Home Alone Expanded Soundtrack Review

  On Sunday I ordered the La La Land Records limited edition expanded release of the Home Alone soundtrack. It is better than the original release by a long shot. Why? Well the number one reason is that is remastered. The number two reason is that does not contain the three Christmas songs that the original release contained.
  The Tracklisting for the original 1990 release had 19 tracks on it 3 of which were various artists Christmas songs. Here is the original tracklist and length.

The Original Release

1. Home Alone Main Title ("Somewhere in my Memory") - 4:53
2. Holiday Flight - 0:59
3. The House - 2:27
4. Star of Bethlehem - 2:51
5. Man of the House - 4:33
6. White Christmas - 2:40
7. Scammed by a Kindergartner - 3:55
8. Please Come Home for Christmas - 2:41
9. Follow That Kid! - 2:03
10. Making the Plane - 0:52
11. O Holy Night - 2:48
12. Carol of the Bells - 1:25
13. Star of Bethlehem - 2:59
14. Setting the Trap- 2:16
15. Somewhere in my Memory - 1:04
16. The Attack on the House - 6:53
17. Mom Returns and Finale
18. Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas - 3:05
19. We Wish You a Merry Christmas/End Title - 4:15 

La La Land Remaster

   Now the La La Land Records release has

1. Somewhere in My Memory 3:24
   
2. Star of Bethlehem
   [Orchestral Version]   2:54
   
3. Home Alone (Main Theme)  1:27
   
4. Go Pack Your Suitcase/ Introducing
   Marley/In Good Hands *  1:51
   
5. Banished to the Attic  1:07
   
6. We Slept In/Hard Count *  1:20
   
7. Making the Plane  :54
   
8. The Basement  2:18
   
9. Target Practice/Sledding on the Stairs **  1:31
   
10. Lights On/Guess Who’s Home/ Paris Arrival *  3:18
    
11. The Man of the House/Police Check **  1:22
    
12. The Bookshelf  1:10
    
13. Phone Machine/Drug Store/Escape Across the Ice **  3:06
    
14. Follow That Kid!  2:12
    
15. Listening to Carson *  :44
    
16. Cleaning Clothes/Kitchen *  1:39
17. Scammed by a Kindergartner  2:10
    
18. Walking Home (Somewhere in My Memory) 1:06
    
19. O Holy Night  2:51
    
20. Star of Bethlehem 3:00
    
21. Carol of the Bells  1:27
    
22. Setting the Trap  2:31
    
23. The Attack Begins  1:30
    
24. Marv Enters the Basement/A Hot Hand/Sore Head *  2:50
    
25. Paint Cans  2:06
    
26. Clothesline Trapeze /Marley to the Rescue **  4:13
    
27. The Next Morning/Mom Returns/Finale  4:26
    
28. We Wish You a Merry Christmas/End Title (Somewhere in My Memory) 4:19
29. Walking Home [Without Chorus]  1:05
    
30. Clothesline Trapeze
    [Film Version Insert] *  :23
    
31. Jingle Bells *  1:02
    
32. Christmas Carol Medley *  7:43
    
33. Finale [Alternate � O Holy Night] *  1:34
    
34. We Wish You a Merry Christmas/
    End Title (Somewhere in My Memory)
    [Original Soundtrack Version]  4:15

 The La La Land Records release is the complete score unlike the first release. In addition La La Land's contain alternate cues composed by the Legendary John Williams. Also The booklet contains liner notes for every piece of score on the CD unlike the original which only contains publishing information and some pictures from Home Alone. 
  Overall La La Land Records wins again over the original CBS Records release. CBS Records release isn't remastered so it can be rough on your CD player's speakers because unremastered CDs are hard to hear and make you turn up your volume louder causing speakers to blow out.