Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (soundtrack)
Wikipedia article covering multiple soundtrack releases
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the soundtrack from the 1937 Walt Disney film, notable as the first commercially issued soundtrack album. The recording has been expanded and reissued numerous times following its original release in January 1938 as Songs from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with the Same Characters and Sound Effects as in the Film of That Title).
Songs
Songs not used in the film
Songs written for the film but not used include two songs for the Dwarfs:
"Music in Your Soup" (the accompanying sequence was completely animated, though not inked and painted, before being deleted from the film)
"You're Never Too Old to Be Young" (replaced by "The Silly Song")
Releases
Original release
The soundtrack was first issued as a collection (Victor J-8) of three 78 rpm singles. Each of the singles became a Top 10 hit simultaneously in February 1938.
Track listing
Side 1: "With a Smile and a Song" b/w Side 2: "Dig-a-Dig Dig / Heigh Ho" (Victor 25735)
Side 3: "I'm Wishing / One Song" b/w Side 4: "Whistle While You Work" (Victor 25736)
Side 5: "Dwarfs' Yodel Song" b/w Side 6: "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Victor 25737)
Other releases
Source:
1980s releases
1980 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Picture Disc LP
Disneyland Records 3101
Side One
1. Overture
I'm Wishing—Snow White
One Song—Prince
2. With a Smile and a Song—Snow White
3. Whistle While You Work—Snow White
4. Heigh Ho—Dwarfs
Side Two
1. Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum—Dwarfs
2.
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