South Pacific (soundtrack)


The Original Soundtrack to the film South Pacific was released in 1958. The film was based on the 1949 musical South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The composers had much say in this recording, with many of the songs performed by accomplished singers rather than the actors in the film. Mitzi Gaynor and Ray Walston were the only two leading performers who did their own singing in the film. The roles of Emile DeBecque, Bloody Mary and Joe Cable were sung by Giorgio Tozzi, Muriel Smith and Bill Lee, respectively.
The album became a major success, reaching No.1 in both the US and UK. In the US, the album stayed at No.1 for seven months - the fourth longest run ever. In the UK, the album remained in the top five for 27 consecutive weeks before reaching No.1 in November 1958. It stayed at the top for a record-breaking 115 weeks, and remained in the top five for 214 weeks.

Track listing

The songs on the soundtrack LP and CD are arranged in the order that they appear in the Broadway musical, not in the order in which they appear in the film.
Side One
  1. "South Pacific Overture"
  2. "Dites-moi"
  3. "A Cockeyed Optimist"
  4. "Twin Soliloquies" / "Some Enchanted Evening"
  5. "Bloody Mary"
  6. "My Girl Back Home"
  7. "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame"
  8. "Bali Ha'i"
Side Two
  1. "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"
  2. "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy"
  3. "Younger Than Springtime"
  4. "Happy Talk"
  5. "Honey Bun"
  6. "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"
  7. "This Nearly Was Mine"
  8. "Finale"

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