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SONGS AND SCORE
There are many aspects of The Wizard of Oz that make it the masterpiece it is today. The perfect cast, the sets, the costumes, the special effects, and the power of the MGM studios at its zenith. Tying it all together is its brilliant score. If the score failed, the film would have failed. Instead, everyone on the music staff gave their very best. The songs, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, became instant classics, and remain classics to this day. At the end of the 20th Century, “Over the Rainbow” was named the “Song of the Century” by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It’s more than deserving of that title.
The score, by Herbert Stothart, is a masterpiece of film scoring, expertly weaving in many of the Arlen melodies, some borrowing from classical composers, and some original compositions. The score won the Oscar for Best Score of the year, the only category in which Oz won over that year’s juggernaut, Gone With The Wind, and its equally legendary score by Max Steiner. Arlen and Harburg won the Best Song Oscar for “Over the Rainbow.”
It’s luck, or perhaps fate, that most of the studio pre-recordings have survived. They were first released as part of the alternate audio program on the 1993 deluxe laser-disc boxed set “The Ultimate Oz.” Not only was the release a revelation, but it gave fans an unprecedented look at the time and sheer work involved in getting the songs and score as perfect as possible. When the film was released on DVD, and then Blu-ray and 4K UHD, most of those prerecording sessions were copied over. Unfortunately, some of the sessions for “If I Only Had A Brain” were mistakenly left out. Those missing tracks are included here, as are some additional stereo versions and other
If you’re looking for details about the various releases of the Decca Records and soundtrack albums, check out Records And CDs page. The Oz soundtrack has never been out of print (in one format or another) since its first release on vinyl in 1956.
Two MGM studio discs that were pressed on July 25, 1939, featuring some of the film’s background score, specifically “The Cornfield” (recorded on April 11, 1939) and “The Cyclone” (recorded on May 6, 1939). It’s unknown what these discs would have been used for since the film was well into post-production at this point and using them as playback discs would have been unnecessary.
The MGM music department was the best in the business, although Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox weren’t far behind. It was a truly golden age of film music in both songs & dances and film scores. The Wizard of Oz, and so many other great scores, are lasting tributes to the talents and professionalism of everyone who worked in the MGM music department. We’ll never see the likes of that again. This page is dedicated to them.
The following is a complete list of the music department personnel who worked on The Wizard of Oz.
Lyrics: E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
Music: Harold Arlen
Musical Adaptation/Conductor: Herbert Stothart
Associate Conductor: George Stoll
[Musical score incorporates the works of Felix Mendelssohn and Modest Moussorgsky]
Music Department Head: Nat Finston
Orchestral & Vocal Arrangements: Leo Arnaud, George Bassman, Murray Cutter, Ken Darby, Paul Marquardt, Conrad Salinger (uncredited), Bob Stringer (uncredited)
Piano Accompanist: Eddie Becker, Roger Edens (deleted “Over The Rainbow” reprise)
Violin Solos: Toscha Seidel
Dance Director: Bobby Connolly
Assistants: Arthur “Cowboy” Appell, Dona Massin, Busby Berkeley (deleted Scarecrow dance)
Photo: June 29, 1939 – Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, publisher Harry Link, Meredith Willson, E.Y. Harburg, and Harold Arlen (sitting) pose with Judy Garland prior to the broadcast of the NBC Radio show “Maxwell House Coffee Time – Good News” aka “Behind The Scenes at the Making of The Wizard of Oz.”
The show pretended to go behind the scenes of the making of the recently completed film. It also features the premiere public performance of Judy Garland singing “Over the Rainbow.” Listen to that performance here:
An MGM studio disc featuring part of the June 29, 1939, radio broadcast. It’s unclear why MGM would have had a series of discs made of the NBC Radio broadcast.
PRE-RECORDING SESSIONS
September 30, 1938 & October 1, 1938
The first and second days of prerecordings. According to the Daily Music Report, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Buddy Ebsen, and Bert Lahr, prerecorded “If I Only Had A Brain,” “If I Only Had A Heart,” “If I Only Had The Nerve,” and “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (“We’re Off To See The Wizard”) (the duo, trio, and quartet versions).
Only one of the printed takes of “If I Only Had A Brain” from September 30, 1938, has survived (see #2002 below). This version is much slower than what was used in the final film, recorded on October 11. Apparently, the original idea was for a more subtle song and dance, more in keeping with how the Tin Man is portrayed.
Note that the bottom of the second-page documents the recording session for the dance breaks (orchestra-only) of “If I Only Had A Brain” & “If I Only Had A Heart” from October 1, 1938.
2001 – “The Jitterbug” – Take 1 – This rehearsal with piano, and without Judy Garland, isn’t listed on the Daily Music Report, but the recording survives. Choreographer Bobby Connolly’s assistant, Donna Massin, stands in for Garland.
2002 – “If I Only Had A Brain”:
2003 – “If I Only Had The Nerve” – Takes 11, 13, & 14, (with some fun alternate lyrics):
2004 – The first 8 bars of “If I Only Had The Nerve (Bert Lahr only) – Takes 1, 2, & 3:
2005 – “We’re Off To See The Wizard” (duo version) – Takes 1 through 4:
2006 – “We’re Off To See The Wizard” (duo version different underscoring at the end) – Takes 5, 6, & 7:
2007 – “We’re Off To See The Wizard” (trio version with false starts) – Takes 7 through 10:
2008 – “We’re Off To See The Wizard” (trio version – alternate) – Take 3:
2009 – “We’re Off To See The Wizard” (quartet version) – Takes 2 through 5:
2011 – “If I Only Had A Heart” (Buddy Ebsen & Adriana Castelotti) – Takes 7, 8, & 9:
October 1, 1938
2012 – “If I Only Had A Brain” (orchestra-only dance break) – Takes 6, 7, & 8:
2013 – “If I Only Had A Heart” (orchestra-only dance break) – Takes 1, 2, & 3:
BONUS
Here is the early version of “If I Only Had A Brain” (2002 above) with the original dance music added (2012 above), which gives us an idea of how different the Scarecrow’s song and dance might have been:
October 6, 1938
2014 – “The Jitterbug” Part 1 – Takes 5 through 8:
2014 – “The Jitterbug” Part 1 – Takes 11 & 12 (orchestra only):
2015 – “The Jitterbug” Part 2 – Takes 13 through 17:
2016 – “The Jitterbug” Part 3 – Takes 7 & 8 (orchestra only):
The complete remastered version of “The Jitterbug”:
2017 – “If I Only Had A Brain” (orchestra-only) Takes 7 & 8:
October 7, 1938 – OVER THE RAINBOW
Rare “Over the Rainbow” test record.
Arranged by Murray Cutter. The version heard in the film was edited together by taking the first verse of Take 5 and joining it to the bulk of Take 6.
2019 – “Over the Rainbow” – Takes 5 & 6:
2019 – “Over the Rainbow” (“this a little faster”) – Takes 7 & 8:
The final version in true stereo (remastered in 2022) with the introduction that was recorded on April 13, 1939:
October 11, 1938
2020 – “If I Were King Of The Forest” Part 1 (Bert Lahr only) – Takes 1 & 2:
2021 – “If I Were King Of The Forest” Part 2 (Bert Lahr Only) – Take 8:
2022 – “If I Were King Of The Forest” Part 3 (Bert Lahr only) – Takes 6 through 9:
2023 – “If I Were King Of The Forest” Part 4 – Takes 10 through 14 (note that Parts 3 & 4 were not recorded in sequence):
2024 – “If I Were King Of The Forest” Part 5 – Takes 2 through 5 (note that the first false start is misidentified as #2524 which is a recording number that does not exist on any of the Daily Music Reports):
2024 – “If I Only Had A Brain” (with piano only, the orchestra was added later) – Takes 3, 4, & 5 (Note that this is the same scene number as “If I Were King Of The Forest” above. These piano-only takes must have been a last-minute addition to the recording session after it was decided to up the tempo of the song a bit):
2025 – “We’re Off To See The Wizard” (duo) – Takes 9 through 12:
2026 – “We’re Off To See The Wizard” (trio) – Takes 1, 2, & 3:
2027 – “We’re Off To See The Wizard” (quartet) – Takes 1 through 7:
2028 – “If I Were King Of The Forest” Part 5 (orchestra only) – Take 1 (Note that this is misidentified by the technician as #2548):
October 17, 1938
2029 – “Over The Rainbow” reprise – Take 3.
There is no Daily Music Report sheet for this session because it wasn’t a recording session. Judy recorded the song live, on the set, while performing the scene. This is the deleted reprise Dorothy sang in the Witch’s castle, right after the Witch exits the tower room and before Aunt Em appears in the crystal ball.
Garland’s emotional performance was recorded to guide the post-production underscoring which would have been composed and recorded later. This is the recording of Take 3, meaning she had to give this gut-wrenching performance at least three times in a row.
The version heard here was filmed and recorded during the “Thorpe Era” while Dorothy was still a blonde. The footage doesn’t exist. It had to be reshot later (emotional performance and all) after Dorothy became and brunette and director Victor Fleming came on board. That recording, and film, do not exist however a few stills have survived, including the two shown here.
BONUS
Here is this “Thorpe Era” vocal added to the underscore that was recorded for the “Fleming Era” footage (again, that vocal and footage do not exist), giving us an idea as to how the scene might have been had it been left in the film.
November 8, 1938
Once Jack Haley came on board as the replacement Tin Man, MGM has a special session to record his solo. They did not re-record the group songs (“We’re Off To See The Wizard”) knowing audiences wouldn’t realize that it’s really the original Tin Man Buddy Ebsen’s voice as part of the group.
The voice of Disney’s Snow White, Adriana Castelotti, who provided the lyric “Where for art thou, Romeo?” was not a part of this session. Her line as recorded with Ebsen on September 30, 1938, was spliced into Haley’s recording during post-production.
2031 – “If I Only Had A Heart” – Take 21:
2031 – “If I Only Had A Heart” – Take 22:
December 14, 1938
The first of two extensive days of pre-recording the complicated Munchkinland Musical Sequence.
Most of the Munchkin vocals are not part of these sessions. Due to the process for their voices requiring recordings made at different speeds, the vocals were recorded separately and then mixed with the instrumentals during post-production.
Magnetic tape recording and digital recording did not exist. The head of the MGM sound department, Douglas Shearer, created a new optical film recorder that could record at different speeds that when played back at the normal speed, made the voices sound high but still on pitch.
2033 – “Rehearsal Track” Part 1 – Take 2 – This recording features the film’s songwriters Harold Arlen and E.Y. “Yip” Harburg performing the sequence with piano accompaniment, allegedly for choreographer Bobby Connolly. This isn’t noted on the Daily Music Reports but considering the sequence numbers they were recorded at some point between the November 8 session and the December 14 session. It’s most likely the recordings were made closer to November 8, which would give the composer, Herbert Stothart, time to compose the sequence for the orchestra and the singers ahead of the December 14 recording date.
2034 – “Rehearsal Track” Part 2 – Take 2 – Continuation of Arlen and Harburg performing the sequence, also not noted in the Daily Music Reports.
2055 – “Optimistic Voices” Rehearsal – Arlen and Harburg, with Roger Edens at the piano. This is also not noted in the Daily Music Reports.
2056 – Piano rehearsal tempo track for composer Herbert Sthothart. Also not noted on the Daily Music Reports.
2057 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 1” (“Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are”) (Billie Burke) – Takes 11 through 14:
2058 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 2” (“The Wind Began To Switch”) (Judy Garland) – Takes 18 through 22:
2059 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 3” (“The Wind Began To Switch” – underscore for Munchkin voices) – Takes 4, 5, & 6:
2064 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 4” (“We Thank You Very Sweetly”) – Takes 3 through 6:
2065 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 4” (“We Thank You Very Sweetly” – Orchestra only) – Take 1:
2066 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 5” (“Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead”) – Takes 15 & 16:
December 15, 1938
The second of two extensive days of pre-recording the complicated Munchkinland Musical Sequence. This ended the bulk of the recording sessions for this sequence although some additional music would be recorded later, as were the Munchkin voices.
2069 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 6” (Leaders of Munchkinland segment) – Takes 1 & 2:
2070 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 8” (“The Lollipop Guild”) with “3 midgets” voices – Takes 3 through 7:
2071 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 8” (“The Lollipop Guild”) Orchestra only – Takes 1 & 2:
2072 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 9” (“We Welcome You To Munchkinland”) – Takes 2, 3, & 4:
2073 – “Munchkinland Musical Sequence Part 7” (“Ding! Dong! the Witch Is Dead” & “Lullabye League”) – Take 3:
BONUS
Here is the orchestra-only final film version of the Munchkinland Musical Sequence:
Munchkin Voices – Mid-December 1938
These vocal loops were recorded separately from the music recording sessions and thus do not have corresponding “Daily Music Report” sheets. These dubs were most likely not even recorded on the big recording stage where the full orchestra and chorus were engaged for most of the pre-recording sessions, but in a smaller recording room/building. Some of the paperwork that accompanied these sessions does survive, and notes from those papers are provided here.
The tracks were recorded by Ken Darby. He had the singers sing at a slower and different key, enunciating as clearly as possible. The tracks were recorded at slower speeds so that when they were played back at the normal speed of 90 feet per minute, they would sound like the Munchkins we hear in the film.
2079 – “We Thank You Very Sweetly” – Take 2 – Vocalists: Harry Stanton and Virgil Johansen.
2082 – Mayor, Town Fathers, & Coroner – Recorded at 55 feet per minute, these went unused. Vocalists: Billy Bletcher, J.D. Jewkes, and Pinto Colvig. A note on the paperwork read “Mr Shearer likes coroner voices in these last two takes.”
2085 – Mayor, Town Fathers, & Coroner – 55 feet per minute (slow speed). This is the version used in the film except for the Coroner’s lines. Notes read “Stoll likes.”‘
2085 – Mayor, Town Fathers, & Coroner – Same take as above, at 90 feet per minute.
2086 – Mayor, Town Fathers, & Coroner – Take 1 – 55 feet per minute (slow speed). The Coroner’s part in the film came from this take. Harry Stanton is the voice of the Coroner.
2086 – Mayor, Town Fathers, & Coroner – Same take as above, at 90 feet per minute.
2088 – Lullaby League Trio (Carol Tevis, Lorainne Bridges, & Betty Rome) and Lollypop Guild Trio (Billy Bletcher, Pinto ColvIg, & Harry Stanton) – Take 7 – The notes read “Best for men – Mr. Shearer liked.”
2089 – Munchkin Quartet Chorus (Bletcher, Colvig, Stanton, and Jewkes) – Takes 6 & 8:
2093 – Lullabye League – Take 1 – This one at 65 feet per minute (slow speed).
2093 – Lullabye League – Take 1 – Same as above, at 90 feet per minute.
2095 – “Follow The Yellow Brick Road/You’re Off To See The Wizard” Piano Track – Take 3 with Stoll on the violin.
2106 – “Follow The Yellow Brick Road” Munchkin Voices – Take 1 – Recorded at 65 feet per minute, with Carol Tevis and Georgie Stoll providing the voices with Pinto providing the “which old witch?” vocals.
2130 – “The Wind Began To Switch” Munchkin Dubs (for Munchkin Musical Sequence Part Three) – Take 5:
2132 – “Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead” Munchkin Chorus – Take 3 – This one at 65 feet per minute (slow speed).
2132 – “Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead” Munchkin Chorus – Take 3 – Same as above, at 90 feet per minute.
2135 – “Follow The Yellow Brick Road” Munchkin Chorus – Take 1 – This is an alternate take at 70 feet per minute (slow speed).
2135 – “Follow The Yellow Brick Road” Munchkin Chorus – Take 1 – Same as above, at 90 feet per minute.
December 28, 1938
This session for “The Merry Old Land of Oz” was most likely put together on short notice, which is why it wasn’t on the main recording stage and doesn’t have a Daily Music Report sheet. This is the day that Margaret Hamilton was severely burned during the filming of the Witch’s exit from Munchkinland.
Due to the fact that Hamilton’s accident happened not long after the lunch break, the ever-thrifty MGM wasn’t about to waste the rest of the day and assembled Frank Morgan, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and a chorus that included Tyler Brook, Ralph Sudam, Bobby Watson, Oliver Smith, Charles Irwin, Lois January, Elivda Rizzo, and Lorraine Bridges.
It’s not as far-fetched as it might sound. Although most of the principals weren’t in the Munchkinland scenes, they were most likely on the MGM lot rehearsing. It wouldn’t have been difficult to grab a small studio or rehearsal hall and make these recordings, even with 1938 audio equipment. Or maybe the production simply lucked out in getting everyone together at the last minute. Whatever the sequence of events, MGM made good use of the time. They had to since the accident meant that the filming schedule for everything else was unexpectedly moved up.
2108 – “The Merry Old Land of Oz” Piano Tempo Track – Take 4 – The notes for this state “Tempo track…played by four hands on piano. [Eddie] Becker on top, [Harold] Arlen on bottom.”
2422 – “The Merry Old Land of Oz” Playback Recording Alternate Version:
This is not the final version heard in the film. Note that there’s no known reason why this is Scene Number “2422” and not “2109.”
January 10, 1939
2123 – “Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead” (“Triumphant Return”) Band Tempo Track – Take 1:
2143 – “Hail Hail The Witch Is Dead” (Winikie Voice Test) – Take 3 – Note that this short test is not included in the Daily Music Reports. It was noted elsewhere as being sung by Ken Darby (of the Ken Darby Singers), and recorded at a speed of 115 feet per minute.
April 11, 1939
2501 – “If I Only Had A Brain” Part 3 – Take 12:
2502 – “If I Only Had A Brain” Part 4 – Take 11:
2503 – “If I Only Had A Brain” Part 5 – Take 8:
2504 – “In The Cornfield” – Take 5:
BONUS
The orchestra-only version of the extended “If I Only Had A Brain” song and dance:
Here is the orchestra-only version of the edited number as heard in the film. Note that the added tag which replaced the cut dance music is not a clean edit, nor is it clean in the film. This is a result of the technology limitations of 1939 but it’s not noticeable to the audience due to the vocal over it. There are quite a few abrupt audio edits in the film due to the trimming of lines of dialog and scenes, but most are not noticeable due to the foley effects and dialog tracks.
April 12, 1939
2505 – “Munchkin Land” (the opening shot) – Takes 7 & 8:
BONUS
“Munchkin Land” remixed into stereo (with the original unused ending):
2506 – “I’m Not A Witch” – Takes 3 & 4:
2507 – “Threatening Witch” – Takes 1, 2, & 3:
2508 – “Threatening Witch Continued” – Take 2:
April 13, 1939
2509 – “Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead” Insert 1 – Take 5:
2510 – “Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead” Insert 2 – Take 8:
2511 – “Good Fairy Vanishes – segue Follow Brick Road” – Take 5:
2512 – “The Great Wizard” – The audio for these 10-second takes is not known to exist.
2513 – “Introduction to Rainbow” – Takes 1 through 4:
2514 – “Miss Gulch” – Take 2:
2515 – “The Crystal Gazer” – Take 3:
BONUS
“The Crystal Gazer” remastered in stereo.
May 6, 1939
2525 – “Main Title” – Take 7:
BONUS
“Main Title” remixed into stereo:
2526 – “Cyclone” – Take 7 – Unfortunately, all that survives of this pre-recording is the “far mic” pick-up channel. The complete “stems” (channels) do not exist.
BONUS
The “Cyclone” music with foley effects from the “music and effects” track of the film. Although the tornado and other sounds are audible, this track provides is with a bit more aural detail.
BONUS
The “Cyclone,” from the film’s soundtrack in “stereo enhanced” format. This version was first presented on the 1998 Rhino CD “The Story and Songs of The Wizard of Oz” which coincided with the film’s 60th-anniversary theatrical re-release, with the newly remastered soundtrack. This is the audio that accompanies the film in all current home media releases.
2527 – “Poppies” Orchestra-only – Take 3:
2528 – “Poppies” With voices – Take 3:
BONUS
“Poppies” remixed into stereo:
2529 – “Optimistic Voices” – Take 3:
2529 – “Optimistic Voices” Orchestra-only – Take 3:
2530 – “Spell” – Take 5:
BONUS
“The Spell” remixed into stereo:
2531 – “Dorothy’s Rescue” – Take 6 – This track, composed by Stothart and orchestrated by Marquardt, famously borrows much of Moussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain.” It’s much longer here, which indicates that the original rescue sequence was planned to be more extensive that as it is in the final film.
2533 -“Haunted Forest” – Take 5:
2534 – “Jitterbugs Attack” – Take 2:
2535 – “Witches [sic] Castle” – Take 2:
2536 – “Toto Brings News” – Take 7 (this includes the music underscoring for the deleted reprise of “Over the Rainbow”):
2537 – “On The Castle Wall” – Take 2:
2538 – “Woodman Lament” Part 1 – Take 1 (this was for a deleted scene in the Tin Man’s Forest, showing the Wicked Witch turning the Tin Man into a beehive with animated bees swirling around him):
2538 – “Woodman Lament” Part 1 – Take 2:
2539 – “Woodman Lament” Part 2 – Take 2 (this was for the deleted “beehive” scene, specifically when the Tin Man realizes he has killed a bee, hence the sad music. The bees were to be animated, but the live-action footage was cut before any animation was created. The cut footage no longer exists):
2540 – “Intro Forest of Wild Beasts” – Take 4:
2541 – “Sign on Gate” Part 1 – Takes 1 through 4:
2542 – “Sign on Gate” Part 2 – Take 2
May 7, 1939
2543 – “At the Gates of Emerald City” – Take 3:
2544 – “Magic Smoke Chords” – Take 1:
2545 – “Terrified Lion” – Take 2:
2546 – “I Was Floating Through Space” – Take 2:
2547 – “Balloon Ascension” – Takes 1 through 6:
2548 – “Change of Guard” – Takes 1 & 2:
2549 – “Wizard’s Exit” – Takes 1 through 3:
2550: “Scarecrow to Visit Wizard” – These short 11-second takes do not exist. This piece was recorded again on May 8, 1939, (see below).
May 8, 1939
2551 – “The Apple Orchard” – Take 6:
2552 – “Intro to Tin Man” – Take 2:
2553 – “Tag to Tin Man” – Takes 5 through 8:
2554 – “Scarecrow to Visit Wizard” – Takes 1 through 4:
2555 – “Witch on Roof” – Take 3:
2556 – “I Hearby Decree” – Take 7:
2557 – If I Were King of the Forest” (recitative) (orchestra-only) – Take 2:
2558 – “Merry Old Land of Oz” (orchestra-only) – Take 10:
2559 – “Merry Old Land of Oz” (beginning) (orchestra-only) – Take 1:
2560 – “Ding Dong Emerald City” – Take 6:
2561 – “Finale” (I Decree; Delirious Escape; Escape cont’d; End Title) (Take number is unknown):
2561 – “Leaving Home” – Take 2:
2563 – “Trouble in School” – Take 2:
2564 – “Farmyard” – Takes 1 & 2:
2565 – Lion’s Confession” – Takes 2 & 3:
2566 – “Wizard’s Expose – Graduation Exercises” – Take 1:
2567 – “Cast” – Takes 1 through 4:
May 15, 1939
This is a Daily Music Report for the drum effect to the Oz trailer. The original 1939 trailer does not exist, nor does this recording.
May 16, 1939
2570 – “New End Cast” – Take 1:
May 19, 1939
These recordings of the “New Lion’s Confession” do not exist. The original versions were recorded on May 8 (see above). Since the music for the scene went unused, it’s possible that’s the reason the recordings from this stand-alone session weren’t saved.
June 29, 1939
2574 – “Forest – New Ending” – This track is not known to exist.
2575 – “Brain – New Ending #2” – Takes 1 through 5:
2576 – “Brain – New Ending #1” – Takes 1 through 4:
July 9, 1939
2577 – “Witch Castle Insert – Toto’s Chase” – Take 3:
2578 – “Munchkinland Insert” – Take 10:
2579 – “I’m Not A Witch” (revised) – Take 2:
2580 – “Leaving Munchkinland” – Take 3:
2581 – “Fill in Awards” – Take 4:
2582 – “Glinda’s Last Appearance (Munchkinland Insert)” – Take 2:
2583 – “If I Only Had A Brain” (new ending) – Takes 9 through 11:
2584 – “Floating Through Space” – This recording is not known to exist.
2585 – “Tinkle” – This recording is not known to exist.
2586 – “Main Title” (revised ending) – Takes 1 through 3:
2587 – “Threatening Witch – New” – Take 6:
2588 through 2591 – These recordings are not known to exist.
MGM AIR TRAILER
“Air Trailers” were a popular format for the studios to promote their latest films. They were large discs sent to theatre managers to give to their local radio stations. They were basically long commercials with highlights from the films and often times included alternate takes or outtakes of song. In this case, one of the alternate takes of Judy Garland singing “Over the Rainbow” is included, as is Ray Bolger’s “If I Only Had A Brain” with an alternate “End Tag” not used in the final film version (see #2583 above).
Listen to the air Trailer for The Wizard of Oz here:
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