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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

#JCKaelin: #RIP #HalWillner, my long-time generous customer. His penultimate Twitter post quoted a title he got from me. He turned on many #SNL alumni to me. I'll always remember your #HBD & #RIP dates. 🙏 #MusicProducers #RecordProducers #Films #TV #SaturdayNightLive.
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Hal Willner Tribute - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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April 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM

Andrew Malin

@orcrist.bsky.social

Feels like a good time to share “The Junkys Christmas”. Enjoy (?).

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3.6K views · 152 reactions | The Junky's Christmas 1993 ‧ Short/Animation ‧ 21 mins Burroughs takes down a book and reads us the story of Danny the Carwiper, who spends Christmas Day trying to score a fix, but finds the Christmas spirit instead. Directed by Nick Donkin & Melodie McDaniel. Music: Hal Willner & Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. #williamsburroughs #beatgeneration #junkyscrhistmas #halwillner #disposableheroesofhiphoprisy | Allen Ginsberg

The Junky's Christmas 1993 ‧ Short/Animation ‧ 21 mins Burroughs takes down a book and reads us the story of Danny the Carwiper, who spends Christmas Day trying to score a fix, but finds the...

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March 19, 2026 at 10:35 AM

John L. Walters

@johnlwalters.bsky.social

I enjoyed writing this ‘The Life of a Song’ piece for @financialtimes.com @ftweekend.com (3 Jan 2026) about ‘Trust In Me’ from The Jungle Book, www.ft.com/content/c1f7... #shermanbrothers #gracejones #veronicaswift #siouxsie #halwillner #hollycole #junmiyake #scarlettjohansson #selenagomez #disney

Trust in Me (The Python’s Song) — musicians have been hypnotised by the Disney ditty

Originally featured in The Jungle Book, the song has been covered by a spectrum of artists including jazz players and Grace Jones

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January 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM

Jason Halprin

@j-halprin.bsky.social

Usually a subheading like this (…Music from Vintage Disney Films) isn’t my thing. Glad I noticed WHO interpreted them when I was flipping through thrift store bins a few years ago. This went straight to the “don’t sell” shelf!

Stay Awake (1988)

#NowPlaying #NowSpinning #VinylSky #HalWillner

The cover of the 1988 compilation album Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films produced by Hal Wilmer, next to a working record player.

December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM

J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

#JCKaelin: #RIP #HalWillner, my long-time generous customer. His penultimate Twitter post quoted a title he got from me. He turned on many #SNL alumni to me. I'll always remember your #HBD & #RIP dates. 🙏
#MusicProducers #RecordProducers #Films #TV #SaturdayNightLive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p2v...

Hal Willner Tribute - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

www.youtube.com

April 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM

Two Cams 🔜 Otakon 2026 & AnimeNYC 2026

@d3vcam1a.bsky.social

Damn. I'm so sorry that, had Hal Willner was still alive today, he SURELY would've passed away during this Trump Era 2.0.

#HalWillner #50YearsOfSNLMusic #SNL #SaturdayNightLive

January 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM

Josh Haden

@joshhaden.bsky.social

Charlie Haden and Fred Hersch "Speak Low". Alternate mix from the Made for TV film honoring composer Kurt Weill. Click on the link below to read/listen.

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#charliehaden #jazz #jazzmusic #kurtweill #halwillner #ahneesharonfreeman #fredhersch

Charlie Haden and Fred Hersch "Speak Low"

Alternate mix from the Made for TV film honoring composer Kurt Weill

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December 14, 2024 at 7:59 PM

🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️

@kcfennessy.bsky.social

From John Leland's profile of #HalWillner.

"In American culture, he said, the avant-garde or the weird were once the mainstream. Soupy Sales spun surrealism for young children; William S. Burroughs read Naked Lunch on Saturday Night Live.

'Weird isn't in right now,' he said."