Track Listing

1. Main Title
2. I Whistle A Happy Tune
3. My Lord And Master
4. March Of The Siamese Children
5. Anna And The Royal Wives
6. Hello Young Lovers
7. Puzzlement
8. Getting To Know You
9. Garden Rendezvous
10. We Kiss In A Shadow
11. I Have Dreamed
12. Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You
13. Something Wonderful
14. Prayer To Buddha
15. Waltz Of Anna And Sir Edward
16. Small House Of Uncle Thomas
17. Song Of The King
18. Shall We Dance
19. Letter
20. Something Wonderful
21. Overture

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26848 in Music
• Released on: 2001-04-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Soundtrack, Original recording remastered
• Original language: English, Thai
• Running time: 76 minutes

Customer Reviews

A superb Rodgers & Hammerstein soundtrack reissue
It's a great treat to listen to this superb King and I soundtrack CD. The EMI-Angel engineers have skilfully and lovingly remastered the soundtrack recording such that the voices and orchestra sound clean, clear and vibrant. The critic-proof performances have spoken for themselves and hardly need any endorsement. I know the soundtrack means you only get to hear Yul Brynner in one song, but this is a small matter, for this reissue has given us some extra, tantalising music. It's great to hear the Uncle Tom's Cabin Ballet, superbly renderred by Rita Moreno as Tuptim. And it's also great to hear the underscore to the dialogue without needing to hear the dialogue itself. I do wish this CD had included more underscore, but at least it's a milestone in the release history of this soundtrack. The detailed liner notes are a real bonus, as they're filled with a palace full of facts about the filming. In short, a great release of a classic R&H soundtrack that's self-recommending in itself.

A very complete recording
This film soundtrack is great. Great vocal performances. Marni Nixon's vocals are terrific and she does such a great impersonating Deborah Kerr, you can hardly tell the difference betwen the two. We get several of the songs deleted from the film and "The Small House of Uncle Thomas" at last!
Rita Moreno recorded all the vocals for Tuptim but was dubbed over in post-production by Leona Gordon. It's Moreno's vocal on "My Lord & Master" but the other two songs are performed by Gordon. (Moreno's "We Kiss In A Shadow" vocal can be heard on the special edition DVD if you change the audio track to 'score only'.)The highlight of the album is the deleted song "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You" - see if you can spot the switches between Marni Nixon and Deborah Kerr. Possibly one of the finest pieces of voice dubbing ever!

Brings the movie back to life
This is the sound track of "The King and I" (1956), a musical retelling of "Anna and the King of Siam" and the third Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway hit. Naturally a movie sound track can not hold a candle to the play if you have seen it. However this is the version I grew up with. And this is the version I bought. Many of the Songs were written for this story and have no meaning outside of the context of the film. Yet many people can relate to where they were when they saw the film or have been in similar situations and the songs match their life. Everyone has a favorite my two are "Getting to Know You" and "Hello, Young Lovers"