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“ALL THE CATS JOIN IN” 3<br />

“Alice in Wonderland” is the dreamy title number sung by a chorus on<br />

the soundtrack at the beginning and end of the 1951 animated film fantasy.<br />

Sammy Fain composed the warm music and Bob Hilliard wrote the<br />

chorale-like lyric, which lists the virtues of Wonderland and all the things<br />

Alice will find there. Rosemary Clooney made an effective recording of<br />

the ballad combined with “<strong>The</strong> Unbirthday <strong>Song</strong>” from the same film, and<br />

years later Michael Feinstein included it in a medley of songs he recorded<br />

from the movie.<br />

“All for Love” is the rock ballad from the adventure film <strong>The</strong> Three Musketeers<br />

(1993) that celebrates the dedication and valor of the three heroes,<br />

particularly their devotion to true love. Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange,<br />

and Michael Kamen wrote the number, which is a variation on the musketeer<br />

trio’s watch cry “All for one and one for all.” It is sung by Adams, Sting,<br />

and Rod Stewart on the soundtrack over the closing credits of the movie.<br />

“All for One” is the feel-good finale for the television movie High School<br />

Musical 2 (2007), a song of togetherness written by Matthew Gerrard<br />

and Robbie Nevil. Teenagers Troy (Zac Efron), Gabriella (Vanessa Anne<br />

Hudgens), Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale), Ryan (Lucas Grabeel), Chad (Corbin<br />

Bleu), Taylor (Monique Coleman), and others who have worked at the<br />

country club for the summer gather together around the pool and have one<br />

last celebration of their fun in the sun by singing the spirited pop song.<br />

“All in a Golden Afternoon” is the operetta-like choral number that various<br />

flowers sing in the animated movie Alice in Wonderland (1951). Sammy<br />

Fain (music) and Bob Hilliard (lyric) wrote the lyrical number in which the<br />

various flora celebrate their beauty in front of Alice, who they think is also a<br />

flower. Barbara Hendricks and the Abbey Road Ensemble made a pleasing<br />

recording of the song.<br />

“All the Cats Join In” is a visually and musically swinging sequence<br />

from the animated anthology film Make Mine Music (1946). Alec Wilder,<br />

Ray Gilbert, and Eddie Sauter wrote the vivacious bebop music and it is<br />

performed by clarinetist Benny Goodman and his orchestra while bobbysoxers<br />

from all over town drop what they are doing and rush down to the<br />

malt shop, where they engage in furious dancing. <strong>The</strong> ingenious animation<br />

keeps pace with the music, the animator’s pencil furiously drawing objects<br />

as quickly as they are needed to tell the story.

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