Oklahoma! [Original Movie Soundtrack Recording]

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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, who controlled the rights to their record-breaking landmark musical Oklahoma!, took their time putting together a film version, with the movie not arriving until 12 and a half years after the show''s Broadway opening. The songwriters'' unusual power over the production assured that it would be more faithful than most Hollywood treatments. Only two songs, "Lonely Room" and "It''s a Scandal! It''s a Outrage!," were excised from the stage show for the two-and-a-half-hour film, for which conductor Jay Blackton and Robert Russell Bennett''s orchestrations were retained. The casting responded more to ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, who controlled the rights to their record-breaking landmark musical Oklahoma!, took their time putting together a film version, with the movie not arriving until 12 and a half years after the show''s Broadway opening. The songwriters'' unusual power over the production assured that it would be more faithful than most Hollywood treatments. Only two songs, "Lonely Room" and "It''s a Scandal! It''s a Outrage!," were excised from the stage show for the two-and-a-half-hour film, for which conductor Jay Blackton and Robert Russell Bennett''s orchestrations were retained. The casting responded more to musical values than to box office clout, with Gordon MacRae, best known for several cinematic pairings with Doris Day, taking the male lead role of Curly and 20-year-old Shirley Jones, a Rodgers and Hammerstein discovery, making her film debut as Laurey, the female lead. The two, along with Gloria Grahame in the showcase role of lusty Ado Annie, brought a vocal assurance to their singing that allowed them to be intimate and conversational, giving detail to an otherwise lavish and possibly oversized production. These qualities come off especially well on the soundtrack album, as do Bennett''s arrangements, which really shine in the stereo separation denied them on the original Broadway cast album. The result is an outstanding rendering of the score that gives it a bigger, broader interpretation and has continued to sound impressive over the decades, which may be one reason why the album, which topped the charts upon release and sold more than two million copies, has remained in print continually since it first appeared.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 3/13/2001
  • Label: Angel Records
  • UPC: 724352735020
  • Catalog Number: 27350
  • Sales rank: 816

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Overture
  2. 2 Main Title
  3. 3 Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Gordon MacRae
  4. 4 The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Gloria Grahame
  5. 5 Kansas City - Charlotte Greenwood
  6. 6 Kansas City Ballet
  7. 7 I Cain't Say No - Gloria Grahame
  8. 8 Many A New Day - Shirley Jones
  9. 9 Many A New Day Ballet
  10. 10 People Will Say We're In Love - Gordon MacRae
  11. 11 Pore Jud Is Daid - Rod Steiger
  12. 12 Out Of My Dreams - Shirley Jones
  13. 13 Out Of My Dreams Ballet
  14. 14 Entr'acte
  15. 15 The Farmer And The Cowman - Gloria Grahame
  16. 16 The Farmer And The Cowman Ballet
  17. 17 All Er Nuthin' - Gloria Grahame
  18. 18 All Er Nuthin' Ballet
  19. 19 People Will Say We're In Love (reprise) - Gordon MacRae
  20. 20 Oklahoma - Charlotte Greenwood
  21. 21 Finale: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Gordon MacRae
  22. 22 Overture (LP version)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Gordon MacRae Vocals, Track Performer
James Whitmore Vocals, Track Performer
Mixed Chorus & Orchestra Track Performer
Jay C. Flippen Vocals
Rod Steiger Vocals, Track Performer
Jay Blackton Conductor
Shirley Jones Vocals
Gene Nelson Vocals, Track Performer
Charlotte Greenwood Vocals, Track Performer
Gloria Grahame Vocals
MGM Studio Symphony Orchestra Performing Ensemble
Oklahoma Company cast
Oklahoma Men's Chorus Choir, Chorus
Technical Credits
Robert Russell Bennett Arranger
Adolph Deutsch Adaptation
Didier C. Deutsch Producer, Liner Notes, Photo Courtesy, Re-Release Producer
Oscar Hammerstein II Lyricist
John Palladino Producer, Engineer, Mastering, Mastering Producer
Darcy Proper Remixing, Mastering
Charles Granata Producer, Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
Jessica Novod Art Direction
Burton Yount Art Direction
Jessica Novod Berenblat Art Direction
Darcy M. Proper Remixing
Gordon H. Jee Art Direction
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