Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack

Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Irwin Kostal
ReleasedSeptember 1964
RecordedApril–December 1963
StudioWalt Disney Studios, Burbank
Genre
Length53:51
LabelDisneyland
ProducerJimmy Johnson
Mary Poppins chronology
Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack
(1964) 		Mary Poppins Returns: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2018)
Singles from Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack

Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of the 1964 film Mary Poppins, with music and lyrics written by songwriters Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, and adapted and conducted by Irwin Kostal.[1]

The original 1964 album release features seventeen tracks, consisting of sixteen songs and one overture track of film score. The soundtrack album was released by Disneyland Records the same year as the film on LP and reel-to-reel tape.[2] Due to time constraints, some songs were edited (such as "Step in Time", "Jolly Holiday", and "A Spoonful of Sugar"), while songs also featured introductory passages ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious") or completed endings ("Sister Suffragette", "Fidelity Fiduciary Bank", "A Man Has Dreams"). The film's music received critical acclaim, winning two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for "Chim Chim Cher-ee") and two Grammy Awards for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture and Best Recording for Children.[3][4]

Walt Disney Records reissued the soundtrack in 1989, 1991 and 1997, including a 16-minute track of unreleased songs and demo versions.[5][6] In 2004, as part of the film's 40th anniversary (also called Special Edition), a 28-track disc (as part of a two-disc set) was released.[7] In 2014 (the 50th anniversary of the film's release), the soundtrack was released in a 3-CD edition as part of the Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection series; this edition includes the complete soundtrack in its entirety, as well as demos of many "lost" tracks.[8]

It was the first album to receive a Platinum Award. [9][10]

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  2. ^ "Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (Original Cast Soundtrack)". Discogs. 1964. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Past Winners Search". The GRAMMYs. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominations and Wins for Mary Poppins". oscars.org. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2014. Enter "Mary Poppins" in the 'Film Title' field and click 'Search'
  5. ^ "Various – Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Discogs. 1989. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  6. ^ "Various – Mary Poppins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Discogs. 1997. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  7. ^ "Richard M. Sherman And Robert B. Sherman, Irwin Kostal, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke (2) – Mary Poppins". Discogs. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  8. ^ "Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Mary Poppins Three Disc Set Available August 26" (Press release). Burbank, California: PRNewswire. August 1, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  9. ^ "Mighty Mary" (PDF).
  10. ^ "'Mary Poppins' Album Still Flying High" (PDF).