The Sleeping Beauty Soundtrack was released in 1959. The music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was adapted by composer George Bruns from Peter Tchaikovsky's ballet of Sleeping Beauty.
George Bruns' first effort under the Walt Disney aegis adapts the Tchaikovsky ballet Sleeping Beauty, and the result remains one of the most enchanting and mature scores ever created within the House of Mouse. While themes like "Forbidden Mountain" and "Battle with the Forces of Evil" derive in full from Tchaikovsky, Bruns proves himself a wonderfully lyrical composer as well. "The Gifts of Beauty and Song" is as luminous as its title portends, but even more impressive is the wickedness that underscores the striking "Maleficent Appears." While Sleeping Beauty failed to generate a definitive theme à la "When You Wish Upon a Star" or "Someday My Prince Will Come," on the whole it's a richer and more complete work than most soundtracks from Disney's animated heyday, and thus truly for kids of all ages.
Track listing[]
| Track | Title | Movie | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Title/Once Upon A Dream/Prologue | Sleeping Beauty | Sleeping Beauty Chorus |
| 2 | Hail to the Princess Aurora | Sleeping Beauty | Sleeping Beauty Chorus |
| 3 | The Gifts of Beauty and Song/Maleficent Appears/True Love Conquers All | Sleeping Beauty | Sleeping Beauty Chorus |
| 4 | The Burning of the Spinning Wheels/The Fairies Plan | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 5 | Maleficent's Frustration | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 6 | A Cottage in the Woods | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 7 | Do You Heart That?/I Wonder | Sleeping Beauty | Mary Costa |
| 8 | An Unusual Prince/Once Upon A Dream | Sleeping Beauty | Mary Costa, Bill Shirley and Sleeping Beauty Chorus |
| 9 | Magical House Cleaning/Blue or Pink | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 10 | A Secret Revealed | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 11 | Skumps (Drking Song)/The Royal Argument | Sleeping Beauty | Taylor Holmes and Bill Thompson |
| 12 | Prince Phillip Arrives/How to Tell Stefan | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 13 | Aurora's Return/Maleficent's Evil Spell | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 14 | Poor Aurora/Sleeping Beauty | Sleeping Beauty | Sleeping Beauty Chorus |
| 15 | Forbidden Mountain | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 16 | A Fairy Tale Come True | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 17 | Battle With the Forces of Evil | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 18 | Awakening | Sleeping Beauty | George Bruns |
| 19 | Finale | Sleeping Beauty | Sleeping Beauty Chorus |