Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing" are as season-friendly as the performances of more traditional Christmas pop fare by Ella Fitzgerald, Jim Reeves, Eartha Kitt and Eddy Arnold they bookend. The edited Ferrante & Teicher/Les Baxter medley is a lounge-y inspiration, while a trio of laconic Leon Redbone crooners anchor the film's dizzy, if often bittersweet emotional foundations. Co-star Zooey Deschanel duets with Redbone on "Baby It's Cold Outside," her bluesy performance a welcome surprise that recalls nothing less than a young Peggy Lee. --Jerry McCulley
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Elf: Music From The Major Motion Picture
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2003-11-04)
- Publisher: New Line Records
- Label: New Line Records
- Format: Soundtrack
- Studio: New Line Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 63 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #3269
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: classic 2008-12-28
Comment: What's not to love about the movie ?
What's not to love about the cd.
It's a definite must.
Love it !
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: where the cheer at? 2008-12-22
Comment: this movie has an awesome soundtrack, Leon Redbone is very cool. I got a real nice price and fast friendly service here. So if you enjoy being treated right Check this sight out.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Elf soundtrack 2008-11-24
Comment: I love the movie Elf but I should have listened closer to the music while watching the movie. I thought I would love the soundtrack too but when some of the songs came on I thought, "when was this song in the movie?" I wasn't as impressed by the soundtrack as I was the movie.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Zooey Deschanel 2008-11-14
Comment: The album has a lot of great material but most can be picked up off other albums. Get this one for Zooey Deschanel. Kind of pricey for one song but I think it was worth it.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: not too shabby 2008-01-25
Comment: The main reason I bought this CD is because I wanted the song "baby it's cold outside". However, the version on this CD is kind of weird. It was not what I expected. Not only are the lyrics slightly different, the voices singing it are a little different as well... but still a good CD nonetheless.
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