#Once upon a december sheet music full version

The full version of 'Once Upon a December' is sung by Anya after entering the now derelict Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. The theme of memory is further enhanced by composer David Newman recurring use of the melody throughout the film's score, also incorporating variations of the song ' Journey to the Past'. The recurring melody serves as a narrative device in the film since Anya's memory of the lullaby, and the music box's necklace keys are her only ties to her forgotten past. The Dowager Empress commissions a music box that plays the lullaby as a gift for young Anya, to comfort her while her grandmother is away. Soon you'll be home with me, once upon a December On the wind, 'cross the sea, sing this song and remember The melody of this song reprises a lullaby sung to Anya by her grandmother: Callaway also sings the complete version (which does not include the lullaby lyrics) during the film's second act.ДЄ pop version with vocals by country singer Deana Carter was also featured on the film's soundtrack and was released as a music video.ДЄcapella group Pentatonix also covered the song on their 2020 Christmas album, We Need a Little Christmas. The lullaby is heard first during the film's prologue (performed by Angela Lansbury as the Dowager Empress Marie, and Lacey Chabert as the young Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia) then as an a cappella version toward the end of the film when the Dowager Empress and the adult Anastasia are reunited (sung by Lansbury, and Liz Callaway as Anastasia). The song and its lyrics are heard three times through the course of the story, twice as a lullaby, and once as a complete song with a bridge.

Once upon a december sheet music