"Christmas Children" from the original soundtrack of the movie musical SCROOGE (1970). Composed by Leslie Bricusse and performed by David Collings, Richard Beaumont and Karen Scargill.
The songs from this movie and the movie itself are criminally underrated..The critics lambasted this film and the music and I'll never know why...This songs are as much a part of my Christmas celebration as any carol you can name
Agree wholeheartedly. I didn’t see Scrooge until I was married and had a little one. I was 10 when this movie came out but parents were not very christmasy. Anyway, once I saw it, it became a standard with my kids. In fact a few years back, my adult sons bought me the soundtrack on vinyl - one of my favorite gifts ever ❤️
@@Hunkydorrie Yup, I,m 26 and my dad "forced" me to watch this when I was about 5..He asked me to just give it a chance...After about 10 mins, i was hooked..lol..Thanks Dad..:)
In my mind this is the best and most underrated version of a Christmas Carol. Not that I don’t love other ones but there’s just something really special about this one.
My parents introduced me to this wonderful movie as a child, as I have to my children. The best Christmas Carol movie in my opinion, and has become a family tradition which always brings back memories
Have you ever seen that website collider? They list this version as the worst. This is definitely the best. Albert Finney won best actor at the golden globes for this movie. Who else has won a golden globe for a Christmas movie?
@@Aaron-ox8ye You're right but because Patton was a terrific film and Geo. C. Scott was so outstanding in it, is why Scrooge and Albert Finney weren't awarded in 1970 for their efforts!!!!!
@@Aaron-ox8ye I know but the Academy Awards are still considered the top awards of all films of the year. 1970 was an interesting year for movies and many actors were marvelous and only 1 can win in each category. You had Patton, Mash, Tora Tora Tora, Scrooge and several other films that could have gotten the award but Patton was so great that they gave the award to that almost automatically! And you had Geo C. SCOTT, Elliott Gould, Albert Finney, Melvyn Douglas and others worthy of the Best Actor Oscar but Geo.C Scott bested everybody else in that category. Besides musicals were becoming unlikely to win Best Picture anymore, as Oliver! In 1968 being one of the last films to be considered, and that film was even better than Scrooge!!!!!
@@scottmiller6495 I just don't remember anyone else winning any awards for Christmas movies. My main complaint is websites that try to trash the film. I grew up watching this and it will always be my favorite. I do really like the Alastair Sim one a lot also and of course Scrooged and Mickey's Christmas Carol
The best Scrooge! Albert Finney was just superb..Found the soundtrack ( vinyl) years ago and painstakingly digitalised it. I love all the songs..especially this one and as well ‘The beautiful day’ which has always brought tears to my eyes.🎄☃️❄️
Oh, my favorite Christmas carol that you never hear. Such a shame they have to repeat the same songs over and over and you never hear this one. Christmas is for children young and old!
Saw this for the first time on Christmas Eve 1980 on Irish TV. Wonderful stuff. Marley taking Scrooge through the air scared the life out of me when I was a smallie. No as I re watch, it was such fun and the kids are adoreable....Merry Christmas to all.
This is the version of "A Christmas Carol" that I grew up with -- the songs bring back such wonderful memories. So sad the soundtrack never got a proper release!
Lovely reading these comments of how much this film means to folk. I was born in 1972 England and I must have seen this flick when I was about 9 then EVERY Christmas there after we had to watch it on TV as a family, it was as much part of our family Christmas as the Turkey and presents. Childhood is now over, mum n dad have sadly passed on, all there are is memories and the tradition of still watching this wonderful film ever Christmas with my kids.
I was atheist, but JESUS SAVED me in 1972! I woke up Christmas Morning Born Again! GLORY! GOD had me walk HOLY for nearly 25 years, then said, Offer your father Salvation! So I asked Daddy if he would pray with me and he said YES! I prayed with him, and the LORD sanctified him MANY years afterward. Daddy went Home in 2010 with the testimony, "I've received the LORD! I'm READY to go!" HalleluJah! Mama had been our example all my life. She had gotten weak from trials and tribulations, (including Daddy's alcoholic rages, and MY explosions of "You forgot my cigarettes?") When Mama left for Home from a heart attsck, my brother told us the scene! He was giving her artificial respiration, but she pushed him away. Then she smiled at him, laughed out LOUD, and he felt her Spirit jerk upwards! GLORY to GOD! We're gonna have a GREAT family reunion some day SOON JESUS is on His way back to receive us unto HIMSELF! I'm so EXCITED! 😇🙏🙌
My parents are elderly, but still kicking, thank god. I have such memories of us watching this all those years ago. I don't have any kids, so one day when it's just me ill watch it myself and remember
An epic performance, perfectly cast., with an equally epic soundtrack. The music and lyrics evoke such emotion and possess such longevity. A gem of a movie.
'christmas children'...and 'happiness'...are two wonderful tracks in this great musical rendition of Scrooge...underrated...these tracks should be played more when other classics are being played....christmas just oozes out of these songs.🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲thanks for posting!
CHRISTMAS CHILDREN From "Scrooge" (Leslie Bricusse) Christmas children peep into Christmas windows See a world as pretty as a dream Christmas trees and toys Christmas hopes and joys Christmas puddings rich with Christmas cream Christmas presents shine in the Christmas windows Christmas boxes tied with Christmas bows Wonder what's inside What delights they hide But till Christmas morning no one knows Won't it be exciting if it snows? I suppose that children everywhere Must say a Christmas prayer Till Santa brings their Christmas things Christmas children live in a Christmas daydream Waiting for the magic to unfold Wondrous things to eat Every Christmas treat Rich or not the Christmas pot of gold Hypnotizes children young and old Christmas children hunger for Christmas morning Christmas day's a wonder to behold Young ones' dreams come true Not so young ones, too I believe that story we've been told Christmas is for children young and old
Do you have the whole soundtrack by chance? This is such a great version of Scrooge and my whole family would watch it every year but unfortunately I can never find it on T.V. anymore. Come to think of it, I believe we had a VHS copy.
The songs from this movie and the movie itself are criminally underrated..The critics lambasted this film and the music and I'll never know why...This songs are as much a part of my Christmas celebration as any carol you can name
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Agree wholeheartedly. I didn’t see Scrooge until I was married and had a little one. I was 10 when this movie came out but parents were not very christmasy. Anyway, once I saw it, it became a standard with my kids. In fact a few years back, my adult sons bought me the soundtrack on vinyl - one of my favorite gifts ever ❤️
@@Hunkydorrie Yup, I,m 26 and my dad "forced" me to watch this when I was about 5..He asked me to just give it a chance...After about 10 mins, i was hooked..lol..Thanks Dad..:)
Its probably tye best Christmas movie soundtrak i' ve ever listened..Georgeos music
In my mind this is the best and most underrated version of a Christmas Carol. Not that I don’t love other ones but there’s just something really special about this one.
My parents introduced me to this wonderful movie as a child, as I have to my children. The best Christmas Carol movie in my opinion, and has become a family tradition which always brings back memories
Same!
Second for me, only after the Sim version.
Was my Dads favorite, To me nothing comes close for a Christmas movie
Just a beautiful song and example of a loving family. RIP Ricky Beaumont.
BRINGS BACK CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
RIP David Collings (Bob Cratchit). Passed earlier this year.
He was a perfect Bob.
In my opinion this version of a christmas carol is the best...great actors and best in musical...🌲🌲🌲
"won't it be exciting if it snows"😭
my family tradition for 30 yrs. & it makes me cry every time.
"christmas is for children yong and old"😩❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is definitely the best scrooge version. I still watch it and love it. The soundtrack is fabulous.
Have you ever seen that website collider? They list this version as the worst. This is definitely the best. Albert Finney won best actor at the golden globes for this movie. Who else has won a golden globe for a Christmas movie?
@@Aaron-ox8ye You're right but because Patton was a terrific film and Geo. C. Scott was so outstanding in it, is why Scrooge and Albert Finney weren't awarded in 1970 for their efforts!!!!!
@@scottmiller6495 Finney did win a golden globe for Scrooge
@@Aaron-ox8ye I know but the Academy Awards are still considered the top awards of all films of the year. 1970 was an interesting year for movies and many actors were marvelous and only 1 can win in each category. You had Patton, Mash, Tora Tora Tora, Scrooge and several other films that could have gotten the award but Patton was so great that they gave the award to that almost automatically! And you had Geo C. SCOTT, Elliott Gould, Albert Finney, Melvyn Douglas and others worthy of the Best Actor Oscar but Geo.C Scott bested everybody else in that category. Besides musicals were becoming unlikely to win Best Picture anymore, as Oliver! In 1968 being one of the last films to be considered, and that film was even better than Scrooge!!!!!
@@scottmiller6495 I just don't remember anyone else winning any awards for Christmas movies. My main complaint is websites that try to trash the film. I grew up watching this and it will always be my favorite. I do really like the Alastair Sim one a lot also and of course Scrooged and Mickey's Christmas Carol
It's a shame how underrated this song is. Personally I think it's one of the better ones from the musical.
The best Scrooge! Albert Finney was just superb..Found the soundtrack ( vinyl) years ago and painstakingly digitalised it. I love all the songs..especially this one and as well ‘The beautiful day’ which has always brought tears to my eyes.🎄☃️❄️
RIP Leslie Bricusse (1931-2021) Music is Legend
I'm so happy playing is on CZcams... when I was young I starred in the stage production of scrooge and these songs are my Christmas child hood
By far the best Scrooge movie of them all with the best soundtrack. I watch this film every Christmas eve with my family
This version of Scrooge (1970) is AWESOME! The songs are outstanding. I award it Best Scrooge Musical ever! Its a family tradition.
The most beautiful music. Infused with sadness and melancholy. Tiny Tim's song is the ultimate.
Oh, my favorite Christmas carol that you never hear. Such a shame they have to repeat the same songs over and over and you never hear this one. Christmas is for children young and old!
My gosh now that i'm older I realize how epic this movie was.....it was like the Christmas movie all others would be judged by
Best ever! I wish we had that innocence in our children again. Hopefully they all still have that light in their eyes at Christmas time.
“Not so young ones too…”
Bob is husband goals. ❤
this song (and the sequence that accompanies it) never fails to get me into the spirit, plus it usually makes me tear up lol
I love this beautiful Yultide Ballard from "Scooge"that Les Bricusse created.
The best Christmas movie! Been watching since I was a little kid
Saw this for the first time on Christmas Eve 1980 on Irish TV. Wonderful stuff. Marley taking Scrooge through the air scared the life out of me when I was a smallie. No as I re watch, it was such fun and the kids are adoreable....Merry Christmas to all.
Watch this every year with my parents💝
Such a lovely song filled with so much tenderness.
My favorite Christmas movie. I believe that story we’ve been told.
This is the version of "A Christmas Carol" that I grew up with -- the songs bring back such wonderful memories. So sad the soundtrack never got a proper release!
My parents have the original album release. Never seen it anywhere else.
Same here!
A fabulous soundtrack from a marvelous movie!!!!!
Lovely reading these comments of how much this film means to folk. I was born in 1972 England and I must have seen this flick when I was about 9 then EVERY Christmas there after we had to watch it on TV as a family, it was as much part of our family Christmas as the Turkey and presents. Childhood is now over, mum n dad have sadly passed on, all there are is memories and the tradition of still watching this wonderful film ever Christmas with my kids.
I was atheist, but JESUS SAVED me in 1972! I woke up Christmas Morning Born Again! GLORY! GOD had me walk HOLY for nearly 25 years, then said, Offer your father Salvation!
So I asked Daddy if he would pray with me and he said YES! I prayed with him, and the LORD sanctified him MANY years afterward. Daddy went Home in 2010 with the testimony, "I've received the LORD! I'm READY to go!" HalleluJah! Mama had been our example all my life. She had gotten weak from trials and tribulations, (including Daddy's alcoholic rages, and MY explosions of "You forgot my cigarettes?") When Mama left for Home from a heart attsck, my brother told us the scene! He was giving her artificial respiration, but she pushed him away. Then she smiled at him, laughed out LOUD, and he felt her Spirit jerk upwards! GLORY to GOD! We're gonna have a GREAT family reunion some day SOON JESUS is on His way back to receive us unto HIMSELF! I'm so EXCITED! 😇🙏🙌
Praise God. Stay the course.
My parents are elderly, but still kicking, thank god. I have such memories of us watching this all those years ago. I don't have any kids, so one day when it's just me ill watch it myself and remember
Best version of A Christmas Carol!
I Love this version of a Christmas Carol, although, I also love the Muppet Version. For me, they're a tie.
I love this version of Scrooge! I'm torn between my love of the music in this one and the acting in the 1984 version with George C. Scott!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE 😍👊🎄
You're welcome. 👊🏻🎅🏻🎄🎀❤️
Love it every holiday season
An epic performance, perfectly cast., with an equally epic soundtrack. The music and lyrics evoke such emotion and possess such longevity. A gem of a movie.
Lovely song- so well arranged
The best scrooge movie ever best score
Thank you for posting this soundtrack- takes me back and gives me goosebumps.
I love it also movie is wonderful such a moral story of love lost xxx
'christmas children'...and 'happiness'...are two wonderful tracks in this great musical rendition of Scrooge...underrated...these tracks should be played more when other classics are being played....christmas just oozes out of these songs.🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲thanks for posting!
I love this movie. I watch it every year!
Listening to this because I'm playing bass guitar in an upcoming Scrooge performance in Birmingham UK - lovely research!!!
CHRISTMAS CHILDREN
From "Scrooge"
(Leslie Bricusse)
Christmas children peep into Christmas windows
See a world as pretty as a dream
Christmas trees and toys
Christmas hopes and joys
Christmas puddings rich with Christmas cream
Christmas presents shine in the Christmas windows
Christmas boxes tied with Christmas bows
Wonder what's inside
What delights they hide
But till Christmas morning no one knows
Won't it be exciting if it snows?
I suppose that children everywhere
Must say a Christmas prayer
Till Santa brings their Christmas things
Christmas children live in a Christmas daydream
Waiting for the magic to unfold
Wondrous things to eat
Every Christmas treat
Rich or not the Christmas pot of gold
Hypnotizes children young and old
Christmas children hunger for Christmas morning
Christmas day's a wonder to behold
Young ones' dreams come true
Not so young ones, too
I believe that story we've been told
Christmas is for children young and old
Thanks..great holiday song ..
a carol in itself, seldom played
Loving it x
That actor that played Tiny Tim in this great movie Scrooge recently passed away 2022 😢
This makes me so excited!
LOVE this song so much! Especially that last part, but all of it. Thanks for posting!
meravigliosa
David Collings was great in the role of Bob Cratchit.
Leslie Bricusse and John Williams rule in Christmas music ("Scrooge" and "Home alone")
Absolutely yes! ❤️
meraviglioso si avverte la magia del natale
Ouvir nos encanta sempre 🙏🏼♥️🎁✨✨✨🇧🇷
Where did you find the soundtrack? I have looked for years. Would love to find it on itunes, but they very rarely have anything this vintage.
I found it in a folder on Internet a few years ago, but not on iTunes.
Thank You for posting it. If I have to listen to it as a saved Playlist, then that is good enough for me. :-)
Copies are also available on vinyl through discogs dot com.
St John 3:16! 💗
JESUS is coming again SOON! HALLELUJAH!
I WAS athiest, but NOW I believe the story we've been told! HALLELUJAH!
Love this version...except for "thank you very much" song, haha
Do you have the whole soundtrack by chance? This is such a great version of Scrooge and my whole family would watch it every year but unfortunately I can never find it on T.V. anymore. Come to think of it, I believe we had a VHS copy.
José Marí Chan brought me here.
good by Christmas 2023 it was fun ❤❤🤓🤖🤡😳👽😬