Overview
- The album is available now on digital platforms and features a first-ever a cappella of Judy Garland’s ‘Over the Rainbow.’
- It includes two binaural tracks, ‘Cyclone’ and ‘I Am Oz,’ designed for headphones to mirror aspects of Sphere’s spatial audio.
- An 80-plus-piece orchestra rerecorded the score on the original 1939 scoring stage using era-specific performance practices, even sourcing the same ocarina heard in ‘If I Only Had a Brain.’
- The production isolated Garland’s vocals using modern stem-separation techniques while leaving her performance unaltered, yielding unprecedented clarity.
- Lorna Luft praised the release and the Sphere presentation, which continues to draw large audiences in Las Vegas as the film’s visuals were adapted for the 16K venue with generative AI and synchronized 4D effects.