"Crown For Christmas" contains three original songs, specifically written for the film by
director, Alex Zamm and his song-writing partner, Alex Geringas. Geringas, in
addition to being a composer, is also a Grammy and multi-platinum
award winning songwriter and producer for Kelly Clarkson, amongst many others. Geringas
also just recently was nominated for an Emmy for his main title song in the
Dreamworks TV animated series, "All Hail
King Julien."
Collectively known as A2, Alex Geringas and Alex Zamm have collaborated for the past two years on songs for other films directed by Zamm, such as, "A Royal Christmas" for Hallmark Channel, "Jingle All The Way 2," and "The Little Rascals Save The Day." Their first EP of Christmas songs from their films debuts this month and is entitled, Holiday-O-Rama – Christmas Collection – Volume 1.
“In a film there are things that a song can add to the storytelling and emotions that the images, script and score sometimes can’t. Songs are such an important and visceral tool in the filmmaking process and it’s been exciting for me to be able to contribute them to the films I direct.” – Alex Zamm
Listen below and find out more about the original songs featured in the Hallmark Channel Original movie, "Crown For Christmas."
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Santa, I Just Want You is an up-tempo, retro-style song in the opening titles of the film and is sung by Haley Reinhart.
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Haley Reinhart is an American singer-songwriter and voice actress from Wheeling, Illinois. Raised in a musical family, she first came to prominence after placing in third in the tenth season of American Idol. Her debut album Listen Up!, for Interscope Records was released to critical acclaim, and she became the first American Idol alum to perform at Lollapalooza. Since then, she has performed with such luminaries as Tony Bennett, Slash, David Foster and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
Reinhart is set to make her voice-over acting debut in the upcoming Vince Vaughn produced Netflix animated series, F Is for Family. Most recently, she’s has gained additional recognition from performing and touring with Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox. Reinhart's highly anticipated EP titled, "Better" is set to release in January 2016.
It's Always Been You is a heartfelt love ballad used for the emotional climax at the end of the film and is sung by Drew Seeley.
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Drew Seeley is a Canadian actor, dancer, recording artist and songwriter. He was nominated for an Emmy award for co-writing, “Getcha Head in the Game” for High School Musical and co-starred in the North and Latin American tours of High School Musical: The Concert, playing Troy Bolton to 60,000 seat arenas.
His film and television credits include "Glory Daze," "Lovestruck," "One Tree Hill," "The Closer," "The Suite Life," and "Another Cinderella Story," opposite Selena Gomez. And no stranger to Hallmark Channel, Drew portrayed the title character in the Hallmark Channel original movie, "Freshman Father." The film, which was based on a true story, also includes the song, "Best At The Time," co-penned by Drew.
On the stage, Drew starred on Broadway as Prince Eric in "The Little Mermaid" and is currently on the road with the 2nd national tour of "Jersey Boys," playing Bob Gaudio.
Bring On The Snow is a fun, upbeat song used during a montage of playing in the snow and is sung by Melanie Fontana.
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Melanie Fontana is an L.A. based Songwriter/vocalist/voiceover actor originally from Connecticut. Signed to UMPG, her break into the industry came about when Justin Bieber & the Band Perry recorded the song “Home this Christmas”, of which she was a co-writer, for Justin’s “Under the Mistletoe” album.
Melanie has worked with many of the greats in the music industry including Ron Fair, David Foster, Meghan Trainer, Lady Antebellum, Josh Kelley, Nick & Aaron Carter & Jordan Knight. Melanie is the singing voice on Nickelodeon‘s animated series, "Shimmer and Shine."
She has written songs for many artists in the US, Norway, Korea and Japan. Melanie has performed at world famous venues including The Apollo, B.B. Kings & The Bitter End in NYC as well as L.A’s House of Blues and the Hollywood Palladium and plans to write and entertain audiences for years to come.