Once Dorothy and her cohorts are handed the task of killing the Wicked Witch, the mood of the film goes a bit darker. Buddy Ebsen was a Midwesterner, like Judy Garland, and pronounced the r.Īlthough an orchestra underscores nearly the entire film, approximately the last third of the movie contains no songs. Ray Bolger (and also Jack Haley) were speakers with a distinct Boston accent and did not pronounce the r in wizard. In those vocals, his voice is easy to detect. It is Jack Haley, who eventually played the role, that is seen and heard singing "If I Only Had A Heart", but Ebsen's voice is still heard on the group vocals of "We're Off To See The Wizard". So while he had to be dropped from the cast due to illness from the aluminum powder makeup, his singing voice remains on the soundtrack. Several of the recordings were completed while Buddy Ebsen, who was supposed to have played the Tin Man, was still with the cast. The songs were recorded in a studio before filming. The music to "Optimistic Voices" was written by Arlen and Stothart. Incidental music was contributed by Stoll, Bassman, Robert Stringer and also Conrad Salinger. As usual, Roger Edens was heavily involved as the unbilled musical associate of Freed. Georgie Stoll was the associate conductor and screen credits were given to George Bassman, Murray Cutter (who did "Over the Rainbow"), Ken Darby and Paul Marquardt for orchestral and vocal arrangements. Some of that underscoring was, of course, based on Harburg and Arlen's songs. Herbert Stothart, who underscored the film, won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. "Yip" Harburg, who won an Academy Award for Best Song for "Over the Rainbow." Music and lyrics were by Harold Arlen and E.Y. The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz have taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time, and the film's principal song, " Over the Rainbow", is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film. Publicity still showing music for The Wizard of Oz being recorded - ironically, for a deleted scene, the "Triumphant Return"
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