The Polar Express--based on a best-selling children's book, starring the voice of Tom Hanks and directed by Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis--is a classic Christmas film with a modern look. The soundtrack album also mixes the classic with the contemporary, with immortal versions of the greatest Christmas songs ever penned, such as "White Christmas" from Bing Crosby and new recordings from Josh Groban "Believe", Aerosmith's Steven Tyler "Rockin' On Top Of The World" and others. This Christmas everyone will be getting on board The Polar Express.

"a musical feast..." - CNN

Tracks
1. The Polar Express - Tom Hanks
2. When Christmas Comes to Town - Matthew Hall & 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. Seeing Is Believing - Alan Silvestri
8. Santa Claus Is Coming 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
12. Silver Bells - Kate Smith
13. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
14. Suite from The Polar Express - Alan Silvestri

Production Notes
For nearly 20 years, families around the world have made Chris Van Allsburg's enchanting story The Polar Express part of their holiday celebrations, as much a treasured part of the season as hanging stockings by the fire, exchanging warm wishes and coming together with friends and family.

"It became an annual tradition to read the story to my son while he was growing up and it never failed to fascinate him," says filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, a fan of the book since its 1985 publication. "The imagery has an otherworldly quality, existing somewhere between dreams and reality, which captures the mystery of a restless Christmas eve."

"There was a visceral element to the story, I hoped would find its voice for the screen," adds Tom Hanks, himself a father of four who has logged countless bedtime story hours of his own. "For years, between November and December, depending on the children's ages," he recalls, "I think I read it four times a week, twice a night, over and over again. So I've been aware of the story since my 14-year-old was three." He and Playtone partner, producer Gary Goetzman, proposed the idea of a big screen version to author Van Allsburg and producer William Teitler, partners in Golden Mean Productions, and Hanks ultimately brought the project to longtime friend and colleague Zemeckis. Together, the Oscar-winning pair had previously explored issues of the human spirit in Forrest Gump and Cast Away. Both were intrigued by the important spiritual journey taken by the nameless young hero in The Polar Express.

Beloved by children, the The Polar Express holds a special appeal for adults as well, who see themselves in the character of the young boy and remember their own childhood excitement and anticipation on that one most important night of the year. Perhaps they also remember the moment when the first shadowy doubts crept into their own young hearts and they realized that growing up might mean losing something precious and intangible forever, something they couldn't quite define but they could certainly feel.