Oklahoma! Soundtrack CD

Music composed by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Digitally remastered by Darcy M. Proper (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).

Recorded live at the Palace Theatre, London, England. Includes liner notes by Clive Hirschhorn.

Twelve years after it opened on Broadway, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's first musical burst onto the screen in the Todd-AO widescreen process, with a fine cast that included Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Charlotte Greenwood, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson and James Whitmore. All the marvellous songs heard in the stage production are here, with the highlights being 'Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin", 'The Surrey With The Fringe On Top', 'People Will Say We're In Love', and the rousing title number. A spell of over four years in the US charts (four weeks at number 1) says it all.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Recorded at MGM Studios, Culver City, California between May & July 1954. Originally released on Capitol (595). Includes liner notes by Didier C. Deutsch & Charles L. Granata.

Recorded at Columbia 30th St. Studios, New York, New York between March 16 & 24, 1964. Originally released on Columbia (2610). Includes liner notes by Richard Ridge.

Principal Cast: Gordon MacRae (Curly McLain); Shirley Jones (Laurey Williams); Rod Steiger (Jud Fry); Gloria Grahame (Ado Annie Carnes); Gene Nelson (Will Parker); Charlotte Greenwood (Aunt Eller Murphy); James Whitmore (Andrew Carnes); Eddie Albert (Ali Hakim); J.C. Flippin (Ike Skidmore).

Producer: Fred Hynes.

Reissue producers: Didier C. Deutsch, Charles L. Granata.

Principal cast includes: Madge Ryan (Aunt Eller); John Diedrich (Curly); Rosamund Shelly (Laurey); Mark White (Will Parker); Alfred Molina (Jud Fry); Jillian Mack (Ado Annie Carnes); Linal Haft (Ali Hakim); Normah Atallah (Gertie Cummings).

Principal cast: John Raitt (Curly); Florence Henderson (Laurey); Phyllis Newman (Ado Annie Carnes); Jack Elliott (Will Parker); Irene Carroll (Aunt Eller); Ara Berberian (Jud Fry); Leonard Stokes (Andrew Carnes).

Liner Note Author: Richard Ridge.

Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York, NY (1964).

Photographers: Don Hunstein; Hank Parker; Bob Cato.Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.29) - Ranked #11 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...The sound is, yes, as big as all outdoors...All this glorious Americana takes us on loacation, in our imagination, each time we listen anew."