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Merchants & Marketing McLachlan, Goulet, Riders Play On 'Toy Story 2' From Disney T OY' SYMPHONY: The Nov. 9 retailer) on CD, while the cassette girl who owned her began to out- the ones to which she's accus- release of three audio titles from carries a list price of $10.98; the grow her. tomed. "I haven't done much of the eagerly awaited Disney/Pixar read -along is $6.98; the sing -along, McLachlan, in an interview these kinds of things where you go sequel "Toy Story 2" is good news $10.98. transcript provided by Disney, to the studio, and the producers for retailers, as the movie's certain Composer Newman, who also says when her manager first and directors and everybody is to be a hit. scored the first "Toy Story" and played her the song, she "started there," McLachlan says. "It's like, Randy Newman again com- last year's Disney/Pixar release "A crying in his office . .. It's really `Oh dear, a lot of cooks.' But I went posed the film score and its songs, Bug's Life," says he reprised some beautiful and sad and completely into the studio part with Randy, only this time around the tunes are of the music from the original -in by Moira McCormick melancholy and nostalgic, and I'm and we just sang through the song. sung by a trio of guest acts: Sarah particular the theme song "You've a sucker for that kind of stuff. I We did it about 17 times, and then McLachlan, Riders In The Sky, Got A Friend In Me," here per- siderable value as a collectible]." know every mummy in the audi- got a couple of takes we were real- and Robert Gou- formed swing style by Goulet -but Newman didn't need to compose a ence is gonna be bawling their eyes ly happy with." let. Saxophonist also got to stretch out with char- theme for another newcomer to the out. I don't know about the kids, Ranger Doug, a member of Rid- Tom Scott also acters old and new. Cowboy doll "Toy Story" universe-Barbie- but it's pretty hard for the moth- ers In The Sky- who've been makes an appear- Woody (Hanks) not only rates his because, he says, "they used [surf ers." together for 22 years -is equally ance. own theme song, "Woody's classic] `Wipeout.' She notes that singing for an enthusiastic about the act's partic- In addition to Roundup" (rendered by veteran "The first `Toy Story' mainly animated movie presented quite a ipation in the film (Nashville the soundtrack al- Western act Riders In The Sky), took place in a domestic setting, different recording situation than (Continued on page 111) bum, Walt Disney but an underscore that's at times while this one's mostly outside," NEWMAN Records bowed reminiscent of Aaron Copland's Newman notes. "There are also "Toy Story 2 "Rodeo." scenes in a gigantic airport bag- Billboard. NOVEMBER 20, 1999 Read -Along," fea- Newman gage terminal and a huge toy turing original character voices says he also store. So, I needed to work with a from the film, including those of employed bigger orchestra -eight horns Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan "an Eastern instead of four, etc." All told, Top Kid AUdiO.. Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, and European according to Newman, his orches- COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE, MASS MERCHANT, SoundScan® Wayne The includes a = AND INTERNET SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY 1 I1I III Knight. set flavor for a tra comprised "115 players, as - U 24 -page book illustrated with toy- repair- opposed to the 90 or so I used on 3 o ARTIST/SERIES TITLE movie : art. man char- the first `Toy Story' score." 5 IMPRINT, CATALOG NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SHELF PRICE) Finally, there's "Toy Story 2 acter and a Newman says he "didn't take it Sing -Along," featuring songs from `Peter And personally" that he didn't sing on the film, songs inspired by the The Wolf' -ish theme for the bad this one. "Maybe Disney thought -moo No. 1 ion -- FROM THE TV (g POKEMON 2.B.A. MASTER - MUSIC HIT SERIES film, and a 22 -page lyric and fun - guy [Knight, portraying an insidi- America was tired of Newman," he 1 1 KOCH 8901 (11.98/16.98) facts book. The soundtrack is vari- ous grown -up toy collector who cracks. He adds that at least one of VEGGIE TUNES VEGGIE TUNES ably priced (depending on the steals Woody because of his con- the new songs simply could not 2 3 83 BIG IDEA/WORD 6936 /LYRICK STUDIOS (6.98/10.98) have been performed by anyone VARIOUS ARTISTS A' DISNEY CHILDREN'S FAVORITE SONGS VOLUME 1 3 4 201 but a female artist. 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