Wizard of Oz (Audio Cassette): Various Artists: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Main Title - MGM Orchestra & Chorus
2. Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
3. Cyclone [Extended Version] - MGM Studio Orchestra
4. Come Out, Come Out - Billie Burke
5. It Really Was No Miracle - Billy Bletcher, Judy Garland
6. We Thank You Very Sweetly - Frank Cucksey, Joseph Koziel
7. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
8. As Mayor of the Munchkin City - Billy Bletcher, , Pinto Colvig, J.D. Jewkes
9. As Coroner, I Must Aver - Harry Dean Stanton
10. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Reprise)
11. Lullaby League - Lorraine Bridges, Betty Rome, Carol Tevis
12. Lollipop Guild - Billy Bletcher, , Pinto Colvig, Harry Dean Stanton
13. We Welcome You to Munchkinland
14. Follow the Yellow Brick Road/You're off to See the Wizard - Judy Garland
15. If I Only Had a Brain [Extended Version] - Ray Bolger, Judy Garland
16. We're off to See the Wizard [Duo] - Ray Bolger, Judy Garland
17. If I Only Had a Heart [Extended Version] - Jack Haley, Sr.
18. We're off to See the Wizard [Trio] - Ray Bolger, Buddy Ebsen, Judy Garland
19. If I Only Had the Nerve - Ray Bolger, Judy Garland, Jack Haley, Sr., Bert Lahr
20. We're off to See the Wizard [Quartet] - Ray Bolger, Buddy Ebsen, Judy Garland, Bert Lahr
See all 26 tracks on this disc

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Lions and tigers and bears, the yellow brick road, gambolling midgets, warnings scrawled high above by a skywriting witch: No movie ever imprinted itself on young imaginations or endured in adult memory more than MGM's classic 1939 musical, and no movie score ever hooked as forcefully into our collective cultural memory. This exemplary soundtrack finally treats this deserved classic to a thoughtful and comprehensive rendering that confirms the enduring power of Harold Arlen's original music and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg's lyrics. On film, the songs unreeled as a mixture of discrete songs and multi-themed medleys with frequent reprises, a presentation preserved here, epitomised in the "Munchkinland Musical Sequence". If not as concise as Bobby McFerrin's legendary, hilarious concert compression of the entire musical story, this telling of The Wizard of Oz relives the film just as vividly. "Over the Rainbow" is presented here with multiple alternate takes, making it a must for fans of Judy Garland. --Sam Sutherland

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Soundtrack Good For People of All Ages!, Feb 4 2004

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This review is from: The Wizard of Oz: Selections From The Score (Audio CD)

The Wizard of Oz is a great movie, one of the best musicals ever made and this is a good soundtrack with the wonderful songs from the movie and I highly recommend to fans of all ages of ths classic gem of a movie!

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4.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic soundtrack with great sound quality, Jan 3 2004

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"iamjoey" (Kentucky, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wizard of Oz: Selections From The Score (Audio CD)

I don't get why other reviews bash the sound quality. I think it's just fine, myself. But oh well.

I previously owned this soundtrack on cassette tape in a few incarnations, most recently this version, which was my favorite. But sadly, I've lost them all. But now I finally own it on CD, and I couldn't be happier. Extended versions, outtakes, and the classics we all know and love. Just like the purple sticker on the packaging says, it is "the most beloved movie of all time."

However, I do have some beef with this soundtrack, which is why it is rated only four stars instead of five. All 26 tracks clock in at a total of a measly 39 minutes. Considering most CDs hold at least 74 minutes, and there was so much music, including extended versions and outtakes, they could have crammed a bit more onto this disc, including more outtakes, such as the score from a deleted scene where the Wicked Witch of the West actually turned the Tin Man into a beehive as she'd threatened earlier in the film. Let's hope one day there's a single-disc Special Edition with more music or a reissue of the double-disc deluxe edition with all the music. But I guess they wanted people to buy the deluxe edition, and putting too much on the single-disc version could have talked people out of buying it.

All in all, while I would have liked for there to be more music, but for the reasonable price you pay, you get all the songs, digitally-remastered, with extended versions and outtakes. A must-have for your CD collection if you don't want to shell out money for the double-disc edition on eBay or Amazon or spend time searching in stores for it, but want the soundtrack.

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

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This review is from: The Wizard of Oz: Selections From The Score (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.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Classic
I bought this mainly because of "Over the Rainbow" and there's nothing like the original, with the birds chirping and everything. Read more

Published on July 20 2003 by C. Yount

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Music
This is a great soundtrack to one of the best movies of all time. I mainly got it for "Over the Rainbow," but of course you get all the rest of the great songs that made... Read more

Published on April 25 2003 by Aaron