Alice's Adventures in Wonderland1972Lyric by Don Black
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Track Listing (both LP and CD)
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The Movie
This is one of those star-studded remakes of Alice in Wonderland that gets made every decade or so. This one features a British all-star cast: from Robert Helpmann, Ralph Richardson, and Flora Robson to Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, and Spike Milligan. This almost never plays in the US—I saw it once on a Sunday afternoon on broadcast. It is available on DVD but the quality I am told is marginal at best. |
The MusicI love this soundtrack. I'm not a fan of musicals as a general rule—even Barry's musicals, but I enjoy this soundtrack throughly. Fiona Fullerton sings "Curioser and Curioser" and "The Me I Never Knew" which are great song with that weird Barry melody that make the songs so unusual. And the Royal Procession is as great a fanfare as I've heard anywhere. |
Release NotesThe album jacket is folded to make it look like a double-LP, but as far as I know this is only a single album. It's available on LP and I used to see it periodically when I rooted through used records. Film Score Monthly released it in 2005 paired with the OST for Petulia, which was also an LP-only sountrack for decades. No new music for either release, but it's still great having it on CD rather than only on LP, regardless of what the vinyl audiophiles say. Barry saw fit to include a suite on his The Concert John Barry LP, and a single version of the song "Curiouser and Curiouser" shows up on the LP The Very Best of John Barry and CD The Best of John Barry. Nic Raine recorded the songs "Curiouser and Curiouser," "You've Gotta Know When to Stop" and "The Me I Never Knew" on his compilation CD Walkabout. |