Meet Me in St. Louis - Music

Music

The musical score for the film was adapted by Roger Edens, who also served as an uncredited associate producer. Georgie Stoll conducted the orchestrations of Conrad Salinger. Some of the songs in the film are from around the time of the St Louis Exposition. Others were written for the movie.

  • "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" Kerry Mills and Andrew B. Sterling, 1904
  • "The Boy Next Door", Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, 1944, performed by Judy Garland.
  • "Skip to My Lou", Traditional, with section sung to the tunes of "Yankee Doodle" arranged by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, 1944
  • "I Was Drunk Last Night," performed by Margaret O'Brien.
  • "Under the Bamboo Tree," Words and music by Robert Cole and The Johnson Bros., 1902, performed by Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien.
  • "Over the Banister," 19th-century melody adapted by Conrad Salinger, lyrics from the 1888 poem "Over the Banisters" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, adapted by Roger Edens (1944), performed by Judy Garland.
  • "The Trolley Song", Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, 1944, performed by Chorus and Judy Garland.
  • "You and I," Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, sung by Arthur Freed and D. Markas, mimed by Leon Ames and Mary Astor.
  • "Goodbye, My Lady Love," (Instrumental), Joseph E. Howard, 1904.
  • "Little Brown Jug", (Instrumental), Joseph Winner, 1869.
  • "Down at the Old Bull and Bush," (Instrumental), Harry von Tilzer, 1903.
  • "Home! Sweet Home!", (Instrumental), Henry Bishop, 1823/1852.
  • "Auld Lang Syne", (Instrumental)
  • "The First Noel", (Instrumental)
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, 1944, performed by Judy Garland. The lyrics for "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" were originally different. The lyricist, Hugh Martin, wrote lyrics which referred to the soldiers fighting during World War Two. Judy Garland thought the song as written was too mean to sing to Margaret O'Brien, so he changed the lyrics. Further revisions were made when Frank Sinatra objected to the generally downbeat tone of the piece. The latter revised version is the one most commonly performed.

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