Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire/Music

Production

The spotting session occurred on November 22, 1989, and as you'd expect, was the first for the show. It took place in Sam Simon's office, with James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, composer Richard Gibbs, music editor Chris Ledesma and supervising producers Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky. The next episode, "Bart the Genius", was also spotted at this time.^[1]

The score was recorded December 11, 1989 at CBS/Radford. Despite being the first to broadcast (8 days later), it was the second episode's score to be recorded.^[1]

Cue Number	Song	Year Released	Length	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Note
01	The Simpsons: Main Title	1989	00:14	Danny Elfman	Danny Elfman
02	O Little Town of Bethlehem	1989			Music: Lewis H. Redner Lyrics: Phillips Brooks
03	Twawnga	1989		Richard Gibbs
04	Jingle Bells	1989		Richard Gibbs
05		1989		Richard Gibbs
06	Tattoo Fantasy	1989		Richard Gibbs
07	Happy Xmas	1989	0:20	Alain Leroux
08	Dramatic Impact	1989	0:03	Ivor Slaney		Versions '1-6' used
09	Tattoo Removal	1989		Richard Gibbs
10		1989		Richard Gibbs
11	The Merry Gent	1989	0:27	Alan Moorhouse
12		1989		Richard Gibbs
13	Santa Baby	1989	0:29	Tracey Ullman	Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer
14	Tuckered Nick	1989		Richard Gibbs
15	Winter Wonderland	1989	0:21
16	Days 12 Of Christmas	1989		Richard Gibbs		Misspelled on the 'GEMA Repertoire'
17	Deck The Halls	1989		Richard Gibbs
18	Santa Fesse Up	1989		Richard Gibbs
19	Thirtenn Bucks	1989		Richard Gibbs		Misspelled on the 'GEMA Repertoire'
20		1989		Richard Gibbs
21		1989		Richard Gibbs
22	Goldiggers Song	1989	0:07
23	Silent Night	1989	1:00	Franz Gruber, Leslie Peel and Joseph Mohr
24		1989		Richard Gibbs
25		1989		Richard Gibbs
26		1989		Richard Gibbs
27		1989		Richard Gibbs
28	Can We Keep Him?	1989		Richard Gibbs		Confirmed by Chris Ledesma on his website
29	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	1989	0:55	Richard Gibbs
30	Gracie Films Logo	1989	0:05	Jeffery Townsend
31	Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare	1989	0:03	Alfred Newman