The Wizard Of Oz: Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 
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| Artists: Herbert Stothart, Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg
Label: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy Used: $4.75
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 23569
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 71999
UPC: 081227199920
EAN: 0081227199920
ASIN: B0000033KM
Release Date: September 19, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Soundtrack to the memorable movie of our youth, with rare outtakes and extended versions of many songs. Complete with illustrated 12 page booklet. CD cover shows normal wear. Fast shipping, satisfaction guaranteed!
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| Tracks:
| • | Main Title - | | • | Over the Rainbow | | • | Cyclone | | • | Come Out, Come Out | | • | It Really Was No Miracle | | • | Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead | | • | As Mayor of the Munchkin City | | • | As Coroner, I Must Aver | | • | Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Reprise) | | • | We Welcome You to Munchkinland | | • | Follow the Yellow Brick Road/You're off to See the Wizard | | • | If I Only Had a Brain | | • | We're off to See the Wizard | | • | If I Only Had a Heart | | • | If I Only Had the Nerve | | • | Optimistic Voices | | • | The Merry Old Land of Oz | | • | If I Were King of the Forest | | • | The Jitterbug | | • | Ding-Dong! Emerald City | | • | Delirious Escape/Delirious Escape Continued/The End - Bassman, George |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Lions and tigers and bears, the yellow brick road, gamboling 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 (an even more detailed, expanded version was also released simultaneously as a deluxe box) 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 discreet songs and multi-themed medleys with frequent reprises, a presentation preserved here, epitomized 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 here, of course, precisely where it should be in the sequence, as as timelessly luminous and wistful as ever. --Sam Sutherland
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
Wizard of Oz November 25, 2008
We did a Wizard of Oz theme for our car for "trunk or treat" where we decorate vehicles in the parking lot of the school and the kids walk from vehicle to vehicle for candy. We played the soundtrack from the car and it worked out great. Even now when we are driving from here to there, my 9 year old puts the cd in and we sing like fools along with the soundtrack.
 My daughter loves it!!! November 9, 2008
My five year old daughter will be in a theatrical production of the Wizard of Oz at our local college in March of 2009. She is a munchkin and one of the Lullaby League girls. I purchased this soundtrack for her so she could practice the songs she will have to sing in the play. Every song is on the soundtrack. My daugher absolutely loves practicing along with Judy Garland's beautiful voice and all of the original songs performed with the legendary performers. Delivery couldnt have been faster. Always great to receive something a full week before the estimated arrival date!!! We couldnt be happier with the product and/or the quick delivery!!!!
 Bad sound quality June 9, 2008
I was very disappointed with this purchase. The sound quality is terrible! I had to turn it down during the music sequences and crank it up to hear anyone singing. It sounds like someone put a recorder up next to the TV screen and recorded it while watching the movie.
For the "Wizard of Oz" Fan April 21, 2008
Bought this as a gift for a "Wizard of Oz" fanatic. He loved it and listens to it often.
OZ soundtrack April 20, 2008
Love it. My only wish was that it came with the guard chant as they march in front of the castle. Other than that, it's great.
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