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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The cover for the original 1938 release by Victor Records.
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released January 1938
Recorded 1937
Genre
Label Victor Records
RCA Victor
His Master's Voice
Decca
Disneyland
Walt Disney
Disney film soundtracks chronology
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1938)
Pinocchio
(1940)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the soundtrack to the 1937 Walt Disney film, was the first commercially issued film soundtrack. It was released 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) and has since seen numerous expansions and reissues.

Songs

All lyrics written by Frank Churchill, Larry Morey & Leigh Harline, all music composed by Paul J. Smith & Leigh Harline.

No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "I'm Wishing"   Adriana Caselotti  
2. "One Song"   Harry Stockwell  
3. "With a Smile and a Song"   Adriana Caselotti  
4. "Whistle While You Work"   Adriana Caselotti  
5. "Heigh-Ho"   The Dwarfs Chorus (Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan & Scotty Mattraw)  
6. "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum (The Dwarfs' Washing Song)"   The Dwarfs Chorus  
7. "The Silly Song (The Dwarfs' Yodel Song)"   The Dwarfs Chorus  
8. "Someday My Prince Will Come"   Adriana Caselotti  
9. "Heigh-Ho (Reprise)"   The Dwarfs Chorus  
10. "One Song (Reprise)"   Harry Stockwell  
11. "Someday My Prince Will Come (Reprise)"   Chorus  

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")
With A Smile

Releases

Original release

The soundtrack was first issued as a collection (Victor J-8) of three 78rpm 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)

Current release

Track listing

  1. "Overture" – 2:10
  2. "Magic Mirror" – 1:25
  3. "I'm Wishing / One Song" – 3:06
  4. "Queen Theme" – 0:44
  5. "Far Into the Forest" – 2:25
  6. "Animal Friends / With a Smile and a Song" – 4:23
  7. "Just Like a Doll's House" – 2:46
  8. "Whistle While You Work" – 3:24
  9. "Heigh-Ho" – 2:46
  10. "Let's See What's Upstairs" – 1:15
  11. "There's Trouble a-Brewin'" – 4:19
  12. "It's a Girl" – 4:26
  13. "Hooray! She Stays" – 2:48
  14. "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum (The Dwarfs' Washing Song)" – 4:25
  15. "I've Been Tricked" – 4:05
  16. "The Dwarfs' Yodel Song (The Silly Song)" – 4:35
  17. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" – 1:53
  18. "Pleasant Dreams" – 2:28
  19. "A Special Sort of Death" – 2:02
  20. "Why Grumpy, You Do Care" – 2:06
  21. "Makin' Pies" – 3:02
  22. "Have a Bite" – 1:26
  23. "Chorale for Snow White" – 1:05
  24. "Love's First Kiss (Finale)" – 4:15
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