<P> This is the first Muppet film co-produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures--and the rights to the Muppets featured in the film would later be purchased by the studio's parent company . Other than the film's theatrical releases, the film has also been made available on home video formats . It was released on VHS in the US on November 5, 1993, in the UK on November 19 and twice on DVD in Region 1 . The first DVD release on October 8, 2002, was in a fullscreen - only format . Walt Disney Home Entertainment re-released the film on DVD on November 29, 2005, in conjunction with Kermit the Frog's 50th - anniversary celebration; this time the DVD contained both full - screen and widescreen presentations . The film was also released in Region 2 . </P> <P> Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released a "20th Anniversary Collector's Edition" on Blu - ray, DVD, and digital copy on November 6, 2012 . The release doesn't include the film's extended cut . However, the song "When Love Is Gone" and its accompanying scene can be viewed in its complete entirety on the full screen version of the Anniversary edition of The Muppet Christmas Carol, though it is cut in the widescreen format . </P> <P> The film's original score was composed by Miles Goodman with songs written by Paul Williams . Williams previously worked with the Muppets on the soundtrack to The Muppet Movie (1979) in which he and Kenneth Ascher were nominated for an Academy Award for writing "Rainbow Connection". Goodman previously scored several films that were directed by Muppet performer Frank Oz . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Muppet Christmas Carol: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Soundtrack album by The Muppets </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Soundtrack </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Jim Henson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Muppets chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> The Muppets Take Manhattan: Original Soundtrack (1984) The Muppets Take Manhattan: Original Soundtrack 1984 </Td> <Td> The Muppet Christmas Carol: Original Soundtrack (1992) </Td> <Td> Muppet Treasure Island: Original Soundtrack (1996) Muppet Treasure Island: Original Soundtrack 1996 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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