The Wizard Of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Harold Arlen, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Herbert Stothart, Jack Haley, Buddy Ebsen, Judy Garland, E. Y. Harburg | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 1995)
• Original Release Date: September 19, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B0000033KM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,556 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title

2. Over the Rainbow

3. Cyclone [Extended Version]

4. Come Out, Come Out

5. It Really Was No Miracle

6. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead

7. As Mayor of the Munchkin City

8. As Coroner, I Must Aver

9. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Reprise)

10. We Welcome You to Munchkinland

11. Follow the Yellow Brick Road/You're off to See the Wizard

12. If I Only Had a Brain [Extended Version]

13. We're off to See the Wizard [Duo]

14. If I Only Had a Heart [Extended Version]

15. If I Only Had the Nerve

16. Optimistic Voices

17. The Merry Old Land of Oz

18. If I Were King of the Forest [Extended Version]

19. The Jitterbug [Outtake]

20. Ding-Dong! Emerald City [Outtake]

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: WIZARD OF OZ
Title: SOUNDTRACK-SELECTIONS FROM
Street Release Date: 09/19/1995
Domestic
Genre: SOUNDTRACK

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic "Wizard of Oz" music makes me feel 8 again!, December 6, 2000

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Alex G. Thompson (West Palm Beach, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wizard Of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

There are probably few people in the world who love this classic motion picture more than I do and hearing this beautifully recorded soundtrack brought back so many wonderful memories and tears to my eyes as I sang along and listened to them again. I have waited years for someone to record an album with JUST the songs and not with the accompanying dialogue and this is it! I admit I was leary of the title "Selections" from the "Wizard of OZ," figuring that it might have some of the better known songs: "Over the Rainbow," "Off to see the Wizard," If I only had a brain, ...heart, ...courage, so imagine my surprise when EVERY song I remember was on the disk, even extended versions of songs and songs never heard or seen because they were cut from the movie before its release in 1939. I first saw the movie in 1955 at a drive-in movie (does that date me or what?) and immediately fell in love with it and Judy too. (Who wouldn't fall in love with her?). It has been my favorite ever since! I know the dialogue and songs by heart so It's so great that the music is from the original score too and not redone my someone else or a shortened version of them. Anyone who loves the "Wizard of Oz" has got to buy this CD!! Gratefully, Alex Thompson.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sound Quality was Good;All the Favorite Songs from the Movie, September 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Wizard Of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

My daughter has just discovered the Wizard of Oz and is enthralled. I was hesitant to purchase the soundtrack, given how the other reviews said the sound quality was poor. I don't know if they re-mixed the songs or what, but the sound quality on our CD is just fine -- it's equivalent in quality to the soundtrack on the DVD. The CD has all of the favorite songs from the movie, of course. I highly recommend it.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Over the Rainbow, September 8, 2005

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Bruce G. Silverman (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wizard Of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This version of The Wizard of Oz proves three things: 1) MGM may well have been the Tiffany's of movie studios back in the 30's, but their sound department was pretty primitive; 2) Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg were a stupendous team and Herbert Stothart (MGM's music director) was a darned good arranger; 3) Judy Garland was a miracle.

Hiss, scratches, pops and limited sonic range notwithstanding, you can't beat this recording to provide the essence of the movie. Judy and her fellow cast members (especially Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr and Jack Haley) are just wonderful.

The album notes don't point it out, but there's an interesting "extra" performer on many tracks: Buddy Ebsen. Ebsen was cast as the Tin Man (without a heart), and worked for about a week on the film before becoming desperately ill as a result of the toxic aluminum powder that was ground into his makeup. When it was clear that Ebsen wasn't going to recover quickly, he was replaced by Haley. (The makeup formula was replaced, too!) But Ebsen's voice, which had been pre-recorded for performance playback, appears on a number of tracks on this recording.