The producers were wise in their choosing of James Newton Howard to compose the score for P.J. Hogan's big screen rendering of J.M. Barrie's famous children's book, -Peter Pan. The former Elton John keyboardist's work on M. Night Shyamalan's Sixth Sense and Signs showcased his ability to blend suspense and whimsy, and skillfully paint a scene from a child actor's point of view. For Peter Pan, Howard builds the dreamy world of "Neverland" with harps, choirs, and the occasional keyboard flourish, fleshing out the characters with fairy tale precision, and creating a believable realm in the same fashion that John Williams handled the magical world of Harry Potter. The string motifs he chooses for Wendy and Peter are steeped in the bittersweet confusion of sexual awakening, and the eternally youthful Lost Boys are treated with a light hand, hinting at their enviable immortality. "Howard" goes to great lengths to capture the myth of Peter Pan, never dumbing it down. His is a darker take on a story that has spent years in the hands of cartoonists, and it delivers the tale a much-needed edge. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
Peter Pan (2003 Original Score)
12/16/2003 | Varese Sarabande
All Music Guide Review
Peter Pan (2003 Original Score) Track Listing
Credits of Peter Pan (2003 Original Score)
- Paul Cohen
- Cello
- Melissa MacKay
- Alto (Vocals), Children's Chorus
- Larry Mah
- Crew
- Rene Mandel
- Violin, Principal
- Dave Marquette
- Crew
- Malcolm McNabb
- Trumpet, Principal
- Gene Merlino
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Victoria Miskolszy
- Viola
- Bruce Morgenthaler
- Bass
- Shawn Murphy
- Engineer, Mixing
- Dan Neufeld
- Viola
- Helen Nightengale
- Violin
- Barbara Northcutt
- Oboe
- Dave Olson
- Music Editor
- Robin Olson
- Violin
- Bobbi Page
- Alto (Vocals)
- Katia Popov
- Violin
- Joe Porcaro
- Percussion
- Emil Radocchia
- Percussion
- John Reynolds
- Horn
- Anatoly Rosinsky
- Violin
- Geri Rotella
- Flute
- James Sawyer
- Trombone
- Mark Sazer
- Violin
- David Speltz
- Cello
- Neil Stubenhaus
- Bass (Electric)
- Sally Stevens
- Soprano (Vocal), Children's Chorus, Vocal Contractor, Choir Conductor
- George Thatcher
- Trombone
- Jim Thatcher
- Horn, Principal
- Robert Townson
- Executive Producer
- Cecilia Tsan
- Cello
- Carmen Twillie
- Alto (Vocals)
- Miwako Watanabe
- Violin
- John West
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Ann White
- Alto (Vocals)
- Jerry Whitman
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Ken Yerke
- Violin
- Robert Zimmitti
- Percussion, Principal
- Gayle Levant
- Harp, Principal
- Elin Carlson
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Marcia Dickstein
- Harp
- Marlo Fisher
- Viola
- Ian Freebairn-Smith
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Matt Funes
- Viola
- Teri Koide
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Jon Lewis
- Trumpet
- Peter Limonick
- Percussion
- Susie Stevens Logan
- Soprano (Vocal), Children's Chorus
- David Riddles
- Bassoon
- Andrew Shulman
- Cello
- Sebastian Toettcher
- Cello
- John Walz
- Cello
- Donald Williams
- Percussion
- Lily Chen
- Violin
- Tom Boyd
- Oboe
- Drew Dembowski
- Bass
- Ken Munday
- Bassoon
- Brian D. O'Connor
- Horn
- Susan Ranney
- Bass
- James Self
- Tuba
- Sandy DeCrescent
- Music Contractor
- Lisa Sutton
- Violin
- Brad Dechter
- Orchestration
- Kathy Nelson
- Executive in Charge of Music
- Steve Amerson
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Jeanne Evans
- Violin
- William Reichenbach
- Trombone
- Bob Joyce
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Jeff Atmajian
- Orchestration
- Bonnie Greenberg
- Music Supervisor
- Natalie Leggett
- Violin
- Conrad Pope
- Orchestration
- Pat Sullivan
- Mastering
- Gary Bovyer
- Clarinet
- Marc Gebauer
- Crew
- Tamara L. Hatwan
- Violin
- Kerry Katz
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Christian Kollgaard
- Bass
- Timothy Landauer
- Cello
- Denise Luiso
- Executive in Charge of Music
- Guy Maeda
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Rafael Rishik
- Violin
- Paul Salamunovich
- Choir Conductor
- Lia Vollack
- Executive in Charge of Music
- Pete Anthony
- Conductor, Orchestration
- Patricia Weber
- Crew
- Jim Weidman
- Producer, Supervising Music Editor
- Jon Kull
- Orchestration
- Shawn Mann
- Viola
- Darrin McCann
- Viola
- Dwayne Condon
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Mike Geiger
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Antony Cooke
- Cello
- Al Hershberger
- Violin
- Phillipe Levy
- Violin
- David Washburn
- Trumpet
- Keith Greene
- Viola
- Emily Bernstein
- Clarinet
- Steven Gordon
- Viola
- Eun Mee Ahn
- Violin
- Edie Lehmann Boddicker
- Alto (Vocals)
- Roberto Cani
- Violin
- Tim Morrison
- Trumpet
- Sean McDermott
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Michael Valerio
- Bass
- Kristen Smith
- Crew
- Jay Sylvester
- Crew
- Thomas Dienner
- Viola
- Liane Mautner
- Violin
- Sarah Thornblade
- Violin
- Piotr Jandula
- Viola
- Adam Michalak
- Crew
- Mark Robertson
- Violin
- Dick Wells
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Allen Savedoff
- Bassoon
- James Hill
- Producer
- Charles Nenneker
- Bass
- Phillip Edward Yao
- Horn
- David F. Walther
- Viola
- Ana Landauer
- Violin
- Sungil Lee
- Violin
- Shanti Randall
- Viola
- Bryan Clements
- Crew
- Lucy Fisher
- Soundtrack Executive Producer
- Cassandra Richburg
- Viola
- Timothy Washburn
- Children's Chorus
- Zachary Biggs
- Children's Chorus
- Virenia Lind
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Jonathan Mack
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Donna Davidson Medine
- Alto (Vocals)
- Andrew Thomas Malloy
- Trombone
- Stephen Grimm
- Baritone (Vocal)
- John Beeney
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Julia Ann Gigante
- Violin
- Casey Hands
- Children's Chorus
- Annica Ackerman
- Assistant Engineer
- Douglas Wick
- Soundtrack Executive Producer
- Amanda Walker
- Clarinet
- Joanna Bushnell
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Colton Byer Johnson
- Children's Chorus
- Benjamin Byram
- Children's Chorus
- Agostino Castagnola
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Emily Charouhas
- Children's Chorus
- Thomas Dalesandro
- Children's Chorus
- Chelsea Di Blasi
- Children's Chorus
- Debbie Hall Gleason
- Alto (Vocals)
- Andrew Graybill
- Violin
- Henry Gronnier
- Violin
- Kyle Hampson
- Children's Chorus
- P.J. Hogan
- Soundtrack Executive Producer
- Jim Walker
- Flute, Principal
- Bruce Dukov
- Violin
- Davey Johnstone
- Mandolin, Mandocello
- Richard Todd
- Horn
- Walt Harrah
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Richard Altenbach
- Violin
- Phil Ayling
- Oboe, Principal, Pan Pipes, Recorder
- Joan Beal
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Robert Becker
- Viola
- Steve Becknell
- Horn
- William Booth
- Trombone, Principal
- Susan Boyd
- Alto (Vocals)
- Jacqueline Brand
- Violin
- Amick Byram
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Alvin Chea
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Drums
- Randy Crenshaw
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Franklyn d'Antonio
- Violin
- Louise Di Tullio
- Flute
- Brian Dembow
- Viola, Principal
- Joel Derouin
- Violin
- David Duke
- Horn
- Arni Egilsson
- Bass, Principal
- Stephen Erdody
- Cello
- Christine Ermacoff
- Cello
- Mark Eshelman
- Crew
- Alan Estes
- Percussion
- Michael Fisher
- Percussion
- Rick Gerding
- Viola
- Endre Granat
- Violin, Concert Master
- Richard E. Grant
- Control Engineer
- Dan Greco
- Percussion
- Alan Grunfeld
- Violin
- Sandi Hall
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Linda Harmon
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Karen Harper
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Terry Harrington
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Clayton Haslop
- Violin
- Todd Hemmenway
- Cello
- Sheri Izzard
- Alto (Vocals), Children's Chorus
- Luana Jackman
- Alto (Vocals)
- Jon Joyce
- Baritone (Vocal)
- James Kanter
- Clarinet, Principal
- Dennis Karmazyn
- Cello, Principal
- Randy Kerber
- Keyboards
- Armen Ksadjikian
- Cello
- Janet Lakatos
- Viola
- Dimitrie Leivici
- Violin
- Dane Little
- Cello
- Rick Logan
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Warren Luening
- Trumpet
- James Newton Howard
- Producer, Orchestration
- Sir Colin Davis
- Children's Chorus




















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