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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air tracks (1990 - 1996)
« on: December 06, 2025, 05:12:00 AM »


Another iconic sitcom from the 90's, and another that used a wealth of library tracks alongside commercially released songs and the original score by Quincy Jones.


Amphonic Music

Chicken Pickin' - Peter Woodford, Jack Cookerly, Bobby Bruce
Dance Floor - Aaron Briggs
Deathly Pursuit - Simon Benson
Ladies, Get Down - Robin Parry, Nicola Jack
The Magician - Crispin Merrell
Move It - James Harrington [not on Primalhouse Music site]
Not Yet - Timothy Wills, Edward Heyman
Street Dancing - Howard Jones, Timothy Shaxson [not on Primalhouse Music site]
Vice - Paul Cooper



Bruton

Beautiful Isles of Hawaii - George Elliott
Hallelujah Chorus From the Messiah - George Handel
Romeo & Juliet Overture - Peter Tchaikovsky [BR-0004]
Sand Dance - John Leach, George Fenton
Thieving Magpie Overture - Gioacchino Rossini [BR-0004]



Carlin

King Cotton - Roy Wootton
Psychedelic Guitar - Ian Marsh, Phil Pickett
Surprise [#37.02] - Wolfgang Kafer
The Washington Post - George Wilson, John Sousa



Carlin Classical

Orpheus In the Underworld Overture - Can-Can (Excerpt) - Jacques Offenbach
Water Music Suite No 2 In D Major Hwv 349 12 Alla Hornpipe - George Handel



Cavendish Music

Cartoon Classics Part 2 - Clare Grundman
Spy Ring A - Ray Davies [not on Cavendish Music site]



Chappell AV

God Bless You [#2] - Mark Sandell, Neal Watson
Stop 'Cos You're Breaking My Heart [#10] - Mark Sandell, Neal Watson



De Wolfe

Sally Goodin - Traditional - Terry Gadsden, Kinck Peterson



DSM Producers

Get Funky - Christopher Burke
Lakewood's Blues - Frank Lakewood
On the Town - Frank Lakewood



FirstCom

Party Weekend (Instrumental) - George Teren, William Wilson



Focus Music

Platinum Blond - Liam Cooke



Happy Records

Swinging Affair - Werner Drexler



Hollywood Music

Night Wind - Bill Le Blanc, Robert Walsh



JW Theme Music

Distant Friends - Ray Russell
Eel Pie Blues - Stephen Donnelly
Happy As Larry - Van Phillips
Oh Waiter! - Ian Hughes
Picture of Dignity - Van Phillips
Quiet Waters - Ian Hughes
Romantic Interlude - Tim Renwick
Royal Tribute - Ivor Slaney
Solo Ballerina - Ian Hughes
Studio One Dub - Mark Cherrie, Andrew Dewar
Synchrostings - Trevor Duncan
Tomorrow the World - Richard Toeman
Woodwind Comedy Transitions - Van Phillips



K-Vox

Karukera - Dominique Berose, Thierry David



Killer Tracks

Dateline the World - John Hobbs
The Final Minute [#7] - Stephen Kujala
Midnight Sail - Al Capps
Shear Georging - Mike Garson



Koka Media

Lollipop - Philippe Lhommet, Jacques Mercier
Milk Shake Time - Philippe Lhommet, Jacques Mercier
N'Toum - Armand Frydman, Denis Hekimian
Creepy Story 3 - Jacques Cassard



KPM

20th Century Classic (c) - Graham Preskett
Andantino - Dick Walter
Battle Hymn of Republic (b) - Graham De Wilde
Beethoven Fur Elise - Jonathan Starkey, Ludwig Beethoven
Bridal Chorus - Peter Lea-Cox
Chopin Nocturne #2 In E Flat - Jonathan Starkey, Frederic Chopin
East 34th Street - Dick Walter
Four Seasons: Autumn - Fiachra Trench, Antonio Vivaldi
The Gunfighter - Franco Micalizzi, Roberto Pregadio [removed from APM site]
Hail To the Chief - Graham De Wilde
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (a) - Richard Harvey, Brian Gulland
The Killing Ground (a) - Richard Harvey
Network Sports - Curtis Schwartz
Ode To a Trio - Marian McPartland
Parting of the Ways (a) - John Devereaux
Person To Person (b) - Graham Preskett
Shock Horror (a) - Dick Walter
Saw Theme - William Trytel
Softly She Swings - Marian McPartland
Sunday Service (b) - Peter Lea-Cox
Wedding March (b) - Peter Lea-Cox



Megatrax

Dangerous Groove - William Bergman
Gotta Get It! - William Bergman
Gotta Get It! (Full Mix Without Vocals) - William Bergman
Hava Nagila - John Dwyer, Ronald Mendelsohn
Orch. Shock Hits - John Dwyer, Ronald Mendelsohn



Mondiophone

Ferris Wheel - Georges Teperino



Music House

Colorvideo (1) - Geoff Bastow
Soul Two - Nigel Matherson



Ole Georg Music

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumblebee - Lee Ashley



Primrose Music

My Spring - Maria Catalano



Sonoton

Kyrie - Roman Zajaczek
Pomp and Circumstance No.1 - John Fox, Edward Elgar
Soljering On - Sammy Burdson, Jean-Claude Madonne



Southern

Jingle Bells - Pete Kelly



Tele Music

Modern Man Fanfare [#3] - Christian Chevallier



Themes International

The Big One - Alan Tew

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Re: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air tracks (1990 - 1996)
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2025, 05:12:10 AM »
Episodes with no library tracks used have not been listed, you know how it goes by now.


Season 1
The Fresh Prince Project:
Beethoven Fur Elise - Jonathan Starkey, Ludwig Beethoven (Phil's formal dinner; Will comes downstairs)
Four Seasons: Autumn - Fiachra Trench, Antonio Vivaldi (Will at the table)

Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy:
Swinging Affair - Werner Drexler [Happy Records] (Banks family and Ice Tray at a fancy diner)

Courting Disaster:
Modern Man Fanfare [#3] - Christian Chevallier [Tele Music] (Carlton throws the basketball and misses the net)

Knowledge Is Power:
Thieving Magpie Overture - Gioacchino Rossini [BR-0004] (Geoffrey cleans and dances to this)

Day Damn One:
Shock Horror (a) - Dick Walter (Will shocked that Bel-Air Academy is a boys-only school)

Deck the Halls:
Jingle Bells - Pete Kelly [Southern] (Will turns on the TV)

Banks Shot:
Shock Horror (a) - Dick Walter (Dramatic shot of Phil)
Surprise [#37.02] - Wolfgang Kafer [CPM] (Will spots the keys laying on the table)
Saw Theme - William Trytel (Two devil Wills on Will's shoulders)


Season 2
Did the Earth Move For You?:
Milk Shake Time - Philippe Lhommet, Jacques Mercier [Koka Media] (Carlton changes the station)
? (Hilary changes the station)
Lollipop - Philippe Lhommet, Jacques Mercier [Koka Media] (Ashley changes the station)
Milk Shake Time - Philippe Lhommet, Jacques Mercier [Koka Media] (Carlton changes the station again)
Midnight Sail - Al Capps [Killer Tracks] (Phil and Vivian all alone)

PSAT Pstory:
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumblebee - Lee Ashley [OGM] (Carlton freaking out during the pop quiz)
Hail To the Chief - Graham De Wilde (Carlton envisions Will with a cutout of Barbara Bush)
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumblebee - Lee Ashley [OGM] (Carlton starts copying Will's answers)

Granny Gets Busy:
Not Yet - Timothy Wills, Edward Heyman [Amphonic Music] (Carlton comes downstairs in the dress he and Will made)

Guess Who's Coming To Marry?:
Distant Friends - Ray Russell [JW Theme Music] (Janice and Frank's wedding)

The Big Four-Oh:
The Magician - Crispin Merrell [Amphonic Music] (Banks arrive at Vivian's birthday party)
Ladies, Get Down - Robin Parry, Nicola Jack [Amphonic Music] (Dance class starts)

Cased Up:
Lakewood's Blues - Frank Lakewood [DSM Producers] (Will and Jazz watching TV)
The Big One - Alan Tew (Will, Phil, and Jazz enter the courtroom)

Hi-Ho Silver:
East 34th Street - Dick Walter (Plays at Vivian's dinner party)
Ode To a Trio - Marian McPartland (Sonya Lamor arrives)
Softly She Swings - Marian McPartland (Vivian offers Sonya some cake)

The Butler Did It:
Sand Dance - John Leach, George Fenton (Phil and Vivian's Arabic-themed hotel room; "Party machine?"; "Who's playing that loud music?"; "Uhh..."; Phil says they'll be home tonight)

Hilary Gets a Life:
Hava Nagila - John Dwyer, Ronald Mendelsohn [Megatrax] (Hilary begs Will and Tyriq to stay)
Shear Georging - Mike Garson [Killer Tracks] ("Blacks and Jews have a lot in common.")
? (Will tries to get Hilary to come out of the closet)

Geoffrey Cleans Up:
Chopin Nocturne #2 In E Flat - Jonathan Starkey, Frederic Chopin (Geoffrey reading in the backyard)
Night Wind - Bill Le Blanc, Robert Walsh [Hollywood Music; full version not on UPM site] (Will, Carlton, Hilary, and Ashley watching Love Story)
Shear Georging - Mike Garson [Killer Tracks] (At the Diamond League dinner)
? ("Say mom, what was that really hip dad said the other day?")

Community Action:
Romeo & Juliet Overture - Peter Tchaikovsky [BR-0004] (Hilary sees Dr. Alec Hudson for the first time)
On the Town - Frank Lakewood [DSM Producers] (Hilary and Will at the party)
Street Dancing - Howard Jones, Timothy Shaxson [Amphonic Music; not on Primalhouse Music site] (Hilary, Alec, and Lisa in the kitchen)
Move It - James Harrington [Amphonic Music; not on Primalhouse Music site] (Will getting queasy from doctor's talk about surgery)

Vying For Attention:
Dance Floor - Aaron Briggs [Amphonic Music] (Vy and Claudia working out)
Get Funky - Christopher Burke [DSM Producers] (Carlton finds Will at the pool hall)

The Aunt Who Came To Dinner:
Karukera - Dominique Berose, Thierry David [K-Vox] (Opening scene at the coffee bar)


Season 3
How I Spent My Summer Vacation:
Water Music Suite No 2 In D Major Hwv 349 12 Alla Hornpipe - George Handel [CPM] (Plays throughout the Banks' catered event)

That's No Lady, That's My Cousin:
Battle Hymn of Republic (b) - Graham De Wilde (Will's soliloquy)

Mama's Baby, Carlton's Maybe:
Wedding March (b) - Peter Lea-Cox ("And if there's anyone here who feels this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony...")

Here Comes the Judge:
Cartoon Classics Part 2 - Clare Grundman [Cavendish Music] (Jazz switches the TV to Underdog)

Boyz In the Woods:
The Final Minute [#7] - Stephen Kujala [Killer Tracks] (Hilary and Geoffrey watching TV; Hilary joins Trevor on the couch)

Asses To Ashes:
Sunday Service (b) - Peter Lea-Cox (Banks arrive at Carl Robertson's funeral)

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum:
Creepy Story 3 - Jacques Cassard [Koka Media] (Someone with a dart gun sneaks up on Geoffrey; Will sees the patio doors open; Dart gun wielder approaches Hilary)
Deathly Pursuit - Simon Benson [Amphonic Music] (Will turns on the TV)
Creepy Story 3 - Jacques Cassard [Koka Media] (Vivian pulls the dart gun on Phil)

Winner Takes Off:
Oh Waiter! - Ian Hughes [JW Theme Music] (Will and Carlton find Geoffrey working at a fancy restaurant)
Solo Ballerina - Ian Hughes [JW Theme Music] (Will and Carlton making a scene)

Bundle of Joy:
Woodwind Comedy Transitions - Van Phillips [JW Theme Music] (Start of Will's fantasy)

Best Laid Plans:
Wedding March (b) - Peter Lea-Cox (Will and Monique get "married")

The Baby Comes Out:
Stop 'Cos You're Breaking My Heart [#10] - Mark Sandell, Neal Watson [Chappell] (Hilary, Vy, Janice, and Carlton at the beauty salon)
God Bless You [#2] - Mark Sandell, Neal Watson [Chappell] (Hilary, Vy, and Janice rush to leave the salon)

The Way We Were:
Not Yet - Timothy Wills, Edward Heyman [Amphonic Music] (Clip from Granny Gets Busy)
Ladies, Get Down - Robin Parry, Nicola Jack [Amphonic Music] (Clip from The Big Four-Oh)
? (Clip from Hilary Gets a Life)
Bridal Chorus - Peter Lea-Cox (Vivian walks into the backyard)

Six Degrees of Graduation:
Orch. Shock Hits - John Dwyer, Ronald Mendelsohn [Megatrax] (Phil freaked out by Lindsay)
Pomp and Circumstance No.1 - John Fox, Edward Elgar (Graduation ceremony)


Season 4
Where There's a Will, There's a Way (Part 1):
Soul Two - Nigel Matherson [Music House] (Everyone leaving Carlton's party)

Father of the Year:
Happy As Larry - Van Phillips [JW Theme Music] (Phil grumpily watching Popeye)

It's Better To Have Loved and Lost It...:
Tomorrow the World - Richard Toeman [JW Theme Music] (Shame of a Nation: The Geoffrey Butler Story)
Royal Tribute - Ivor Slaney [JW Theme Music] ("Geoffrey Butler's false victory was short-lived.")
Picture of Dignity - Van Phillips [JW Theme Music] (Ending of Shame of a Nation)

Fresh Prince After Dark:
Hallelujah Chorus From the Messiah - George Handel (Phil relieved that Hilary isn't naked on her Playboy pictures; Ending)

Who's the Boss:
Dateline the World - John Hobbs [Killer Tracks] (Hilary watching the New York weather)
Beautiful Isles of Hawaii - George Elliott (Carlton plays this for the near-empty Peacock Stop)
King Cotton - Roy Wootton [CPM] (Carlton sees all the weirdos Jazz brought to The Peacock Stop)

When You Hit Upon a Star:
My Spring - Maria Catalano (Michelle Michaels turns on romantic music)

Mother's Day:
The Washington Post - George Wilson, John Sousa [CPM] (Jazz blasts this after he stops I Got You (I Feel Good))
Spy Ring A - Ray Davies [not on Cavendish Music site] (Will sneakily enters the fertility clinic)

Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse:
Ferris Wheel - Georges Teperino [Mondiophone] (Will and Lou talk at the carnival)


Season 5
The Client:
Dangerous Groove - William Bergman [Megatrax] (Music in the record store)
Gotta Get It! - William Bergman [Megatrax] (Music that Johnny C plays)
Gotta Get It! (Full Mix Without Vocals) - William Bergman [Megatrax] (Johnny C storms out after Will tricks him)

Reality Bites:
20th Century Classic (c) - Graham Preskett (Fanfare as Dougie comes onstage)
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (a) - Richard Harvey, Brian Gulland (Dougie sings to this; Dougie restarts; Carlton dances)

Grumpy Young Men:
Parting of the Ways (a) - John Devereaux (Will, Carlton, Valerie, and her cousin watching Old Yeller)

Fresh Prince, the Movie:
The Killing Ground (a) - Richard Harvey (Someone enters Will's trailer while he's sleeping; O'Neill recognizes Will's photo; "Where'd you get this?")
Sally Goodin - Traditional - Terry Gadsden, Kinck Peterson [De Wolfe] (McCoy family partying)

Will's Misery:
Vice - Paul Cooper [Amphonic Music] (Plays in the movie when Will and Lisa are at the drive-in theater)

Father Knows Best:
? (Carlton hacking into the Bank of Bel-Air records)
N'Toum - Armand Frydman, Denis Hekimian [Koka Media] (Hilary showcases African fashion)
Colorvideo (1) - Geoff Bastow [Music House] (Phil exercising)

Sooooooooul Train:
Soljering On - Sammy Burdson, Jean-Claude Madonne (Will, Phil, and Lamont Kelly dancing)

Will's Up the Dirt Road:
Midnight Sail - Al Capps [Killer Tracks] (Romantic music while Lisa follows Will's instructions)

Will Steps Out:
Network Sports - Curtis Schwartz (Banks family exercising with Susan Powter)
Kyrie - Roman Zajaczek (Start of Will and Carlton's Chicktionary ceremony)

Same Game, Next Season:
Andantino - Dick Walter (Will having dinner with Mr. Wilkes)

A Decent Proposal:
Chicken Pickin' - Peter Woodford, Jack Cookerly, Bobby Bruce [Amphonic Music] (Willy's World of Wheels commercial)

Slum Like It... Not!:
Hallelujah Chorus From the Messiah - George Handel (Light shines on Will)
Studio One Dub - Mark Cherrie, Andrew Dewar [JW Theme Music] (Will and Jazz's Jamaican-themed pitch to Phil)

As the Will Turns:
? (Filming of Now and Forever; Banks and Lisa watching Will on Now and Forever)
? (Will grimacing)
? (Will and Joan filming Now and Forever again; "Tune in tomorrow for another episode of... Now and Forever.")

Cold Feet, Hot Body:
? (Ashley and Kevin watching Yogi Bear)


Season 6
Burnin' Down the House:
Psychedelic Guitar - Ian Marsh, Phil Pickett [CPM] (Carlton riding in a hippie van)

Get a Job:
? (Hilary confronts Will about dumping Jasmine)

Bourgie Sings the Blues:
Eel Pie Blues - Stephen Donnelly [JW Theme Music] (Carlton listening to blues music)

The Script Formerly Known As...:
Orpheus In the Underworld Overture - Can-Can (Excerpt) - Jacques Offenbach [CPM] (Audio of the Dancing Phils on The Jay Leno Show)

Not, I Barbecue:
Midnight Sail - Al Capps [Killer Tracks] (Phil turns on romantic music)

Viva Lost Wages:
Romantic Interlude - Tim Renwick [JW Theme Music] (Plays on TV as Phil comes downstairs)
Party Weekend (Instrumental) - George Teren, William Wilson [FirstCom] ("They don't hear you sir, they've begun their womens' weekend.")
Platinum Blond - Liam Cooke [Focus Music] (Dance contest music)

There's the Rub (Part 1):
Quiet Waters - Ian Hughes [JW Theme Music] (Will and Phil get massages)

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Part 2):
Synchrostings - Trevor Duncan [JW Theme Music] (Newspaper headlines in Carlton's imagination)

I, Bowl Buster:
The Gunfighter - Franco Micalizzi, Roberto Pregadio [removed from APM site] (Carlton walks into the bowling alley)

Eye, Tooth:
Person To Person (b) - Graham Preskett (William Shatner seated as Hilary's show begins)