Arthur TV soundtracks

The children's television show Arthur has released three Arthur soundtracks.

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Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)

Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)
Television theme by Arthur & Friends
Released 20 October 1998
Recorded 6 October 1998
Genre Children's TV Music
Label Rounder Kids / Random House
Arthur & Friends chronology
Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD
(1998)		 Arthur's Perfect Christmas
(2000)

The First Almost Real Not Live CD was the first album for the series, issued in 1998 by Rounder Records and Random House Records. Many of the songs on this CD aired in shorter forms on the TV story "Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival". Others were heard at other times on the program and some were never seen on the TV show. Tracks on this CD included the show's main title theme, "Library Card", multiple tracks of D.W.'s favorite song "Crazy Bus" (by former show writer/executive story editor Joe Fallon "Toolbox"), "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" (a more complete form than that heard on the television story) and "Jekyll and Hyde".

Track list

  1. "Believe in Yourself" by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
  2. "Library Card"
  3. "Crazy Bus (No Way!)"
  4. "Arthur vs. the Piano"
  5. "The UFO Song"
  6. "Meek for a Week"
  7. "Jekyll and Hyde"
  8. "My Dog Pal"
  9. "Matalii ja Mustii (The Binky Song)" by Värttinä
  10. "Crazy Bus (I Said No, D.W.!)"
  11. "My Night Light"
  12. "Go to Sleep"
  13. "Thinking Tune"
  14. "Lucky Pencil"
  15. "Homework"
  16. "Poetry Club"
  17. "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" by Art Garfunkel
  18. "Leftovers Goulash"
  19. "Crazy Bus" by Joe Fallon
  20. "Crazy Bus Outro"

Arthur's Perfect Christmas

Arthur's Perfect Christmas
Television theme by Arthur & Friends
Released 2000
Genre Children's TV Music
Label Rounder Kids / Random House
Arthur & Friends chronology
Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD
(1998)		 Arthur's Perfect Christmas
(2000)		 Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix
(2001)

Issued in 2000 by Rounder Records and Random House Records, Arthur's Perfect Christmas features many songs from the television special, including "Boogie Woogie Christmas" and "Baxter Day". The CD also contains songs that were either heard on the television special as instrumentals or not featured at all.

Track list

  1. "Perfect Christmas"
  2. "Jingle Bells"
  3. "The First Noel"
  4. "Boogie Woogie Christmas"
  5. "Here We Come A-wassailing"
  6. "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
  7. "Silent Night"
  8. "Fum, Fum, Fum"
  9. "It's Kwanzaa Time!"
  10. "What Child Is This?"
  11. "What's the Use of Presents?"
  12. "Baxter Day"
  13. "I'm Not Scared of Santa"
  14. "We Three Kings"
  15. "Chanukah, Oh Chanukah"
  16. "Sevivon"
  17. "Chanukah Blessing"
  18. "Santa Lucia"
  19. "Nu Är Det Jul Igen" (Swedish for "Now It's Christmas Again")
  20. "Angels We Have Heard on High"
  21. "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella"
  22. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
  23. "O Tannenbaum"
  24. "Joy to the World"
  25. "Perfect Christmas Reprise"

Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix

Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix
Television theme by Arthur & Friends
Released 2001
Genre Pop, rock, zydeco, tango, jazz, blues, country
Label Rounder Kids / Random House
Arthur & Friends chronology
Arthur's Perfect Christmas
(2000)		 Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix
(2001)

The most recent CD, Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix was released in 2001 through Rounder Records and Random House Records. This CD contains only one song heard on the program, a remixed version of the main title theme. A short version of this remix was played during the closing credits in the sixth season. All other tunes on this album are new. They are intended as a mix of various song styles, including zydeco, tango, jazz, blues and even country western. Songs include "Two Sides of the Story" (the country western song, a tune based on the events of the story "Arthur's Family Feud"), "Fern's Detective Tango" (based loosely on the story "Binky Rules") and "D.W.'s Brass in Pocket" (a cover of the Pretenders song "Brass in Pocket"). There is also a retelling of the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" by Sue Ellen, featuring Binky as Baby Bear, with lines such as "I don't feel like a baby. Can't I be their cousin from down south who's a professional race car driver?"

Track list

  1. "Believe in Yourself" (Arthur Theme Remix)
  2. "I Don't Want to Wake Up"
  3. "Pop Quiz from Ratburn"
  4. "Has Anybody Seen My Invisible Friend?"
  5. "Two Sides of the Story"
  6. "I Can't Snap My Fingers"
  7. "Fly, Butterfly, Fly!"
  8. "D.W.'s Brass in Pocket"
  9. "Elwood City: A Report"
  10. "Muffy's Soccer Song"
  11. "My Brain"
  12. "Only the Frensky"
  13. "Mrs. Wha-cha-ma-call-it"
  14. "Fern's Detective Tango"
  15. "My Echo Doesn't Sound Like Me"
  16. "Goldilocks and The Bears Trio as Told by Sue Ellen"

Arthur, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

There were also several tunes in the special "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" but to date, these have not been released to CD. However, they were made available by WGBH's press relations and can be found as MP3s on some sites and on the Yahoo Arthur group. These songs are "Nothing But the Music", "Manager of My Dreams" and the Backstreet Boys' cover of "Believe in Yourself". These songs (with the exception of the original version of "Nothing But the Music") all feature performances from the Backstreet Boys. Additionally, this special included the Backstreet Boys song "I Want It That Way", and a snippet of "Larger Than Life".

The music in the special (including partially performed music) include:

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