Pinocchio (soundtrack) explained

Pinocchio
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Various Artists
Cover:Pinocchio album.jpg
Released:February 9, 1940
Recorded:1939–1940
Genre:Soundtrack
Label:Victor
Disneyland Records
Buena Vista Records
Chronology:Disney film soundtracks
Prev Title:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Prev Year:1938
Next Title:Fantasia
Next Year:1940

Pinocchio is the soundtrack to the 1940 Walt Disney film of the same name, first released on February 9, 1940. The album was described as being "recorded from the original soundtrack of the Walt Disney Production Pinocchio". According to Walt Disney Records, "this is the first time the phrase 'original soundtrack' was used to refer to a commercially available movie recording."[1]

The soundtrack won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, and the song "When You Wish Upon A Star" won the 1940 Academy Award for Best Original Song and has become Disney's official anthem.

In 2015, a Legacy Collection edition of Pinocchio was released.

Songs

Songs not used in the film

Songs written for the film but not used include:

Three of these songs, however, are used in a multi-record 78-RPM 1950 cover album of the songs released by Decca Records and conducted by Victor Young. Although Cliff Edwards appeared as Jiminy Cricket on the album, no one else from the film cast did. Soprano Julietta Novis, who sung Schubert's Ave Maria on the soundtrack of Disney's Fantasia, sang the song "Little Wooden Head", instead of it being sung by Geppetto. Other singers on the album included the Ken Darby Chorus and the King's Men.

Years later, Disneyland Records issued a true soundtrack album from the film.

Releases

Original release

The soundtrack was first issued as a collection (Victor P-18) of three 78-rpm singles.

'Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' Picture Disc LP

Catalogue number

Disneyland 3102

Side One

  1. "When You Wish Upon a Star" – Jiminy Cricket
  2. "Cricket Theme" / "Little Wooden Head" (contains Rub's vocals)
  3. "The Blue Fairy Arrives" / "When You Wish Upon a Star"
  4. "Give a Little Whistle" – Jiminy Cricket / "Pinocchio Goes To School" / "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)" – Honest John

Side Two

  1. "I've Got No Strings " – Pinocchio
  2. "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" – Honest John
  3. "The Whale Chase"
  4. "Finale: Turn on the Old Music Box and When You Wish Upon a Star – Jiminy Cricket"

Current release

  1. "When You Wish Upon a Star" – 3:15
  2. "Little Wooden Head" – 5:45 (this track contains none of the vocals present on this track as presented in the film sung by Christian Rub)
  3. "Clock Sequence" – 0:55
  4. "Kitten Theme" – 0:40
  5. "The Blue Fairy" – 3:28
  6. "Give a Little Whistle" – 1:38
  7. "Old Geppetto" – 4:44
  8. "Off to School" – 4:19
  9. "Hi Diddle Dee Dee" – 1:41
  10. "So Sorry" – 1:36
  11. "I've Got No Strings" – 2:23
  12. "Sinister Stromboli" – 2:28
  13. "Sad Reunion" – 3:22
  14. "Lesson in Lies" – 2:31
  15. "Turn On the Old Music Box" – 0:50
  16. "Coach to Pleasure Island" – 4:45 (Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (reprise) contains none of the vocals as presented on the record and in the film)
  17. "Angry Cricket" – 1:20
  18. "Transformation" – 3:51
  19. "Message from the Blue Fairy" – 1:30
  20. "To the Rescue" – 0:34
  21. "Deep Ripples" – 1:29
  22. "Desolation Theme" – 1:42
  23. "Monstro Awakens" – 2:03
  24. "Whale Chase" – 3:19
  25. "A Real Boy" – 1:42

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walt Disney Records - History. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071016075825/http://disney.go.com/disneyrecords/history/. 16 October 2007. 2007-09-13. Walt Disney Records. Disney.com Music.

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