The Wizard of Oz(1939)

Title Sequence
OST ♩Over the Rainbow

[stadium]

This would come on TV once a year when I was a kid. My mom would always bake a lemon cake for some reason. It became a tradition. My sister and I loved it, and would look forward to it every year growing up. Thanks Mom

[TheCarnivalguy]

One of the greatest and most iconic overtures in all of film history.

[jonnaking]

No matter how old I get this opening still makes me feel like a kid again... this movie will always be magical

[angrymobsters]

Im 23 but for some reason this intro always gived me the feels and makes me feel nostalgic for a time that i didn't exist in. This movie will forever be engrained in my heart forever. Timeless masterpiece.

[lenciciocityscapeart]

I'm 63 now and hearing this has a power of force and innocence that is overwhelming. Magical in every way and otherworldly

[Blahbevava]

One of the few movies that will still be around and loved 500 years from now.

[AlexMR]

I've noticed whenever I'm stressed or upset about something I always come back to just this opening of the movie I'll of course watch the rest of the movie but it's this opening number that can put me at ease or make my panic attacks calm down idk this movie is a gift I treasure

[TheMuni]

I absolutely love how those first six notes sound, heralding in a great classic to the screen. You KNOW what you’re about to see when you hear that.

[megan]

literally the best opening orchestral music to any movie i know of.

[TheGreekPianist]

0:14 The choir part still gives me chills! They did a phenomenal job sounding like a tornado 🌪️

[Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

Even though i was born over 50 years after it came out, i feel truly blessed to have had this film be a big part of my childhood. A timeless masterpiece.

[rayjoy]

I love this movie. I know I am getting older when this opening brings tears.

[judychang]

My grandmother got me watching this. I was 5 years old, (1979) and I was bored. She put on this movie. At that time, it came on every year around Easter on CBS. I saw that it was in black and white and thought, "This is boring. I don't like black and white movies." She let me grumble on. But once the movie turned into color, and Dorothy lands in Oz, I became so fascinated!!!! It's been my favorite movie ever since! We would watch it every year together. Sadly, she ended up with Alzheimer's and couldn't remember that we watched it together every year. But I would put the movie on anyway whenever I saw that it was airing. She's resting in peace now. Every time I watch it, I think of her. RIP Grandma.

[RickMcKeeMusic]

"... and to the Young in Heart, we dedicate this picture" + the cello solo/ those orchestrations... all of the tears. Just gorgeous. What a gift this film and musical score has been to generations.

[MultiWeb]

It is amazing how it starts with triumphal horns, a middle melody and the theme "ding-dong the witch is dead" is played by brass instruments followed by a choir making the sound of a tornado that leads to the title of the film. Those are just the incredible first 20 seconds of this film.

[davidpalmer]

This opening fanfare is like an instant time machine to me. I'm 64 now, but remember this "once a year" broadcast on TV back as far as 3 years old.

[elijahbutler]

Next year is the 80th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz!

[sisterluke]

The one thing about this film and other old films is that its timeless. That's how you know it was one of the greatest films ever made. A grandmother who was born in 1930 loved it and a person born in 2004 loves it.

[violetduncan]

I feel bad for kids these days, when I was a kid, this would turn up on television once a year, and it was an event! the next day, you were to report if you hid your eyes every time the wicked witch came on! and you were expected to tell the truth. I remember watching it one year at my besties Joanies house, where I also ate my first McDonalds! one of the best sleepovers ever!

[bobbyh]

The Wizard of Oz will always be a part of me. This is an outstanding movie that all ages today need to see! You'll fall in love with it!