Bedknobs & Broomsticks [Original recording remastered] [Soundtrack]

bedknobs & broomsticks [original recording remastered] [soundtrack]

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks, film score
Composed by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Conducted by Irwin Kostal

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While Disney artists and technicians didn't necessarily pioneer the merging of live action and animation, their elegant efforts on films like Mary Poppins, Pete's Dragon, and this 1971 fantasy considerably expanded the medium's possibilities. The Poppins parallels here (an English middle-class setting, children beguiled by an enchanted nanny, star David Tomlinson) are hard to ignore; indeed, the film's source story was originally purchased by Disney as an insurance policy in case Poppins fell through. Thus it isn't surprising to find the Sherman brothers songwriting team also penning Bedknobs' songs and score. It's a typically strong effort by the pair, with Angela Lansbury's talents shining on "Age of Not Believing" and "A Step in the Right Direction" and Tomlinson nearly stealing the show with "Eglantine." But given the film's rambling narrative and overly familiar story elements, the Shermans seem hard pressed to repeat the heights or remarkable consistency of their Academy Award®-winning work on Poppins. Still, playing also-ran to that Disney masterpiece is hardly the same as losing. This restored edition also includes original Sherman demos for the cut songs "Nobody's Problems," "Solid Citizen," and "The Fundamental Elements," tunes that ironically turned out to be among the film's best. --Jerry McCulley

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Bedknobs & Broomsticks [Original recording remastered] [Soundtrack]

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Tracks:

Overture/Home Guardsmen - The Old Home Guard
The Age Of Not Believing - Angela Lansbury
With A Flair - David Tomlinson
A Step In The Right Direction - Angela Lansbury
Eglantine/Don't Let Me Down/Reprise: Eglantine - Angela Lansbury
Portebello Road - Children
Portebello Street Dance - David Tomlinson
The Beautiful Briny - Angela Lansbury
Substitutiary Locomotion - Children
Reprises: Eglantine/Portebello Road - Angela Lansbury
Finale - Orchestra
Nobody's Problems (Demo) - Bedknobs And Broomsticks
Solid Citizen (Demo) - Bedknobs And Broomsticks
The Fundamental Element (Demo) - Bedknobs And Broomsticks

Album Description

Out of print in the U.S.! Digitally remastered soundtrack to the 1971 film starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson featuring three bonus tracks: Demo Versions of 'Nobody's Problem', 'Solid Citizen' and 'The Fundamental Element'.. Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. Disney.

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Whose idea was it for no instrumentals?
CD premiere of long overdue soundtrack rerelease is now OOP
Sherman Bros. Extraordinare
Love the Shermans, but need a better cd

Bedknobs & Broomsticks
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While Disney artists and technicians didn't necessarily pioneer the merging of live action and animation, their elegant efforts on films like Mary Poppins, Pete's Dragon, and this 1971 fantasy considerably expanded the medium's possibilities. The Poppins parallels here (an English middle-class setting, children beguiled by an enchanted nanny, star David Tomlinson) are hard to ignore; indeed, the film's source story was originally purchased by Disney as an insurance policy in case Poppins fell through. Thus it isn't surprising to find the Sherman brothers songwriting team also penning Bedknobs' songs and score. It's a typically strong effort by the pair, with Angela Lansbury's talents shining on "Age of Not Believing" and "A Step in the Right Direction" and Tomlinson nearly stealing the show with "Eglantine." But given the film's rambling narrative and overly familiar story elements, the Shermans seem hard pressed to repeat the heights or remarkable consistency of their Academy Award®-winning work on Poppins. Still, playing also-ran to that Disney masterpiece is hardly the same as losing. This restored edition also includes original Sherman demos for the cut songs "Nobody's Problems," "Solid Citizen," and "The Fundamental Elements," tunes that ironically turned out to be among the film's best. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

music review.......2006-08-09

i must agree with some people on here that this film is a classic and the music/lyrics are great... but they have cut out those little intumental scences which made the fil so great.. been looking for the composer who made the music where carrie and the boys are playing in the libary.. can anyone help

Whose idea was it for no instrumentals?.......2005-03-16

Oh man, if I've ever heard a soundtrack worse than this, it's problem the soundtrack to grinding garbage or something. I was very disappointed when I received this CD in the mail. Bedknobs and Broomsticks is one of my favorite Disney movies (despite it's unpopularity) and I loved its music! Unfortunately, my rating of both the movie and CD is low low LOW! I'll give you a little overview with each of the songs:

1. The Old Home Guard - I thought the transition from the beginning instrumental with the credits to the song the army band sings was great. Only problem was they didn't use the actual singing of the men from the movie in this song. Disappointed me.

2. The Age of Not Believing - The songs starts out great with the normal lyrics and music but transitions to the music when Ms. Price and the children are traveling on the bed. After that little instrumental, they producers put Ms. Price's song back in at the end. Grrr... and they took out the cute instrumental of when Ms. Price gives instructions to Paul.

3. With a Flair - This is the song Prof. Brown sings when he shows the audience street his magic. This song goes on with more lines but I have no complaints because it wasn't in the movie, so it's not like the producers have ruined it since I haven't heard this song.

4. A Step in the Right Direction - This song has a really upbeat, Sousa sound. No complaints with this song either. Fun and upbeat, like I said.

5. Eglantine/Don't Let Me Down - Why do the producers of this CD keep taking out the adorable instrumentals of this movie? When Prof. Brown is singing to Ms. Price in the library, the scenes transition to the children in the nursery but those transition instrumentals were taken out too. They've added lyrics in this song (and so have a lot of other songs as well), and Ms. Price has a part at the end.

6. Portebello Road - The voices in the movie aren't in this song. The movie's voices had variation and originality. The song's voices doesn't. Also has added lyrics but some of them are cute.

7. Portebello Road Street Dance - This song is only a minute and seven seconds. You'd think they'd all of the music from these scenes with the Indian soldiers' music to the Scottish bagpipes and the Caribbean/Jamaican steel drums. But noooooo..... it skips from the trumpets to the part to the part in the movie where the man rings the bell that tells people it's closing time.

8. The Beautiful Briny - I'm VERY happy that this song is the only one that is like the original one in the movie. The ending doesn't have all of the instrumentals.

9. Substitutiary Locomotion - The producers definitely cut dialogue from random places in the movie into the song and cut out lots of singing. Also, they took out the instrumental when all the clothes and things come alive.

From there, the CD is merely the reprise which I have no opinion of. The ending finale is just like the movie so no complaints. Everything else is songs that the movie didn't have or demos. This soundtrack was put together horribly and I was very disappointed. Don't pick this one up, stick with the movie.

CD premiere of long overdue soundtrack rerelease is now OOP.......2004-10-28

This soundtrack is fabulous. I just adore Angela Lansbury in this film. The score by the Sherman brothers is one of their best. "The Age of Not Believing" as sung by Lansbury has always been one of my favorite songs. And the sound on the disc is great too. The disc does run a little short, as it is essentially a CD pressing of the original 1971 LP, but all the songs are here.

Unfortunately, as with all but the most popular Disney titles, this has quickly gone out of print after just two years. Why? Disney often puts out a great product, but it doesn't last long. The Mary Poppins soundtrack, on the other hand, has always been available in some form on disc or tape, and has never been out of print in 40 years.

Sherman Bros. Extraordinare.......2004-07-01

The Sherman brothers have never let me down. I love the soundtrack to MARY POPPINS (which I also own)and THE JUNGLE BOOK. I have long since been searching for this soundtrack. I love all the songs that appear in the movie, beautifully recorded hear. To my surprise, I also greatly enjoyed the songs that weren't in the film. One loss to the movie is the song "A Step In The Right Direction" sung by the talented Angela Lansbury. One song which has become my favorite on this CD is the demo recording by one of the Shermans "Fundamental Element."
I never stop being amazed by the energetic and utterly fabulous Angela Lanbury. Who else could have played Eglantine Price half as well as she? This marked my fourth CD featuring Ms. Lansbury, the others being MAME, SWEENEY TODD, & DEAR WORLD. David Tomlinson does well as Prof. Emilious Brown. His songs are also full of energy. This is apparent in the songs "Eglantine" and "With A Flair." An all around good listening experience for me, and I hope it will be or is for any of you reading this review.

Love the Shermans, but need a better cd.......2004-02-25

I really love the movie BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS and my musical taste right now is in a very "Sherman" moment. I waited for months for a friend of mine to return from USA with this cd (among others). And I was very happy in the end, because the music is just absolutely great, as expected, and THE BEAUTIFUL BRINY is probably one of the best song written by the brothers. The demo tracks are beautiful too. But there are problems in this soundtrack cd, and I just don't understand why Disney allowed it to come out like this, with almost no instrumental music (as another customer said better than me earlier) and almost NO BOOKLET. I have other Disney cd's, like CINDERELLA, ALICE IN WONDERLAND and MARY POPPINS, and all of them received special treatment (all with score, except for POPPINS - this one has too many songs... but there's an excelent interview with the Shermans), with deluxe booklets and complete lyrics (that's very important for foreigners like me, since the lyrics can't be found anywhere). Anyway, the music is awesome, and I just want to warn you that this cd has no booklet... just like the one of THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE (is Disney cutting the money from the soundtracks restorations?).

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Songs: 1. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious [From Mary Poppins] 2. It's a Small World (After All) 3. Winnie the Pooh [From Winnie the Pooh & the Honey Tree] 4. I Wan'na Be Like You [From The Jungle Book] 5. Spoonful of Sugar [From Mary Poppins] 6. Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room 7. Chim Chim Cheree 8. Tall Paul (Session) 9. Tall Paul [Annette Funicello Single] 10. Let's Get Together [From the Parent Trap] 11. Monkey's Uncle 12. That Darn Cat 13. Ten Feet off the Ground 14. Aristocrats 15. Fortuosity [From the Happiest Millionaire] 16. Age of Not Believing [From Bedknobs & Broomsticks] 17. Are We Dancing? [From the Happiest Millionaire] 18. Feed the Birds [From Mary Poppins] 19. On the Front Porch [From Summer Magic] 20. Beautiful Briny [From Bedknobs & Broomsticks] 21. Heffalumps and Woozles [From Winnie the Pooh & the Blustery Day] 22. Ugly Bug Ball [From Summer Magic] 23. Makin' Memories 24. Magic Journeys 25. (There's A) Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow 26. Walt Disney and the Sherman Brothers Sing

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