DIMITRI TIOMKIN - It's A Wonderful Life - Original Soundtrack (Burgundy 'Zuzu's Petals' Vinyl)

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: LPRGM2017C
Barcode: 0848064020172
Release Date: 10 Oct 2025
Genre: Soundtrack

Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life isn’t just the most beloved holiday film of all time. It’s also arguably the most quintessentially American movie ever made. Its populist message, everyman hero, patriotism, and sentimentality have proven a potent blend for multiple generations. So many scenes from this film are embroidered in our country’s collective consciousness; and much of the stitching holding those scenes together was supplied by Dimitri Tiomkin’s indelible score. But what you hear in the film is only a portion of what Tiomkin wrote. Director Capra cut several cues (e.g “Death Telegram”), letting those scenes play without music and rearranged where certain cues appeared; he removed sections of cues, and even tracked in music written for other films. But, working with Tiomkin’s original acetates, soundtrack collectors were able to piece together Tiomkin’s score as originally written for release on CD about a decade ago. Seldom has a movie swung so wildly from romance to reflection, brooding darkness to playful whimsy…that’s why we love it so much. Now, lovers of It’s a Wonderful Life could finally hear how Tiomkin’s original score artfully emphasized and commented on the movie’s high emotional peaks and deep valleys. Indeed, there really remains only one last step to cement Tiomkin’s legacy and, for that matter, Capra’s too. For the score to It’s a Wonderful Life has never been released on LP in any form, not in its full form or even in Capra’s truncated version. Now, we at Real Gone Music are very, very proud to present It’s a Wonderful Life on vinyl for very first time, in its complete, restored form with a two-page insert including photos, credits, and the promo poster image of Jimmy Stewart exuberantly hoisting Donna Reed. Pressed in burgundy “Zuzu’s Petals” vinyl limited to 1500 copies!

Main Title-heaven
Ski Run
Death Telegram
Gower S Deliverance
George and Dad
Father S Death
Love Sequence
Dilemma
Bank Crisis
Wedding Cigars
George Lassoes Stork
This is the Army, Mr. Jones Dankgebet
Uncle Billy S Blunder
Search for Money
Potter S Threat
Clarence S Arrival
George is Unborn
Haunted House (With Chorus)
Pottersville Cemetery
Wrong Mary Hatch the Prayer
It S a Wonderful Life
Auld Lang Syne End Title
It S a Wonderful Life (Vocal)
Main Title (Film Version)
Father S Death (Alternate)
Wedding March
Big Band
Haunted House (Alternate)
Pottersville Cemetery (Alternate Without Chorus)
Auld Lang Syne (Alternate)
Trailer Music