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Oklahoma! (1955 Film Soundtrack) | 
| Artists: Richard Rodgers, Jay Blackton, Charlotte Greenwood, Shirley Jones, Gene Nelson, Gloria Grahame, Rod Steiger, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae
Label: Angel Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  38 reviews
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 724352735020
EAN: 0724352735020
ASIN: B00005A7XB
Release Date: March 13, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture - Rodgers & Hammerstein | | • | Main Title - Rodgers & Hammerstein | | • | Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Gordon MacRae | | • | The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones/Charlotte Greenwood | | • | Kansas City - Gene Nelson/Charlotte Greenwood/Men's Chorus | | • | Kansas City Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein | | • | I Cain't Say No - Gloria Grahame | | • | Many A New Day - Shirley Jones/Girls' Chorus | | • | Many A New Day Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein | | • | People Will Say We're In Love - Gordon McaRae/Shirley Jones | | • | Pore Jud Is Daid - Gordon MacRae/Rod Steiger | | • | Out Of My Dreams - Shirley Jones/Girls' Chorus | | • | Out Of My Dreams Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein | | • | Entr' Acte - Rodgers & Hammerstein | | • | The Farmer And The Cowman - Gordon MacRae/Charlotte Greenwood/Gene Nelson/J.C. Flippen/James Whitmore/Gloria Grahame... | | • | The Farmer And The Cowman Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein | | • | All Er Nuthin' - Gloria Grahame/Gene Nelson | | • | All Er Nuthin' Ballet - Rodgers & Hammerstein | | • | People Will Say We're In Love - Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones | | • | Oklahoma - Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones/Charlotte Greenwood/Gloria Grahame/Gene Nelson/Rod Steiger... | | • | Finale: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - Gordon MacRae/Shirley Jones/Charlotte Greenwood/Gloria Grahame/Gene Nelson/Rod Steiger... | | • | Overture (LP Version) - Rodgers & Hammerstein |
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Oklahoma! (1955 Film Soundtrack)
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 38
 Great Soundtrack August 3, 2010
WVChickenlittle
This is a really enjoyable cd. The tracks are great and I enjoy hearing the actors' dialogue through some of the songs. I have my own and have given this as a gift to my sister, who has a long commute to work. She also enjoys this cd, especially since it has tracks not included on another version of the Oklahoma! soundtrack which she had already. Also included is a small booklet with information about the making of the movie. As an unexpected bonus, my four-year-old daughter loves listening and dancing to the music now; one day, when her attention span is longer, I hope she will enjoy watching the movie just as much.
Great score presented in great sound May 5, 2010
P. Hedlesky (Minneapolis, MN)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Oklahoma!" was the first movie musical I saw and I've loved it for over 50 years. The great score is sung to perfection by Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, et al. A couple of the songs from the Broadway production were cut from the film version and so are not on this album. The stereo sound is spectacular, and, unlike some other reviewers, I feel that the sounds of clapping, foot stomping, etc., enhance the overall recording. (I can't imagine listening to "Kansas City" without Gene Nelson's tapping. In fact, I'm sorry they left out the music in which Aunt Eller gathers everyone into a group while the orchestra reprises the music of the verse - instead there is an abrupt cut from the crash of the box being broken to the yelling of the cowboys after their clogging.) In any case, this is well worth having in one's show music collection.
Great April 14, 2010
S. Kepple (Savannah, GA)
I've always loved this musical. I dont know why i waited so long to buy it.
The Greatest Broadway Musical Recording of Them All! January 1, 2010
E. Fisch (Los Angeles, CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the greatest broadway musical recording of them all. The performances set the standards, MacRae and Jones give lessons on how these wonderful songs should be sung, and the spectacular sound perfectly demonstrates the astounding orchestrations. The recording has never sounded better (I know--I have several recordings of these performances in every incarnation since 1955). Even the mixing of the LP studio recordings and the soundtrack takes is excellently done. You can toss those earlier versions as this CD completely outclasses all the others. The "extraneous noises" are minimal and probably couldn't be avoided. After all these years the original session tracks are probably lost or unusable. This version was obviously done with a lot of care and love for the material. If I had to take one broadway musical recording to a desert island this would be it.
Must Disagree with Critical Reviews -- This Sounds Spectacular December 4, 2009
Great Faulkner's Ghost (Washington, DC)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Since it is rare when the "Most Helpful Review" is also a highly critical review, I feel compelled to comment at some length on a few of the points made. While correct regarding details and various quibbles, the overall thrust of that review is one that I disagree with. The quality of this reissue of Oklahoma! is not only a major improvement over the previous release, it's actually quite wonderful, technically and sonically. Yes, I could do without some of the hand clapping and foot-stomping myself, and the the vocal part of "Out of My Dreams" is, indeed, a wrong, shorter take, from the soundtrack instead of from the LP master. However, such quibbles miss the main point -- a remarkable job has been done on restoring all the great songs that we all know and love, sung by Shirley Jones, Gordon McRae, and the rest of this wonderful cast. For the first time since the LP twenty plus years ago, the music sounds spectacular!!! Some other reviews have complained that some hiss can be heard. I say thank God for that! That means the MUSIC is still there. To understand, just listen to the the previous, 1993 CD reissue, from "Broadway Angel," remastered by Robert Norberg. It was musically eviscerated by so-called "No-Noise" technology, which removed the hiss alright, but unfortunately, also sucked the life out of the music. Jones and McRae sounded like they are singing with burlap sacks over their heads, and the orchestra sounded distant enough to be playing in another state. In this CD, the full sound spectrum of the master tape has been preserved, and while some minimal efforts were made to remove tape hiss, this was never at the expense of the music. Yes, they need to restore the correct take of Out of My Dreams, and jettison some of the dialog and sound effects, but overall, this is a wonderful CD.
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