Thoroughly Modern Millie - Soundtrack

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was released by Decca Records. Songs include the title tune and "The Tapioca" by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn (1967); "Jimmy" by Jay Thompson (1967); "Jazz Baby" by M.K. Jerome and Blanche Merrill (1919); "Jewish Wedding Song (Trinkt le Chaim)" by Sylvia Neufeld; "Poor Butterfly" by John Raymond Hubbell and John Golden (1916); "Rose of Washington Square" by Ballard MacDonald and James F. Hanley (1920); "Baby Face" by Harry Akst and Benny Davis (1926); and "Do It Again" by George Gershwin and Buddy G. DeSylva (1922). Also heard in the film as an underscore are "Stumbling" by Zez Confrey (1922); "With Plenty of Money and You" by Harry Warren (1937); and "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah by Georg Friedrich Händel (1741).

Elmer Bernstein composed the incidental score, for which he won his only Academy Award. (Ironically, none of his music for this film has ever been released.) The songs were arranged and conducted by André Previn.

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