Pinocchio is the soundtrack to the 1940 Walt Disney film

Pinocchio (1940 film)

Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the story The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It is the second film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, and it was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and was released to theaters by...

 of the same name, first released on February 9, 1940. The album was described as being "recorded from the original soundtrack of the Walt Disney Production Pinocchio". According to Walt Disney Records, "this is the first time the phrase 'original soundtrack' was used to refer to a commercially available movie recording".

The soundtrack won an Academy Award for Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...

.

Songs

The songs in the film were written by Leigh Harline

Leigh Harline

Leigh Adrian Harline was a film composer.-Career:Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he worked for various radio stations before joining the Walt Disney studios in 1932 as arranger and scorer...

, Ned Washington

Ned Washington

Ned Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962...

, Victor Young

Victor Young

Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...

 and Frank Churchill

Frank Churchill

Frank Churchill was an American composer of popular music for films. He wrote most of the music for Disney's 1937 movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, including "Whistle While You Work" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come"...

.

1. "When You Wish upon a Star
   When You Wish upon a Star
   "When You Wish upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version of the song was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the...
   
   " - Cliff Edwards
   Cliff Edwards
   Cliff Edwards , also known as "Ukelele Ike", was an American singer and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' in the Rain" in 1929...
   
   
2. "Little Wooden Head" - Christian Rub
   Christian Rub
   Christian Rub was known as a character actor from the late 1910s to the early 1950s, and was featured in more than 100 movies, often uncredited. He was born in Passau, Bavaria, Germany. His first appearance was in the movie The Belle of New York...
   
   
3. "Give a Little Whistle" - Cliff Edwards & Dickie Jones
4. "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)" - Walter Catlett
   Walter Catlett
   Walter Catlett was an American actor. As a San Francisco citizen, he started out in vaudeville with a detour for a while in opera before breaking into films.-Early career:...
   
   
5. "I've Got No Strings
   I've Got No Strings
   "I've Got No Strings" also known as "I Got No Strings" is a song from Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio sung by Dickie Jones as Pinocchio. He dances with three puppets such as a Dutch puppet, a French puppet, a Russian puppet, and Cossacks...
   
   " - Dickie Jones & Mae Questel
   Mae Questel
   Mae Questel was an American actress and vocal artist best known for providing the voices for the animated characters, Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. She began in vaudeville, and played occasional small roles in films and television later in her career, most notably the role of Aunt Bethany in 1989's...
   
   
6. "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (reprise)" - Walter Catlett
7. "When You Wish upon a Star (reprise)" - Cliff Edwards & Chorus

Songs not used in the film

Songs written for the film but not used include:

• "I'm a Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow" (also called "Jiminy Cricket")- Jiminy Cricket (Later used in the 1947 Disney film Fun and Fancy Free
  Fun and Fancy Free
  Fun and Fancy Free is a 1947 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 27, 1947. It was one of the "package films" that the studio produced in the 1940s...
  
  )
• "As I Was Saying to the Duchess" - J. Worthington Foulfellow
• "Three Cheers For Anything" - Lampwick, Pinocchio, Alexander & Other Boys
• "Monstro the Whale" - Chorus
• "Turn On the Old Music Box" - Jiminy Cricket

Three of these songs, however, were used in a multi-record 78-RPM 1940 cover album

Cover Album

-Tracklisting:#Misono to Utaou! Animedley I # #...

 of the songs released by Decca Records

Decca Records

Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....

 and conducted by Victor Young

Victor Young

Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...

. Although Cliff Edwards appeared as Jiminy Cricket on the album, no one else from the film cast did. Soprano Julietta Novis, who would later sing Schubert

Franz Schubert

Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...

's Ave Maria on the soundtrack of Disney's Fantasia

Fantasia (film)

Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. The third feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are...

, sang the song "Little Wooden Head" , instead of it being sung by Geppetto. Other singers on the album included the Ken Darby Chorus and the King's Men.

Years later, Disneyland Records

Disneyland Records

Disneyland Records is the original name of the Walt Disney Company's record company.After long associations with primarily RCA Victor Records, with a few select titles on Capitol, Disneyland Records was established by the Disney studio in 1956 with its first release entitled A Child's Garden of...

 issued a true soundtrack album from the film.

Original release

The soundtrack was first issued as a collection (Victor P-18) of three 78rpm singles.

Track listing

• "When You Wish upon a Star
  When You Wish upon a Star
  "When You Wish upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version of the song was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the...
  
  " b/w "Little Wooden Head" (Victor 26477)

• "Give a Little Whistle" b/w "Hi Diddle Dee Dee" (Victor 26478)

• "I've Got No Strings
  I've Got No Strings
  "I've Got No Strings" also known as "I Got No Strings" is a song from Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio sung by Dickie Jones as Pinocchio. He dances with three puppets such as a Dutch puppet, a French puppet, a Russian puppet, and Cossacks...
  
  " b/w/ "Turn On the Old Music Box" (Victor 26477)

Track listing

1. "When You Wish upon a Star
   When You Wish upon a Star
   "When You Wish upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version of the song was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the...
   
   " - 3:15
2. "Little Wooden Head" - 5:45 +
3. "Clock Sequence" - 0:55
4. "Kitten Theme" - 0:40
5. "The Blue Fairy" - 3:28
6. "Give A Little Whistle" - 1:38
7. "Old Geppetto" - 4:44
8. "Off To School" - 4:19
9. "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life For Me)" - 1:41
10. "So Sorry" - 1:36
11. "I've Got No Strings
    I've Got No Strings
    "I've Got No Strings" also known as "I Got No Strings" is a song from Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio sung by Dickie Jones as Pinocchio. He dances with three puppets such as a Dutch puppet, a French puppet, a Russian puppet, and Cossacks...
    
    " - 2:23
12. "Sinister Stromboli" - 2:28
13. "Sad Reunion" - 3:22
14. "Lesson In Lies" - 2:31
15. "Turn On The Old Music Box" - 0:50
16. "Coach To Pleasure Island" - 4:45
17. "Angry Cricket" - 1:20
18. "Transformation" - 3:51
19. "Message From The Blue Fairy" - 1:30
20. "To The Rescue" - 0:34
21. "Deep Ripples" - 1:29
22. "Desolation Theme" - 1:42
23. "Monstro Awakens" - 2:03
24. "Whale Chase" - 3:19
25. "A Real Boy" - 1:42

+ - for reasons unknown (possibly loss of the vocal masters) this track contains none of the vocals present on this track as presented in the film

Pinocchio (1940 film)

Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the story The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It is the second film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, and it was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and was released to theaters by...

 sung by Christian Rub

Christian Rub

Christian Rub was known as a character actor from the late 1910s to the early 1950s, and was featured in more than 100 movies, often uncredited. He was born in Passau, Bavaria, Germany. His first appearance was in the movie The Belle of New York...