Music of Arthur
Arthur has produced 3 CDs, issued in 1998, 2000, and 2001.
Though a CD was released in 2000 for the special Arthur's Perfect Christmas, no other special
(even the musical Arthur: It's Only Rock'n'Roll featuring the Backstreet Boys) has yielded a CD of its own.
The First Almost Real Not Live CD was the first album for the series, issued in 1998. Many of the songs on this CD aired in shorter forms on the TV story "Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival". Others were heard at other times on the program and some were never seen on the TV show. Tracks on this CD included the show's main title theme, "Library Card", multiple tracks of D.W.'s favorite song "Crazy Bus" (by former show writer/executive story editor Joe Fallon "Toolbox"), "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" (a more complete form than that heard on the television story) and "Jekyll and Hyde".
Track list
1. "Believe in Yourself" (Theme Song) (Performed by Ziggy Marley)
2. "Library Card"
3. "Crazy Bus (No Way!)"
4. "Arthur vs. the Piano"
5. "The UFO Song"
6. "Meek for a Week"
7. "Jekyll and Hyde"
8. "My Dog Pal"
9. "Matalii ja Mustii (The Binky Song)" (Performed by V�rttin�)
10. "Crazy Bus (I Said No, D.W.!)"
11. "My Night Light"
12. "Go to Sleep"
13. "Thinking Tune"
14. "Lucky Pencil"
15. "Homework"
16. "Poetry Club"
17. "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" (performed by Art Garfunkel)
18. "Leftovers Goulash"
19. "Crazy Bus" (preformed by Joe Fallon)
Issued in 2000, Arthur's Perfect Christmas features many songs from the television special, including "Boogie Woogie Christmas" and "Baxter Day". The CD also contains songs that were either heard on the television special as instrumentals or not featured at all.
Track list
1. "Perfect Christmas"
2. "Jingle Bells"
3. "The First Noel"
4. "Boogie Woogie Christmas"
5. "Here We Come A-wassailing"
6. "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
7. "Silent Night"
8. "Fum, Fum, Fum"
9. "It's Kwanzaa Time!"
10. "What Child Is This?"
11. "What's the Use of Presents?"
12. "Baxter Day"
13. "I'm Not Scared of Santa"
14. "We Three Kings"
15. "Chanukah, Oh Chanukah"
16. "Sevivon"
17. "Chanukah Blessing"
18. "Santa Lucia"
19. "Nu �r Det Jul Igen" (Swedish for "Now It's Christmas Again")
20. "Angels We Have Heard on High"
21. "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella"
22. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
23. "O Tannenbaum"
24. "Joy to the World"
25. "Perfect Christmas Reprise"
The most recent CD, Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix was issued in 2001. This CD contains only one song heard on the program, a remixed version of the main title theme. A short version of this remix was played during the closing credits in the sixth season. All other tunes on this album are new. They are intended as a mix of various song styles, including zydeco, tango, jazz, blues and even country western. Songs include "Two Sides of the Story" (the country western song, a tune based on the events of the story "Arthur's Family Feud"), "Fern's Detective Tango" (based loosely on the story "Binky Rules") and "D.W.'s Brass in Pocket" (a cover of the Pretenders song "Brass in Pocket"). There is also a retelling of the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" by Sue Ellen, featuring Binky as Baby Bear, with lines such as "I don't feel like a baby. Can't I be their cousin from down south who's a professional race car driver?"
Track list
1. "Believe in Yourself" (Arthur Theme Remix)
2. "I Don't Want to Wake Up"
3. "Pop Quiz from Ratburn"
4. "Has Anybody Seen My Invisible Friend?"
5. "Two Sides of the Story"
6. "I Can't Snap My Fingers"
7. "Fly, Butterfly, Fly!"
8. "D.W.'s Brass in Pocket"
9. "Elwood City: A Report"
10. "Muffy's Soccer Song"
11. "My Brain"
12. "Only the Frensky"
13. "Mrs. Wha-cha-ma-call-it"
14. "Fern's Detective Tango"
15. "My Echo Doesn't Sound Like Me"
16. "Goldilocks and The Bears Trio as Told by Sue Ellen"