Rankin Bass Holiday Music Collections

my15clicks

01-29-2019, 11:30 PM

Some day Rick Goldschmidt will convince the various movie studios to do a deluxe box set of all the Rankin Bass holiday productions. Until that day we suffer through the many incomplete smaller box sets of these holiday gems.

http://www.rankinbass.com/

I have seen a few posts of their music on this forum but I’m surprised no one has taken a stab at putting together a complete list of recordings.

So I would like to request this list be started.

Some links to get the ball rolling:
https://christmas-specials.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Rankin/Bass_songs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin/Bass_Productions

http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/rankinbass-rudolph-on-records/

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/all-19-fun-festive-utterly-bizarre-rankinbass-chri.html

https://musiccourtblog.com/2015/12/11/behind-the-christmas-music-the-history-of-rankinbass-animated-specials/

ArcadiaSSX999

01-31-2019, 10:57 PM

Mauray Laws is indeed worth exploring. The amount of wonderful music he’s done is staggering and all of it memorable. First up should be a deluxe The Hobbit and Return of the King.

my15clicks

01-31-2019, 11:16 PM

Agreed ArcadiaSSX999. Amazing underrated talent.