Academy Award-Winning Music From MGM Classics: Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology [Soundtrack]

Various Artists - Soundtracks (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 18, 1997)
• Original Release Date: February 18, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• ASIN: B0000033Z5
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,645 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wizard of Oz: Main Title

2. Over the Rainbow

3. The Last Time I Saw Paris

4. What Makes the Sunset?

5. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

6. Easter Parade

7. Baby, It's Cold Outside

8. Main Street

9. Anything You Can Do

10. Love Is Here to Stay

11. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo

12. Barn Dance

13. Gigi

14. Overture

15. Lara's Theme (Main Title)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why another MGM compilation album?, October 25, 2002

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This review is from: Academy Award-Winning Music From MGM Classics: Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology (Audio CD)

I liked the music contained on this CD, but we need to ask the question, "just how many compilation albums do we need?" At least two thirds of the songs on this CD are featured (many of them together) on other Turner/Rhino compilation soundtrack albums or have the full soundtrack available. This CD is quite comparable to the "That's Entertainment" and the two disc "Over the Rainbow" movie musical compilation CD's, both from Turner/Rhino. What sets this CD apart is the fact that every song contained herein won an Oscar either for Best Song or for Best Score. A few of the songs here do not appear anywhere else and some (like "The Last Time I Saw Paris") are quite lovely. It is nice to see that Turner went beyond including only movie musical selections for this CD; added were the Overture from "Ben-Hur" and the Main Title from "Doctor Zhivago" - neither of which were musicals.

I give this CD four stars because I love all of the music and the sound quality is bar none the best, and that the CD contains some otherwise unavailable songs. I don't give it 5 because we already have enough compilation soundtrack and star anthologies from the MGM musicals, in addition to the numerous original soundtrack albums available. I like the elegant and lavish packaging, though.