Young Sherlock Holmes - Music

Music

The film music was composed and conducted by Bruce Broughton who has a long-standing history of scoring orchestral film soundtracks. The music for the film was nominated for Grammy and also received a Saturn Award. The film soundtrack, released by MCA, was released on audio tape and vinyl but not compact disc. A limited edition of the entire score was released as a promo CD in 2003.

MCA tracklisting:

1. Main Title (1:58)
2. Solving the Crime (4:53)
3. Library Love/Waxflatter's First Flight (2:23)
4. Pastries & Crypts (5:44)
5. Waxing Elizabeth (3:35)
6. Holmes and Elizabeth – Love Theme (1:54)
7. Ehtar's Escape (4:02)
8. The Final Duel (3:51)
9. Final Farewell (1:53)
10. The Riddle Solved/End Credits (6:25)

Limited edition tracklisting, with tracks on the original release in bold:

Disc 1

1. The Gamecock/The Bird is Alive (2:53)
2. Flaming Hat Rack/Main Title (3:41)
3. The Heart of London (1:00)
4. A Deductive Mind Never Rests (:44)
5. Library Love/Waxflatter's First Flight/The Visitor (2:51)
6. Fencing Lesson (1:05)
7. I Never Want to Be Alone/Stained Glass Knightmare/Solving the Crime (8:06)
8. Waxflatter Flies Again (1:09)
9. One Last Duel/Window Parting/Cario Vision (4:08)
10. Waxflatter's Death/Holmes Returns (3:38)
11. The Hat/Holmes and Elizabeth-Love Theme (3:15)

Disc 2

1. The Game is Afoot/Tip of the Iceberg (6:22)
2. The Ceremony (3:05)
3. Stop! She's Alive!/Pastries & Crypts (6:42)
4. Caught/Friends of Waxflatter (4:55)
5. Warning Shot (1:31)
6. Cragwitch's Vision (1:46)
7. The Struggle (1:21)
8. A Fifth Princess/Holmes in Flight (6:15)
9. Waxing Elizabeth/Diversionary Tactics (7:04)
10. Ehtar's Escape/The Final Duel/Final Farewell (9:36)
11. The Riddle Solved/End Credits (6:25)
12. Moriarty? (:46)

Illusionist David Copperfield used the music from the soundtrack for several segments of his The Magic of David Copperfield XIII: Mystery on the Orient Express television special, in which he levitated an entire train car from the famed Orient Express.

This is also one of only three Amblin Entertainment productions on which the logo is accompanied by the music composed for it by John Williams; the others are The Color Purple and The Money Pit.