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===Music=== {{See also|Who Framed Roger Rabbit (soundtrack)}} Regular Zemeckis collaborator [[Alan Silvestri]] composed the [[film score]], performed by the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] (LSO) under the direction of Silvestri. Zemeckis joked that "the British [musicians] could not keep up with Silvestri's [[jazz]] tempo". The performances of the [[theme (music)|music themes]] written for Jessica Rabbit were entirely [[Improvisation|improvised]] by a jazz combo performing with the LSO. The work of American composer [[Carl Stalling]] heavily influenced Silvestri's work on ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''.<ref name="comment" /><ref name="ears" /> The film's soundtrack was originally released by [[Buena Vista Records]] on June 22, 1988, and reissued on CD on April 16, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/roger_rabbit.html |title=Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Alan Silvestri) |publisher=Filmtracks |date=April 16, 2002 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-date=November 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116001431/http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/roger_rabbit.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 23, 2018, [[Intrada Records]] released a three-CD set with the complete score, alternates, and a remastered version of the original 1988 album, plus music from three [[Roger Rabbit short films]], composed and conducted by [[Bruce Broughton]] and [[James Horner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.11361/.f?sc=13&category=-113|title=Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (3CD)|publisher=Intrada's official press-release|date=January 23, 2018|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=January 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012704/http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.11361/.f?sc=13&category=-113|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Darren Tate|Mondo Records]] and [[Walt Disney Records]] reissued the original 1988 album on vinyl on September 17, 2021. The film features performances of "[[Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2|Hungarian Rhapsody]]" ([[Tony Anselmo]] and [[Mel Blanc]]), "[[Why Don't You Do Right?#Amy Irving version|Why Don't You Do Right?]]" ([[Amy Irving]]), "[[The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]]" ([[Charles Fleischer]]), and "[[Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!]]" (Toon Chorus).
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