My Fair Lady (soundtrack)

My Fair Lady
General information
Released	October 21, 1964
Recorded	1964
Genre	Stage & Screen
Label	Columbia Records
Running time	75 minutes

My Fair Lady (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album for the 1964 musical film My Fair Lady, directed by George Cukor and starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. The album features songs with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, performed by the film's cast, as well as the instrumental score composed by André Previn. The album was released by Columbia Records on October 21, 1964.

Background

The soundtrack includes performances by Marni Nixon, who dubbed the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn's character, Eliza Doolittle, and features Rex Harrison's spoken-word style of singing as Professor Henry Higgins. The music was conducted by André Previn and recorded at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.

Track listing

1. "Overture"
2. "Why Can't the English Learn to Speak?" (Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Wilfrid Hyde-White)
3. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" (Marni Nixon (for Hepburn))
4. "I'm an Ordinary Man" (Harrison)
5. "With a Little Bit of Luck" (Stanley Holloway)
6. "Just You Wait" (Hepburn, Nixon)
7. "The Rain in Spain" (Harrison, Hepburn, Nixon, Hyde-White)
8. "I Could Have Danced All Night" (Nixon, Hepburn(one line))
9. "Ascot Gavotte"
10. "On the Street Where You Live" (Bill Shirley (for Jeremy Brett))
11. "You Did It" (Harrison, Hyde-White) (without the choir "Congratulations")
12. "Show Me" (Nixon, Shirley)
13. "Get Me to the Church on Time" (Holloway)
14. "A Hymn to Him (Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?)" (Harrison, Hyde-White)
15. "Without You" (Nixon, Harrison)
16. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Harrison)
17. "The Flower Market"
18. "Servants' Chorus"
19. "Ascot Gavotte (Reprise)"
20. "Intermission"
21. "The Transylvanian March"
22. "The Embassy Waltz"
23. "You Did It" (Harrison, Hyde-White) (with the servant's final choir "Congratulations")
24. "Just You Wait (Reprise)" (Audrey Hepburn)
25. "On the Street Where You Live (Reprise)" (Shirley)
26. "The Flowermarket" (containing the reprise of "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?") (Nixon)
27. "End Titles"
28. "Exit Music"

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Media My Fair Lady (soundtrack/video) Characters Eliza Doolittle • Professor Henry Higgins • Alfred P. Doolittle • Colonel Pickering • Mrs. Higgins • Freddy Eynsford-Hill • Zoltan Karpathy • Mrs. Pearce • Mrs. Eynsford-Hill Locations Covent Garden • Higgins's House • London • Ascot Racecourse • Embassy Ball Songs Why Can't The English? • Wouldn't It Be Loverly? • With A Little Bit Of Luck • I'm an Ordinary Man • Just You Wait • The Rain in Spain • I Could Have Danced All Night • Ascot Gavotte • On the Street Where You Live • You Did It • Show Me • Get Me To The Church On Time • A Hymn to Him • Without You • I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face