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Okay, I know it's been a while, but I am following up my post detailing what's missing from the actual score as heard in the film to answer Stefan's inquiry about all known deleted songs from this film that have been released in some form that were not on the Legacy Collection release.
The first Blu-Ray had a song called "Holiday," which was meant to open the film (and was presumably written before Walt made the decision to use Tchaikovsky's music), but was eventually replaced with Hail to the Princess Aurora." There is also a deleted song on that Blu-Ray called "Go to Sleep" for when the fairies put the castle to sleep (this can also be heard at the corresponding moment in the audio commentary on the 2003 DVD, which contains a slightly different demo for "Riddle Diddle.")
Additionally, the Mary Martin album released at the time of the film's release contains a deleted song set to the fairies' motif called "Sing a Smiling Song" (while there's a track with that name on the original soundtrack album, it is essentially the same as track 9 on the expanded album, though I get the impression that they used an alternate for that music as it sounds different from what's heard in the film). The Mary Martin album also contains an additional verse for "Skumps" not heard in the film while "Hail to the Princess Aurora" is slightly longer than the film version and uses orchestrations closer to the Tchaikovsky original. While not necessarily a deleted song, the making of documentary on the 2003 DVD has a lovely demo of "Once Upon A Dream" in which the singers vocalize the first half of the song.
I will also include a detailed look at the differences between the current album and the original soundtrack album for those who are interested (similar to what Jim Doherty did with Bambi).
1. Main Title: The original soundtrack album is missing the Buena Vista fanfare and includes rerecorded vocals. Additionally, the OST stops after the fairies' motif (based on the Silver Fairy theme from the ballet) is heard.
2. Hail to the Princess Aurora: Aside from the rerecorded vocals, the orchestral backing track is exactly as heard in the film.
3. The Gifts of Beauty and Song/Maleficent Appears/True Love Conquers All: The OST starts at the equivalent of 0:05 on the expanded album and continues as heard in the film (again with new vocals and minus the harp overlays) until 2:48 when the OST jumps to the equivalent of 3:54 on the current album ("The Princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty...) and continues from there until True Love Conquers All. In addition to the rerecorded vocals, the OST adds parts for solo flute and trumpet.
4. Blue Bird/I Wonder: As the LC Press Release noted, these two sections were completely rerecorded for the OST (the film version of the first section is still unreleased). The track opens with pastoral music of which the first half is not heard in the film (either this music was recorded specifically for the album or was dialed out in the film to accentuate Mary Costa's vocals). Additionally, a new coda is added to "Blue Bird" to seamlessly transition into "I Wonder" (which is slightly reorchestrated on the album).
5. Woodland Symphony/Once Upon a Dream: The first 30 seconds of this album track consists of a cue for the forest animals decide to create a makeshift prince to cheer Aurora up using Prince Philip's cape and hat (this music is strangely missing from the main program of the LC). Aside from a brief iteration of the Blue Bird theme on flute, this music is pure Bruns. After this piece, the track shifts to 0:19 of Track 8 (An Unusual Prince/Once Upon a Dream) on the current album and further develops the Woodland Symphony theme before jumping into the orchestral introduction to Once Upon a Dream. From here, a harp glisserando leads into a rerecorded version of the song which contains a different coda than what is heard in the film in addition to the rerecorded vocals.
6. The Three Good Fairies (Sing a Smiling Song): As noted earlier in this post, this track is exactly the same as track 9 on the current album except for a few gaps in parts and does not contain the deleted song.
7. Skumps: This is the only track on the OST to contain the vocals as heard in the film (performed by Taylor Holmes and Disney regular Bill Thompson). However, instead of using the orchestral interlude heard in the film, the OST instead uses the first 40 seconds of the following cue, "The Royal Argument," before going into the second verse.
8. Maleficent's Evil Spell: This album track starts at 0:18 of Track 13 (Aurora's Return). The album omits the haunting vocal for Maleficent hypnotizes Aurora and jumps to 2:48 of Track 13 on the current album, but omits the reprise of the last section of the "Puss in Boots" music heard in the film. The album then closes the track with a slightly shortened version of Poor Aurora (LC Track 14 0:08-1:09).
9. Sleeping Beauty: The only major difference to note here are the rerecorded vocals.
10. Fairies to the Rescue/Bacchanale: The first section of this album track derives from a shortened version of the music where the fairies rush to the cottage only to find that Maleficent has already captured Prince Philip (The full version of this cue is still unreleased). The music is taken from the Act I finale of the ballet and uses scurrying strings to depict the fairies' flight before it is interrupted by a stab of the Carabosse motif from the ballet for when they find Philip's hat (the film version includes an ascending string movement building into this). Rather than including the music for when the fairies resolve to rescue Philip, the OST transitions into Track 14 of the current album (This cue is rather peculiar as to its name. While it is called Bacchanale on the OST, it is titled "Forbidden Mountain" on the expanded album, and as "Dance Vertigo" on the cue sheets Bill Wrobel analyzed). This is an alternate of that cue as the woodwinds at 1:22 on this album (0:47 on the current album) is played at a slower tempo than in the film and the harp that concludes this piece on the current album (itself an alternate) is completely absent here.
11. The Prince Dreams of Sleeping Beauty: This album track focuses entirely on the Lilac Fairy material from Track 16 of the current album ("A Fairy Tale Come True") minus the opening string trill.
12. Battle with the Forces of Evil/Awakening/Finale: This album track starts at 1:54 of Track 17 of the current album (depicting Philip's ride to the castle), but skips the reprise of this material heard for the Forest of Thorns scene and goes to the music for the reveal of Maleficent as a dragon (3:44 on the current album). Interestingly, in addition to being drastically shortened from the film, this appears to be an alternate mix as there is a bass drum chord accentuating the dragon's appearance not heard on the current album (the film uses a second cymbal crash). From there it continues as heard on tracks 17-18 of the current album, but at 4:20, instead of continuing with the music for Aurora and Philip walking down the stairs, the album jumps to the Finale, shorn of its short introduction and again containing rerecorded vocals.
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