Mark Pentleton

This song is from the soundtrack of the 1990 movie Home Alone and was featured in the movie as Somewhere in my memory. The version I know best is the Spanish version recorded by Ana Belén and used in the end credits of the movie in Spain.
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Bit of a random one today! I was doing some improvisation on my piano this morning and it suddenly turned a bit Greek and before I knew it I was into Zorba’s Theme and then Never on a Sunday, so I ended up playing this for you today! It’s from the 1960 film of the [...]

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Today’s song is from the 1992 Disney film Aladdin and was written by Tim Rice (lyrics) and Alan Menken (music). The less said about Peter André and Jordan’s version the better…!
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Bright Eyes was the theme song from the 1978 animated film Watership Down which told the story of a group of rabbits. The song was written by Mike Batt and performed by Art Garfunkel and it was the best selling single of 1979.
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Today’s song is the theme song of the 1997 blockbuster Titanic. It was recorded by Céline Dion and went to number 1 all over the world, becoming the world’s best-selling single of 1998. The song also won an Academy Award for Best Song, several Grammies and a Golden Globe. I hope you enjoy my performance [...]

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Today’s song is Gabriel’s Oboe from the 1986 film The Mission. Composed by Ennio Morricone, this piece of music is seen as the Spanish theme in the film, set against the Guaraní theme, symbolising the struggle between the indigenous people of South America as the Jesuits sought to Christianise and “civilise” the native peoples. It’s [...]

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I’m just back from five days in Pretoria, South Africa where I was part of the Apple team delivering a series of workshops to educationalists. It was my first time in South Africa and although we didn’t have much free time, I met some fantastic people and yesterday we had a fascinating tour of Soweto [...]

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Today’s song is one of my favourite Abba songs. Written in 1981 for The Visitors album it was inspired by Agnetha and Björn’s daughter Linda who was seven at the time. It was also used in the Mamma Mia musical and film when Donna is helping her daughter prepare for her wedding day. The song [...]

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