If, as the Washington Post called Scrooged when the Bill Murray-starring film was released in 1988, “a Christmas classic for people who are too cool for Christmas classics,” then its soundtrack, featuring the likes of Annie Lennox, Al Green, Kool Moe Dee, Robbie Robertson, Miles Davis and others, offers Christmas music for people too cool for Christmas music. While the Richard Donner-directed film – now a TV holiday season perennial – is a dark, postmodern take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” (and the various Scrooge films) with a nod to It’s A Wonderful Life, the song soundtrack is bright, cheery and genuine.  What separates it from more traditional holiday albums are the artists represented.

1. Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Annie Lennox & Al Green)
2. A Wonderful Life (Mark Lennon)
3. Sweetest Thing (New Voices of Freedom)
4. The Love You Take (Dan Hartman & Denise Lopez)
5. Get Up ‘n’ Dance (Kool Moe Dee)
6. We Three Kings of Orient Are (Miles Davis, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn, Paul Shaffer)
7. Christmas Must Be Tonight (Robbie Robertson)
8. Brown Eyed Girl (Buster Poindexter)
9. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire) – (Natalie Cole)