Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Original Score is a 1992 soundtrack composed by John Williams, who also scored the first installment in the franchise. While the soundtrack is mostly a repeat of the first film's material, there are a few new prominent themes such as "Christmas Star" and "Plaza Hotel and Duncan's Toy Store". Ultimately, the soundtrack fell out of print. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – Original Soundtrack Album is a 1992 soundtrack album that contains music from or inspired by "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York". The album eventually was discontinued and later re-released as Home Alone
Home Alone plot similarities to "Home Alone". "3615 code Père Noël" director René Manzor threatened the makers of "Home Alone" with legal action on the grounds of plagiarism, alleging that "Home Alone" was a remake of his film. "3615 code Père Noël" was not released in the United States during its original theatrical run in January 1990 and didn't become widely available there until 2018. The film was followed by a commercially successful sequel in 1992, "", which brings back the first film's cast. The film within a film, "Angels with Filthy Souls", had a sequel in "Home Alone 2", "Angels with