Oliver! (soundtrack)

1968 soundtrack album by Various

Oliver!

Soundtrack album by

Various

Released| 1968
Genre| soundtrack
Label|

* Colgems
* BMG

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

Oliver! is the soundtrack to the 1968 British musical drama film of the same name. The soundtrack won an Oscar for Best Original or Adaptation Score at the 41st Academy Awards in 1969.[2] It reached number 4 in the UK Albums Chart and spent 99 weeks on the chart.[3] In the US, the album spent 91 weeks on Billboard's Top Album chart, reaching #20 and receiving a Gold record certification. The soundtrack was included, on CD for the first time, with the 2005 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment issue of the movie.[4]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Lionel Bart

No.| Title| Recording artist(s)| Length

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1.| "Overture"| The Orchestra| 1:58
2.| "Food, Glorious Food"/"Oliver!"| Mark Lester, Harry Secombe, Peggy Mount & Boys| 5:42
3.| "Boy for Sale"| Secombe| 2:47
4.| "Where Is Love?"| Lester| 3:00
5.| "Pick a Pocket or Two"| Ron Moody & Boys| 2:40
6.| "Consider Yourself"| Lester, Jack Wild & Ensemble| 5:47
7.| "I'd Do Anything"| Lester, Moody, Shani Wallis, Sheila White, Wild & Boys| 3:47
8.| "Be Back Soon"| Moody & Boys| 2:49
9.| "As Long as He Needs Me"| Wallis| 4:43
10.| "Who Will Buy?"| Lester & Ensemble| 6:51
11.| "It's a Fine Life"| Wallis, White & "The Three Cripples" Crowd| 3:25
12.| "Reviewing the Situation"| Moody| 3:39
13.| "Oom-Pah-Pah"| Wallis & "The Three Cripples" Crowd| 2:29
14.| "Finale ("Where is Love?"/"Consider Yourself")"| Ensemble & The Orchestra| 1:16

## Personnel

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Adapted from AllMusic.[5]

* Ensemble – primary artist
* John Green – arranger, conductor, music supervisor
* Mark Lester – guest artist, performer, primary artist
* Kathe Green \- dubbing for Mark Lester
* Joe Lopes – engineer
* Ron Moody – guest artist, performer, primary artist
* The Orchestra – performer, primary artist
* Oliver Reed – guest artist, performer
* Harry Secombe – performer, primary artist
* John Snyder – mixing, producer
* Shani Wallis – guest artist, performer, primary artist
* Don Wardell – digital series, executive producer
* Sheila White – performer, primary artist
* Jack Wild – performer, primary artist

## Charts

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Chart (1969–70)  | Peak
position

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Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 20
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)  | 4

## References

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1. ^ "Oliver! [Original Soundtrack] – Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
2. ^ "1969 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. 1969-04-14. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
3. ^ "oliver | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
4. ^ Billboard Top Pop Albums 1955-2016
5. ^ "Oliver! [Original Soundtrack] – Original Soundtrack | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 281\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist

Characters|

* Oliver Twist
* Bill Sikes
* Fagin
* Mr Brownlow
* Nancy
* Rose Maylie
* Monks
* The Artful Dodger
* Charley Bates
* Mr Sowerberry
* Mr. Bumble

Film adaptations|

* Oliver Twist (1909)
* Oliver Twist (1912)
* Oliver Twist (1912)
* Oliver Twist (1916)
* Oliver Twist (1919)
* Oliver Twist (1922)
* Oliver Twist (1933)
* Oliver Twist (1948)
* Oliver! (1968)
* Oliver Twist (1974)
* Las Aventuras de Oliver Twist (1987)
* Oliver Twist (2005)

Film retellings|

* Manik (1961)
* Chitti Tammudu (1962)
* Oliver & Company (1988)
* Twisted (1996)
* Twist (2003)
* Boy Called Twist (2004)
* Twist (2021)

TV adaptations|

* Oliver Twist (1962 TV serial)
* Oliver Twist (1982 American-British TV film)
* Oliver Twist (1982 Australian TV film)
* Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)
* Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist (1996 TV series)
* Oliver Twist (1997 TV film)
* Oliver Twist (1999 TV series)
* Oliver Twist (2007 TV series)

Play|

* Oliver! (1960)

Songs|

* "As Long as He Needs Me"
* "Consider Yourself"
* "Food, Glorious Food"
* "I'd Do Anything"
* "Oliver!"
* "Oom-Pah-Pah"
* "Where Is Love?"
* "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"
* "Be Back Soon"

Related|

* Oliver! (soundtrack to the 1968 film)
* Escape of the Artful Dodger (2001 TV series retelling)
* Fagin the Jew (2003 graphic novel)
* Oliver and the Artful Dodger (1972 TV film)
* I'd Do Anything (2008 TV series)
* Dodger (2022 TV series)
* The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)

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