Academy Award Winning Music from MGM: 1939-1965 (1997)

About this title: This compilation includes all of the songs and excerpts from all the scores that won Academy Awards for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1939 and 1965. MGM dominated the music categories during that period, winning more song and score Oscars than any other studio. This retrospective includes several pieces that demonstrate the durabilty of MGM's output during that era. The original Judy Garland recording of "Over the Rainbow," for example, has certainly stood the test of time even if Howard Arlen's Oscar-winning score for The Wizard of Oz (represented here by the "Main Title") seems cloying and ... read more

Tracks:

1. Wizard of Oz: Main Title [Stothart]
2. Over the Rainbow [Arlen/Harburg]
3. The Last Time I Saw Paris [Kern/Hammerstein]
4. What Makes the Sunset? [Styne/Cahn]
5. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe [Warren/Mercer]
6. Easter Parade [Berlin]
7. Baby, It's Cold Outside [Loesser]
8. Main Street [Edens/Comden/Green]
9. Anything You Can Do [Berlin]
10. Love Is Here to Stay [Gershwin/Gershwin]
11. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo [Kaper/Deutsch]
12. Barn Dance [DePaul/Mercer]
13. Gigi [Loewe/Lerner]
14. Overture [Rozsa]
15. Lara's Theme (Main Title) [Jarre]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.