Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of the 1964 film Mary Poppins, with music and lyrics written by songwriters Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, and adapted and conducted by Irwin Kostal.[1] The original 1964 album release features seventeen tracks, consisting of sixteen songs and one overture track of film score. The soundtrack album was released by Disneyland Records the same year as the film on LP and reel-to-reel tape.[2] Due to time constraints, some songs were edited (such as "Step in Time", "Jolly Holiday", and "A Spoonful of Sugar"), while songs also featured introductory passages ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious") or completed endings ("Sister Suffragette", "Fidelity Fiduciary Bank", "A Man Has Dreams"). The film's music received critical acclaim, winning two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for "Chim Chim Cher-ee") and two Grammy Awards for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture and Best Recording for Children.[3][4] Walt Disney Records reissued the soundtrack in 1997, including a 16-minute track of unreleased songs and demo versions.[5] In 2004, as part of the film's 40th anniversary (also called Special Edition), a 28-track disc (as part of a two-disc set) was released.[6] In 2014 (the 50th anniversary of the film's release), the soundtrack was released in a 3-CD edition as part of the Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection series; this edition includes the complete soundtrack in its entirety, as well as demos of many "lost" tracks.[7] Track listing[edit]All tracks are written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, with music adapted and conducted by Irwin Kostal. Mary Poppins (Original Cast Soundtrack)
Background[edit]The Shermans wrote additional songs that were unused, readapted into existing ones, or cut from the final film. The majority of this music was subsequently released in later editions of the soundtrack album. Deleted songs[edit]A number of other songs were written for the film by the Sherman Brothers and either rejected or cut for time. Richard Sherman, on the 2004 DVD release, indicated that more than 30 songs were written at various stages of the film's development. No cast recordings of any of these songs have been released to the public, only demos or later performances done by the songwriters — with the exception of the rooftop reprise of "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and the "smoke staircase yodel" mentioned below.
The Compass Sequence, a precursor to "Jolly Holiday", was to be a multiple-song sequence. A number of possible musical components have been identified:
Deleted scores and music[edit]
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External links[edit]Which Mary Poppins song comes first?Track listing. What are the main songs in Mary Poppins?Mary Poppins. 1. “ Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”. 2. “ Let's Go Fly a Kite” ... . 3. “ Chim Chim Cher-ee” ... . 4. “ Pavement Artist” ... . 5. “ Sister Suffragette” ... . 6. “ Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)” ... . 7. “ A Spoonful of Sugar” ... . 8. “ The Perfect Nanny” ... . Did Mary Poppins or Sound of music come first?The Sound of Music followed Mary Poppins by six months; they were preceded by her Broadway triumph as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Jack Warner famously rejected her for the movie version of My Fair Lady, hiring Audrey Hepburn instead (and dubbing her singing voice).
Did Emily Blunt sing the songs in Mary Poppins?Mary Poppins is known for its songs, usually sung by the lead actress, immortalised by the veteran actress Julie Andrews in the 1964 original. The latest rendition of the franchise, Mary Poppins Returns, continues this tradition by having the lead actress Blunt lend her vocals for seven songs.
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