Home Sweet Home

~ Recording by Judy Garland

Annotation

music by H.R. Bishop (1823), performed by the MGM Studio Orchestra as background music to Dorothy's dialogue during final sequences of film (she does not sing the song).

Annotation last modified on 2013-09-02 11:13 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.19Home Sweet Home1:21Harold ArlenThe Wizard of Oz (1939 film cast)Harold ArlenAlbum + Soundtrack
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 7933032
1.19Home Sweet Home1:21Harold ArlenThe Wizard of Oz (1939 film cast)Harold ArlenAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE2004-03-14
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)
1.19Home Sweet Home1:21Yip Harburg & Harold ArlenThe Wizard of OzYip Harburg & Harold ArlenAlbum + Soundtrack
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group), Μουσική-Ακτή221815-207
1.15Home Sweet Home1:22Judy GarlandThe Wizard of OzHarold Arlen & 'Yip' HarburgAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB2005-02-28
Classic Soundtracks (A Snapper Music Label), Snapper MusicSFILMCD002

Relationships

orchestra:MGM Studio Orchestra
conductor:Herbert Stothart (composer)
recording of:Home! Sweet Home! (Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble there's no place like home) (instrumental)

Home! Sweet Home! (Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble there's no place like home)

lyricist:John Howard Payne (American actor, poet, playwright, and author) (in 1823)
composer:Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (in 1823)
referred to in medleys:What Shall We Sing at Christmas? (order: 1)
later translated versions:埴生の宿
part of:Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
is the basis for:Fantaisie sur deux mélodies anglaises, op. 43
Home Sweet Home, op. 51
arrangements:Fantasia on British Sea Songs: VII. Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home (The Good Life arrangement)
Home! Sweet Home! (sung in Maori) (translated)