Claude says:Les Baxter and Ferrante & Teicher's score for Elf is pure '70s lounge-exotica warmth—strings and vibraphone doing the heavy lifting while you're watching Will Ferrell stumble through New York in tights. You caught "Sleigh Ride / Santa Claus Party" once back in 2009 and apparently that was enough, but it's the kind of record that works best as peripheral joy, playing quietly while the holiday movie flickers on some December night.