''Angela's Ashes: Music from the Motion Picture'' is the

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, on the

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label, of the 1999 film starring

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and

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. The original score was composed by John Williams. The record was originally released on December 7, 1999. The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score (where it lost to the score of ''

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''), and for the

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(where it lost to the score of ''

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''). The US edition of the album, from

, includes narration from the film, spoken by actor Andrew Bennett, over portions of almost every track. The European edition of the album, from Decca Records, features only Williams's score, without the narration.

Track listing

#"Theme from "Angela's Ashes" – 6:18 #"My Story" – 2:19 #"Angela's Prayer" – 4:47 #"My Dad's Stories" – 1:55 #"Lord, Why Do You Want the Wee Children" – 4:03 #"Plenty of Fish and Chips in Heaven" – 3:41 #"The Dippsy Doodle" – 1:30 #*Performed by Nat Gonella & His Georgians #"The Lanes of Limerick" – 3:37 #"My Dad" – 3:31 #" Pennies from Heaven" – 2:11 #*Performed by

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#"My Mother Begging" – 3:46 #"If I Were in America" – 2:34 #"Delivering Telegrams" – 2:23 #"I Think of Teresa" – 1:50 #"Angels Never Cough" – 2:38 #"Watching the Eclipse" – 3:00 #"Back to America" – 2:38 #"End Credit Reprise" – 6:16

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