As Jimmy Johnson noted in the album notes, Camarata “monitored in the control room” during the sessions in Berlin. Tutti Camarata’s lengthy experience with European musicians and recording facilities must have had a great deal to do with Graunke’s involvement, and also with the resulting quality of the Sleeping Beauty sound track. Released with Sleeping Beauty, this rarely-celebrated, Oscar-winning gem is a like a live-action Fantasia segment, in which narration-free nature footage accompanies Ferde Grofe’s “Grand Canyon Suite”. Under the baton of Kurt Graunke, this orchestra performed on numerous Disneyland record albums, as well as for the Walt Disney’s Grand Canyon featurette. The entire musical score of Sleeping Beauty was recorded in Berlin, Germany, very likely by the Symphonie Orchester Graunke, most likely conducted by composer George Bruns. Ultimately, the enterprise ended up being a test run for the much larger-and more profitable-line of Mary Poppins records. In conjunction with Golden Records, which was still releasing 78 and 45 RPM singles produced by Disney, the total of Sleeping Beauty records added up to fourteen separate releases. It was the most ambitious collection of products the label had ever tackled. Just before Disneyland Records rebranded itself as a purely children’s label–with Buena Vista Records established as a label for teens, adults and miscellaneous releases (see last week’s Spin on Goofy’s Dance Party )–the label was still the catch-all for the entire line of Sleeping Beauty records. (*These selections are not included on the 1964 edition of DQ-1228.) Instrumentals: “Maleficent Appears,” “Woodland Symphony,” “Maleficent’s Evil Spell*,” “Fairies to the Rescue*,” “Bacchanal*,” “The Prince Dreams of Sleeping Beauty*,” “Battle with the Forces of Evil,” “Awakening” by George Bruns “The Three Good Fairies (Sing a Smiling Song)” by George Bruns, Tom Adair. Songs: “Once Upon a Dream” (Main Title) by Jack Lawrence, Sammy Fain “Hail to the Princess Aurora,” “The Gifts of Beauty and Song,” “True Love Conquers All,” “Sleeping Beauty Song” by Tom Adair, George Bruns Blue Bird / I Wonder” by Winston Hibler, George Bruns, Ted Sears “Skumps” by Tom Adair, Ed Penner, George Bruns. Performers: Mary Costa (Aurora/Briar Rose) Bill Lee (Prince Philip) Bill Thompson (King Hubert) Taylor Holmes (King Stefan). Musical Direction: George Bruns, Camarata. Walt Disney Records Picture Disc D002180101 (Stereo / 2016) Music from the Original Motion Picture Sound TrackĪdapted by George Bruns from the Tchaikovsky Balletĭisneyland Records STER-4018 (Stereo) WDL-4018 (Mono) (12” 33 1/3 RPM)ĭisneyland Records DQ-1228 Two Mono Editions: 6/22/62 (Darlene Gillespie) 1964 (Sound Track) The release of the first two-channel stereo sound track for an animated feature was presented with almost as much fanfare as the birth of Princess Aurora herself.