Guide Note

In addition to popular Christmas songs performed by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, The Polar Express soundtrack also features orchestral score compositions by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard.

The song "Believe", by Josh Groban, won a 2006 Grammy Award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media."

Fast Facts

1. Genre: Score/Pop
2. Release Date: November 2, 2004
3. Label: Warner Bros. Records
4. Producers: Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri
5. Peak Chart Position: #46 Billboard 200, #2 Top Soundtracks¹
6. Singles: "Believe" by Josh Groban

1. "The Polar Express" - Tom Hanks
2. "When Christmas Comes To Town" - Matthew Hall and Meagan Moore
3. "Rockin' On Top of the World" - Steven Tyler
4. "Believe" - Josh Groban
5. "Hot Chocolate" - Tom Hanks
6. "Spirit of the Season" - Alan Silvestri
7. "See Is Believing" - Alan Silvestri
8. "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" - Frank Sinatra
9. "White Christmas" - Bing Crosby
10. "Winter Wonderland" - The Andrews Sisters
11. "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" - Perry Como with the Fontane Sisters
12. "Silver Bells" - Kate Smith
13. "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" - Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
14. "Suite from the Polar Express" - Alan Silvestri

• "One only has to hear the last minute of the suite of Silvestri's score to long for more." -Mike Brennan²

• "'The Polar Express' is ambitious for sure, but the fact that its most sincere pieces are the six classics that make up its caboose is telling." -James Christopher Monger³