Hocus Pocus Recording Sessions (1993) - John Debney



49 tracks 73:30 320k Sorry for no tracklist.

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Wow, thank you very much. I am not aware of this being available in the past, but it's great to finally have James Horner's music from this film.

James Horner wrote the music for the song "Come Little Children" And his full composition of the piece appears in track 30, otherwise known as "Sarah's Theme".

2:10 of unreleased Horner. Wonderful.

He was originally suppose to score the film but had to bow out at the last minute due to a scheduling conflict. Debney was then brought in to replace him.

Horner however had already written the music for the song by this point and removing all footage of Sarah Jessica Parker singing the tune would have meant having to re-shoot thouse particular scenes. As the film was a summer release and its premiere was swiftly approaching, it was agreed that re-shooting would be near impossible, not to mention the costs, so his music was retained for the film.

It's great to finally have the material he wrote. I've been looking for it for years now. It wasn't featured on the promotional album. ;)

Indeed. It's great to have that cue, something that likely would have never seen any sort of official release.

Hocus Pocus - Come Little Children (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsda4GJuzcQ)

~ღ~ Come Little Children ~ღ~ fan arranged by katethegreat19 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKlsUrfbiE0&feature=related)

Didn't knew that, thanks for the infos, Captain Scarlet.

You're welcome. I would like to add that there are other cues on here previously unavailable that feature brief statements of "Sarah's Theme". I forgot to say earlier also that the sound quality here is very good. It sounds just as good as the promotional album.

As these are the recording sessions though, I wonder why there are still cues missing. Like the cue immediately after the opening credits where you hear "Sarah's Theme" In fact most of the music from the opening of the film appears to be missing. Then there is the orchestral/band arrangement of "I Put A Spell On You" That Bette Midler sings at the Halloween concert. I wonder if these cues will ever show up. I'm still surprised any of Horner's material especially showed up at all to be honest.

Hocus Pocus - Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LoKYWTIQCE)

HOCUS POCUS - I Put A Spell On You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WokCYRlqtVc)

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Thanks for the post and the info guys. I didn't know about Horner's involvement in this.

As these are the recording sessions though, I wonder why there are still cues missing.

They're deliberately missing. A more complete recording sessions is available.

Really? Is there any possibility you could let me know how to obtain it? I would appreciate it. Thanks.

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I've just been going over the information regarding this score and it was in fact Marc Shaiman who did the arrangement of "I Put A Spell On You" for this film.

Also the lyrics for "Come Little Children (Sarah's Theme)" were written by Brock Walsh.

Also the lyrics for "Come Little Children (Sarah's Theme)" were written by Brock Walsh.

Who also wrote the lyrics for "Twilight and Mist", performed on screen in "Legends of the Fall", based on one of Horner's themes for the film.

There is not a month of the year where I do not listen to the themes from Legends Of The Fall. A captivating classic from Horner; and deservingly so.

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for this. I have the promo soundtrack but this release definitely belittles that simple promo score. I have been looking for an official full recording of the "Come Little Children" song since the release of the film. Why thank you very much for that. I am also wondering if there was a way to acquire the more complete Recording Sessions, this is one of my favorite films and being a film score buff, definitely would be a black diamond in my collection. Thank you very much.

Is there any release that is close to a non-rip recording of the song with Sarah Jessica Parker's singing?

Does this one differ from the album posted here?



It is also 49 tracks but 71:48 minutes long.

Does this one differ from the album posted here?



It is also 49 tracks but 71:48 minutes long.

do you have a link to your version?

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They're deliberately missing. A more complete recording sessions is available.

and can you say us where? do you have a link for us?

Hocus Pocus - Come Little Children (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsda4GJuzcQ)


These are really GREAT, especially the second one, created and sung by "Katethegreat19" on Youtube! FANTASTIC! She has 41 vids, and each one is totally unbelievable, considering that they are fan made, they sound very professional. She has the music box theme from "Silent hill" and most of her music sounds like it was recorded in a studio! really sweet! Thanks for sharing this!


William

do you have a link to your version?

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and can you say us where? do you have a link for us?

I've compared those two and I'm afraid that my version differs from the one posted here by no more than 1-2sec per track and this gives totally couple more minutes of gaps between tracks:)
The cover was also misleading:) But I'll keep on looking

I second the query for I Put A Spell On You. To have never seen this on a soundtrack or leaked bootleg is rather odd, seeing it's possibly THE song of the film.

Does anyone know the proper order of the tracks? I've tried to place them appropriately but I don't think I'm quite there.

Wow, thank you so much!

wow, this is great! How did you get this? Where do these "recording sessions" come from? I have a few Jerry Goldsmith, too, how do they end up on the internet?

Thanks for the upload

This thread may be worth looking at too: Thread 81596

I post that link becuase it has the track list and a break down of everything and what is available and isn't

Does anyone have a tracklisting for this score by any chance?

Love The Cover!

huge...
http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j454/IamBugz007/Snapshots%20and%20Gifs%20for%20Forums/bugzbubthanks200less.gif

I have a John Debney "HOCUS POCUS" Score Archive cd of the film. It has 38 tracks and is 53 min. long. I got it from his management company years ago and they didn't bother with a track list. When I received the cd, I called his company to request a track, but they told me sorry, but they couldn't find the list.

So, I need help locating the 38 track names. If someone could provide me with the track list to this cd, I would be forever grateful.

Please & Thank You! :)

John Debney - Hocus Pocus {Score Archive} (1993) [FLAC]
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Enjoy!

Wish I could help, my Googling only turned up the 19 track promo

Yeah, mine too. Thay's ok, thanks anyway. :)

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I have a John Debney "HOCUS POCUS" Score Archive cd of the film. It has 38 tracks and is 53 min. long.

When his management company sent me the cd, it didn't come with the track list. I called them to ask for a list, they said they didn't have one.

Have any ideas how to get the track list?

This has never been released to the public.

I'm not even sure why it was released to me, other than I was inquiring about purchasing the John Debney "Hocus Pocus" 19 track promo soundtrack and they sent me this, free. Not complaining, just what like to have the track list. The cd is GREAT!

I just found out today, that what I have is Hocus Pocus, not the promotional version but "Score Archive" which features 38 tracks and 52 minutes.

Whatever "Score Archive" means.

I just wish I had the track list.

Yeah, mine too. Thay's ok, thanks anyway. :)

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I have a John Debney "HOCUS POCUS" Score Archive cd of the film. It has 38 tracks and is 53 min. long.

When his management company sent me the cd, it didn't come with the track list. I called them to ask for a list, they said they didn't have one.

Have any ideas how to get the track list?

This has never been released to the public.

I'm not even sure why it was released to me, other than I was inquiring about purchasing the John Debney "Hocus Pocus" 19 track promo soundtrack and they sent me this, free. Not complaining, just what like to have the track list. The cd is GREAT!

I just found out today, that what I have is Hocus Pocus, not the promotional version but "Score Archive" which features 38 tracks and 52 minutes.

Whatever "Score Archive" means.

I just wish I had the track list.

Have you downloaded other soundtracks from the film to see if tracks match up to copy the names of those tracks?

Yes, I have. I know it's not the "Promo", I have that one, downloaded the "Hocus Pocus Recording Sessions" and "Hocus Pocus: The Complete Magic! (Complete Score edit)".

If anyone is interested, I've posted my expanded version of the score - with track titles - here:

Thread 93484

I have a John Debney "HOCUS POCUS" Score Archive cd of the film. It has 38 tracks and is 53 min. long. I got it from his management company years ago and they didn't bother with a track list. When I received the cd, I called his company to request a track, but they told me sorry, but they couldn't find the list.

So, I need help locating the 38 track names. If someone could provide me with the track list to this cd, I would be more than happy to share it with you in flac.

If you don't mind posting I could help you out with creating a track list. Seems the only way.

If you don't mind posting I could help you out with creating a track list. Seems the only way.

John Debney - Hocus Pocus {Score Archive} (1993) [FLAC]
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OMG, DUDE. You have a VERY VERY special album. To anyone who is curious, this DOES have the tracks from the opening of the film that have been difficult to track down in any form short of a DVDrip. Only problem is severe clipping but with a little cleaning up (like I've done) they sound much better.

Track listing:

1. Main Titles (w/o vocals)
2. Main Titles
3. They Conjure (alternate)
4. They Conjure
5. Race to the Witches' House
6. The Book/Potion (w/o vocals)
7. The Book/Potion
8. We're Young!
9. Thackery's Transformation
10. Kindly Spinster Ladies
11. The Curse
12. Max Meets Allison (alternate)
13. Max Meets Allison
14. Max Meets Jay and Ice
15. Danny!
16. Halloween
17. Brother and Sister Theme
18. To the Witches' House We Go (w/o vocals)
19. To the Witches' House We Go
20. Entering the House
21. Max Lights the Black Flame Candle
22. The Witches Returns
23. Witches on a Rampage
24. Witches vs. the Modern World (w/o vocals)
25. Witches vs. the Modern World
26. One Night Only
27. Graveyard Attack
28. I Am Calm (I)
29. I Am Calm (II)
30. Witches on Holiday
31. Master!
32. Dead Man's Finger
33. Who Stole the Brooms?
34. Scrod
35. A Prison for Children
36. Witches Tricked
37. Safe Again?
38. I Want My Book!

As you all can tell it's far from complete but does featured several cues that were only available in DVDrip form. I have taken those cues and created my own ultimate complete score. It contains 67 tracks and runs 103 minutes. I have utilized this version of the score plus the recording sessions and the promo album (for one cue: Escape from the Witches' Lair since it appears in neither this rip or the recording sessions oddly). Also while the missing cues are heavily clipped I have gone in and completely remastered those so they sound far better now than they ever have. No clipping, no nasty artifacts, none of that stuff. I've also combined the tracks They Conjure and Race to the Witches' House (tracks 4-5) since it more closely matches the film version and they just kinda sound weird in two separate parts. I'll post only if Snoopy is cool with it.

OMG, DUDE. You have a VERY VERY special album. To anyone who is curious, this DOES have the tracks from the opening of the film that have been difficult to track down in clean form, well, in any form. Only problem is severe clipping.

@codyap09,

Please forgive my asking, but what are you talking about? Are you saying, "I have a very, very special album"? The cd I just posted? What do you mean, severe clipping? :) Please explain, I have not a clue on what I have.

Will you be able to help me out with a track list?

Thank You!

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OMG, DUDE. You have a VERY VERY special album. To anyone who is curious, this DOES have the tracks from the opening of the film that have been difficult to track down in any form short of a DVDrip. Only problem is severe clipping but with a little cleaning up (like I've done)

Track listing:

1. Main Titles (w/o vocals)
2. Main Titles
3. They Conjure (alternate)
4. They Conjure
5. Race to the Witches' House
6. The Book/Potion (w/o vocals)
7. The Book/Potion
8. We're Young!
9. Thackery's Transformation
10. Kindly Spinster Ladies
11. The Curse
12. Max Meets Allison (alternate)
13. Max Meets Allison
14. Max Meets Jay and Ice
15. Danny!
16. Halloween
17. Brother and Sister Theme
18. To the Witches' House We Go (w/o vocals)
19. To the Witches' House We Go
20. Entering the House
21. Max Lights the Black Flame Candle
22. The Witches Returns
23. Witches on a Rampage
24. Witches vs. the Modern World (w/o vocals)
25. Witches vs. the Modern World
26. One Night Only
27. Graveyard Attack
28. I Am Calm (I)
29. I Am Calm (II)
30. Witches on Holiday
31. Master!
32. Dead Man's Finger
33. Who Stole the Brooms?
34. Scrod
35. A Prison for Children
36. Witches Tricked
37. Safe Again?
38. I Want My Book!

As you all can tell it's far from complete but does featured several cues that were only available in DVDrip form. I have taken those cues and created my own ultimate complete score. It contains 68 tracks and runs 104 minutes. I have utilized this version of the score plus the recording sessions and the promo album (for one cue: Escape from the Witches' Lair since it appears in neither this rip or the recording sessions oddly). Also while the missing cues are heavily clipped I have gone in and completely remastered those so they sound far better now than they ever have. No clipping, no nasty artifacts, none of that stuff. I've also combined the tracks They Conjure and Race to the Witches' House (tracks 4-5) since it more closely matches the film version and they just kinda sound weird in two separate parts. I'll post only if Snoopy is cool with it.

Sent you a PM. ;)

I was curious how you removed the distortion from the clipping? Clipping in this case isn't too difficult to fix, but the distortion it leaves behind at times is difficult.

I just finished using what you posted snoopy to create a complete score edit too and would like to fix those couple moments. Most of them I could fix with already released material but some I couldn't. The final product is Two discs, 75 tracks, almost two hours of music heh. I'd like to post it too if that's ok Snoopy :-)

I was curious how you removed the distortion from the clipping? Clipping in this case isn't too difficult to fix, but the distortion it leaves behind at times is difficult.

I just finished using what you posted snoopy to create a complete score edit too and would like to fix those couple moments. Most of them I could fix with already released material but some I couldn't. The final product is Two discs, 75 tracks, almost two hours of music heh. I'd like to post it too if that's ok Snoopy :-)

@GoodMusician...

Sure, you can go ahead and post it. Enjoy! ;)

I was curious how you removed the distortion from the clipping? Clipping in this case isn't too difficult to fix, but the distortion it leaves behind at times is difficult.

I just finished using what you posted snoopy to create a complete score edit too and would like to fix those couple moments. Most of them I could fix with already released material but some I couldn't. The final product is Two discs, 75 tracks, almost two hours of music heh. I'd like to post it too if that's ok Snoopy :-)

It was pretty simple how I did it really. I loaded the FLACs into Sony Sound Forge 10, and just kinda played with the Clipped Peak Restoration tool but I did not cross fade the clipped edges, basically the settings I used altered the volume a little but completely restructured the waveform but there were no audio drops or distortion at high peaks. That plugin worked wonders on Hocus Pocus but still makes Brian Tyler's music feature drop offs as a result of clipping. He's very famous for mastered clipped albums. The fixed clips sound much better than the original untouched clips on my car audio system. The original clips were too scratchy and horrible bass distortion but the cleaned up clips feature a more natural soundscape in general and the bass sounds much more pronounced.

By the way, 75 tracks? What else was there that I missed?

Does it fix the distortion though? Any small amount of mastering cna reconstruct peaks but it's more the distortion I was worried about. I'll have to download yours and see how it sounds :-)

I'll also post mine and put my track list up when I get home tonight

Hocus Pocus: The Complete Magic!
2 Disc Set
Compiled from Three Sources
Complete Running Time - [01:56:23]

Disc 1 [01:15:07]

01) Disney Title - [00:14]
02) Hocus Pocus! Main Title (Film Alternate Take) - [01:16]
03) They Conjure (With Vocal) - [00:58]
04) Race to the Witches House (Isolated Orchestra) - [01:44]
05) The Book - Potion (Alternate Mix) - [04:02]
06) We're Young! - [01:23]
07) Twist the Bones and Bend the Back - [00:29]
08) But Kindly Spinsters - [00:25]
09) We Shall Be Back - [01:25]
10) Max Meets Allison - [02:03]
11) Thanks Hollywood - [00:37]
12) Danny! - [00:38]
13) Halloween - [01:34]
14) This Is Your Home Now - [01:23]
15) To The Witches House We Go (With Choir) - [01:44]
16) Entering the House - [00:48]
17) Hocus Pocus - [00:57]
18) The Witches Return - [01:43]
19) Stay for Supper - [02:03]
20) Witches on a Rampage - [01:21]
21) Witches Meet the World (With Choir) - [01:08]
22) One Night Only - [01:27]
23) First Graveyard Attack - [03:01]
24) I Am Calm (Part I) - [00:56]
25) I Am Calm (Part II) - [00:31]
26) What is this Contraption - [01:47]
27) Mother, Master - [00:35]
28) Dead Mans Fingers - [00:11]
29) Sick'em Ralph - [01:08]
30) I Put a Spell on You (Source) - [02:33]
31) Dance Until You Die (Source) - [00:21]
32) Scrod - [00:37]
33) A Prison For Children - [00:53]
34) Into the Kiln - [0043]
35) Witches Tricked - [01:51]
36) Safe Again - [00:59]
37) I Want my Book - [01:13]
38) Remember, Winnie, Remember - [01:01]
39) The Book Opens - [01:13]
40) Goodbye - [01:39]
41) The Attack on the House - [01:49]
42) Come Little Children (Sister Sarah's Song) - [02:08]
43) The Fight for Danny - [01:35]
44) Daylight Savings Time - [01:21]
45) Winnie Flies - [02:56]
46) Witch Attack (With Chorus) - [04:49]
47) The Sun - Reunited - [04:51]
48) Credits Bumper - [00:20]
49) I Put a Spell on You (Album) - [01:11]
50) End Credits Suite - [03:10]

Disc 2 [41:16]

01) Main Title (Album Take) - [01:17]
02) They Conjure (Alternate Chime Take) - [01:02]
03) They Conjure (Isolated Orchestra) - [00:58]
04) Race to the Witches House (With Choir) - [01:44]
05) The Book - Potion (Full Choral Mix) - [04:03]
06) Alison's House Source - [02:38]
07) Witches Meet the World (Isolated Orchestra) - [01:08]
08) I Am Calm (Combined) - [01:16]
09) It's Witchcraft - Party Source I - [02:51]
10) I Put a Spell on You (Instrumental) - [02:02]
11) Part Source II - [00:08]
12) Remember, Winnie, Remember (Alternate Take) - [01:01]
13) The Book Opens (With Choir) - [01:13]
14) The Attack on the House (Alternate Mix) - [01:52]
15) The Attack on the House (Partial Alternate Take) - [01:07]
16) Come Little Children (Isolated Orchestra) - [02:08]
17) Witch Attack (Part I - Isolated Orchestra) - [02:30]
18) Witch Attack (Part II - Isolated Orchestra) - [02:27]
19) Witch Attack Insert - [00:06]
20) The Sun - Reunited (Isolated Orchestra) - [04:54]
21) Credits Bumper (With Singing) - [00:21]
22) I Put a Spell on You (Instrumental) - [01:11]
23) End Credits (Film) - [01:33]
24) Main Title (Isolated Orchestra) - [01:18]
25) Hocus Pocus! (Unused Main Title Extension) - [00:17]

Does anyone still have the recording sessions? Sorry, but not really interested in anyone's edits/fan edits. I have the official 19-track promo version (never heard of a leaked recording sessions for this album) but would be interested if anyone still has it!

Thanks!

Does a dialogue free, full "Spell on You" exist?

Does anybody still have the recording sessions?

Does anybody still have the recording sessions?

Never mind. I got it.

Hello all! Does anyone have either the recording sessions, the 2 disc set listed above, or both? Much appreciated!

Hello all! Does anyone have either the recording sessions, the 2 disc set listed above, or both? Much appreciated!

Thread 135231

In this thread you'll find EVERY SINGLE Hocus Pocus releases that have ever leaked. I recommend you to listen to the first one, because, in my opinion, is the one that gives the best presentation of the score. Enjoy!