The King and I > Film Soundtrack

Show Details

Show: The King and I (77)
Music: Richard Rodgers (1285)
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (902)
Book: Oscar Hammerstein II (902)

Recording Details

Date: 1956
Type: Audio / Film Cast
Language: English
Group/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Book: Ernest Lehman (8) — Screenplay
Producer: Didier C. Deutsch (161), Charles Granata (7), John Palladino (5)
Liner Notes: Charles Granata (7)
Director: Walter Lang (21)
Choreography: Jerome Robbins (33)
Conductor: Alfred Newman (82)
Orchestrations: Robert Russell Bennett (205), Gus Levene (26), Edward B. Powell (25)
Performer: Yul Brynner (34), Reuben Fuentes (2) — Dubs Carlos Rivas, Ruben Fuentes, Leona Gordon (2) — Dubs Rita Moreno, Deborah Kerr (14), Rita Moreno (29), Marni Nixon (63) — Dubs Deborah Kerr, Terry Saunders (6), Rex Thompson (2)
Shortcode: [r2845]

Releases

Format: CD, 2-Laserdisc
Label: 20th Century-Fox 0896485
Released: 1996-12-18
Also Contains: The King and I - 1956 Film
Notes: Limited Edition 40th. Anniversary 24K Gold CD of the Complete Song Score and the Never Before Released Complete Underscore. Unlike the later Angel expanded CD, all tracks on this CD are remastered from the original 6-track magnetic vocal and orchestra only separations by 20th. Century-Fox.
# Tracks: 21
Length: 76:57
Lists: 20 collectors / 2 wish lists
History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl9997]

1. Overture - Orchestra
2. Main Title/ Siam 1862/ Royal Barge – Orchestra & The Ken Darby Singers
3. I Whistle A Happy Tune – Deborah Kerr, Marni Nixon, Rex Thompson & The Ken Darby Singers
4. Welcome to Bangkok/ King’s Audience - Orchestra
5. My Lord and Master – Rita Moreno & Leona Gordon
6. March of the Siamese Children - Orchestra
7. Anna and the Royal Wives - Orchestra
8. Hello Young Lovers – Deborah Kerr & Marni Nixon
9. A Puzzlement – Yul Brynner
10. Getting to Know You – Deborah Kerr, Marni Nixon, Children’s Chorus & The Ken Darby Singers
11. Garden Rendezvous - Orchestra
12. We Kiss In the Shadow & I Have Dreamed - Reuben Fuentes & Rita Moreno
13. Shall I Tell You What I Think of You – Deborah Kerr & Marni Nixon
14. Something Wonderful – Terry Saunders
15. The Banquet – Orchestra
16. Rule Britannia/ Waltz of Anna and Sir Edward – Orchestra
17. Grand Entrance/ The Escape/ The King’s Gift - Orchestra
18. Song of the King – Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr & Marni Nixon
19. Shall We Dance – Deborah Kerr, Marni Nixon & Yul Brynner
20. We’ll Do It Again/ The Letter - Orchestra
21. Finale Ultimo “Something Wonderful” reprise – Orchestra & The Ken Darby Singers