Christmas music a version by American "a capella" group Pentatonix which had already been released on their Christmas album shortly before Cohen's death, were added into Christmas music playlists on radio stations in the United States and Canada. Christmas songs introduced in theater, television, and film include "White Christmas" from "Holiday Inn" (1942), "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), and "Silver Bells" in "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1950). Some musical films have been set around Christmas time, and because of that some of the songs are popular during the holiday season, including: A popular form
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (instrumental) Italian record label Discomagic named "Clock On 5 - Theme From Furyo" which was released in 1984. In 2000, a re-mix of Ryuichi Sakamoto's Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence called "Heart of Asia" was released in Europe by dance project Watergate, and it reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2004, Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica included a piano remix of "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" on his third album, Variations Part I&II. Japanese-American R&B artist Utada Hikaru heavily sampled the theme for her 2009 song, "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI" from the album "This Is the One". In 2008, a