Walt Disney's Bambi: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack [Original recording remastered][Soundtrack]

Edward Plumb, Disney, Frank Churchill, Bambi (Related Recordings)

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
• Original Release Date: August 21, 1942
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Walt Disney Records
• ASIN: B000001M2O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #93,368 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title from "Love Is a Song" - Donald Novis, Chorus

2. Sleepy Morning in the Woods/Everybody Awake/The Young ... - Chorus

3. Exploring/Through the Woods/Say Bird/Flower

4. Little April Shower

5. Meadows/Bambi Sees Faline/Bambi Gets Annoyed

6. Gallop of the Stags/The Great Prince of the Forest/Man

7. Autumn/The First Snow/Fun on the Ice

8. End of Winter/New Spring Grass/Tragedy in the Meadows

9. Wintery Winds

10. Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song - Chorus

11. It Could Even Happen to Flower

12. Bambi Gets Twitterpated/Stage Fight - Chorus

13. Looking for Romance (I Bring You a Song)

14. Man Returns - Chorus

15. Fire/Reunion/Love Is a Song (Finale) - Chorus

16. Rain Drops [Demo Recording]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Though known for his utopian idealism, Walt Disney's vision had a dark side that frequently evinced itself in the animated features that made his legend. But seldom was Disney's cynicism about human nature more heartbreaking than in his studio's 1942 adaptation of Felix Saltin's nature-based novel. The film broke new ground in several areas, not the least of which it's sparing use of dialog: Bambi contains less than a thousand spoken words. That alone placed greater emphasis on an orchestral musical score than had any previous animated film, and Disney vets Frank Churchill and Edward Plumb responded by composing a surprisingly modern, dramatically evocative soundtrack that would net the pair an Oscar nomination. Tragically, Churchill would die before the film premiered. Painstakingly cobbled together from a variety of pre-tape era source elements in conjunction with its DVD debut, this expanded edition of the film's score is the most complete yet. The quartet of charming original songs by Larry Morey and Churchill would get the latter his second Oscar nod on the project, and they are joined here by "Rain Drops," the energetic choral demo recording that became the film's charming "Little April Shower." The disc concludes with the recorded reminisces of Disney himself, legendary animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston and a concise musical analysis by Henry Mancini. --Jerry McCulley

Product Description

Japanese enhanced pressing. Toshiba. 2005. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hauntingly beautiful, March 1, 2004

By	M.L. Mitchell (Vancouver , B.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bambi (Audio CD)

This is a great C.D.! Love is a Song is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. It was nominated for an Academy Award that year. My other favorites are April Showers, Looking for Romance, Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song, and Wintry Winds. The booklet included with the C.D. is great.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Academy Award nominated Score and Song, May 3, 2001

By	microjoe - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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This review is from: Bambi (Audio CD)

This is a modern Disney original soundtrack restoration from the 1942 movie by master restoration producer Randy Thornton. He has taken the original soundtrack music recorded in the 1940's, reconstructed it,and de-noised it so that it sounds clean and crisp. The song "Love is a Song" was nominated for an Academy Award but was beat out by "White Christmas" that year. The Score was also nominated for 'Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture category'. Long time Disney Studio composer Frank Churchill and Larry Morey wrote the 4 songs that had lyrics for Bambi, and had worked together on the songs for Snow White. The movie was made during the period when Walt was still very involved in every aspect of developing an animated feature, and Bambi was no exception. He pushed his composers hard to come up with the sound he envisioned. Bambi is known as "Walt's personal favorite". The feature had only 900 words of dialogue, so it was intended that the score and songs would carry the emotions and story. This soundtrack has less lyrics than any other Disney feature with the exception of Fantasia.

There is even a demo of a song that was cut from the movie included here as a bonus "Rain Drops" which influenced a later song "Little April April Showers". There is a great 15 page booklet with song lyrics, great liner notes, and terrific artwork from the movie. All total the CD lists 16 tracks and 53 minutes of music. Overall a gem of Disney history and very fun to listen to. These restoration CD's from Disney are a great deal being very affordable.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Academy Award winning soundtrack, August 18, 2005

By	microjoe - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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This is a modern Disney original soundtrack restoration from the 1942 movie by master restoration producer Randy Thornton. He has taken music recorded in the 1940's, reconstructed it,and de-noised it so that it sounds clean and crisp. The song "Love is a Song" was nominated for an Academy Award but was beat out by "White Christmas" that year. The Score was also nominated for 'Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture category'. Long time Disney Studio composer Frank Churchill and Larry Morey wrote the 4 songs that had lyrics for Bambi, and had worked together on the songs for Snow White. The movie was made during the period when Walt was still very involved in every aspect of developing an animated feature, and Bambi was no exception. He pushed his composers hard to come up with the sound he envisioned. Bambi is known as "Walt's personal favorite". The feature had only 900 words of dialogue, so it was intended that the score and songs would carry the emotions and story. This soundtrack has less lyrics than any other Disney feature with the exception of Fantasia.

There is even a demo of a song that was not used in the movie included here as a bonus "Rain Drops" which influenced a later song "Little April April Showers". There is a great 15 page booklet with song lyrics, great liner notes, and terrific artwork from the movie. All total the CD lists 16 tracks and 53 minutes of music. Overall a gem of Disney history and very fun to listen to. These restoration CD's from Disney are a great deal being very affordable.