HAVING IT GARB

Rockin’ around the Christmas tee…

CHRISTMAS JUMPERS

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Partying like it’s 2099? Then check out the fang-tastic Miguel O’Hara design. Across the Spider-verse, there’s a Miles Moralesthemed jumper that’s redder than Santa’s cheeks. If you’re not so much of an eight-legged geek you can choose from The Nightmare Before Christmas, Dungeons & Dragons, One Piece… and a retro Turtles number that conjures the ghost of Christmas wishlists past.

01 HOME ALONE SWEATSHIRT

RRP £25 LASTEXITTONOWHERE.COM

It’s the 16 booby traps of Christmas, from paint cans a-swinging to door knobs a-scalding.

02 MARVEL STUDIOS’ LOKI WATCH

RRP £299 CITIZENWATCH.CO.UK

With its horned-helmet graphic and gold-toned/deep-green hues, this mischievous item will ensure you make it to the drinks do with glorious pu… nctualness.

03 BARBIE BAGS

RRP £70-75 FUNKOEUROPE.COM

Loungefly/Mattel’s mini-backpack and crossbody bag can’t hold everything. They are everything. Other receptacles are just Ken.

04 DIE HARD SWEATSHIRT

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Sporting one of the movie’s most famous (and Christmas-y) lines, this long-sleever is just the thing if you’re off on a yippee-ki-sleigh ride.

TAKE NOTE

Afew sound ideas…

NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

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It’s a good season for James Newton Howard, who’s also revisiting the Hunger Games saga. Let it Snow, indeed, but leave stocking space for this lovely, wintry thing: an album of piano-centred rerecordings from Howard’s M. Night Shyamalan scores, with soloists including Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Besides the classics (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable), fine cues for misfires (Lady in the Water) affirm Howard’s delicate alchemy.

WONKA

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‘Let’s go see a movie show,’ sang The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon in a tribute to Euro-cinema back in 1994. Elsewhere, Hannon’s screen love has sired songs for Gangster No. 1, Doctor Who, Hitchhiker’s Guide…, Lola and more. A land of pure imagination now beckons as he reunites with his old composer pal Joby Talbot for Paul King’s golden ticket: sugar rush incoming.

THE MARVELS

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‘Musically gymnastic’ is how Emmy-winning composer Laura Karpman describes herself. Evidence includes the glorious sweep of her variably infectious, dramatic scores for Ms. Marvel, What If…? and Lovecraft Country, a range she’ll flex on the big screen for the MCU’s bauble-bright 33rd release. If the BBC Proms’ preview of team cue Higher. Further. Faster. Together. is any indication, epic results await.

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

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From The Last Waltz on, Martin Scorsese and The Band’s Robbie Robertson forged a fertile union. Before Robertson died this year, he left us with one more rich, rootsy score. Between percussive pulses and banjo twang, mournful voices and sorrowful flute, the Americana veteran draws on personal ancestry and history to craft music of profound feeling and authenticity: it’s one for the ages.

WISH

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What are Disney wishing for? Another Bruno-sized smash, you suspect, from the Mouse House’s – ahem – star vehicle. While Dave Metzger scores, the seven songs come from feted singer/songwriter Julia Michaels and producer Benjamin Rice. Expected inclusions range from Ariana DeBose belters to Chris Pine laments, alongside the requisite funny animals song that we’ll surely be hearing quite a lot of.