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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) More at IMDbPro »

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• "Spring Song"
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Played as background music by the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
  Conducted by Leo F. Forbstein and hummed by Dick Powell
  
  
  
• "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  (Overture and Incidental Music)
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Words by William Shakespeare
  Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Performed by the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra and Chorus
  Conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  
  
  
• "Scottish Symphony"
  (Final movement)
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Lyrics by an anonymous writer
  Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Sung by Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Jean Muir,
  James Cagney, Joe E.Brown and chorus
  Conducted onscreen by 'Frank McHugh'
  Played offscreen by the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
  Conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  
  
  
• "Kinderstucke (Pieces for Children) no.1:Allegro non troppo"
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Lyrics are by William Shakespeare
  Sung by James Cagney
  Conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  
  
  
• "Spinning Song"
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Performed by women's chorus and the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
  Conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  
  
  
• "Lullaby"
  (based on "Songs Without Words", op. 19, no. 6)
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Words by William Shakespeare
  Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Performed by Anita Louise (dubbed by Carol Ellis), and James Cagney
  With Leo F. Forbstein conducting the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
  
  
  
• "Italian Symphony"
  (fragment from third movement)
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Played by the Warner Bros.Studio Orchestra
  Conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  
  
  
• "Cradle Song"
  from "Songs Without Words", 0p. 67, No. 6
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Sung by women's chorus
  Played by the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  
  
  
• "Philomel"
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Words by William Shakespeare
  Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold from Mendelssohn's song, "An die Entfernte"
  Performed by Anita Louise (dubbed by Carol Ellis), with female chorus,
  with reduced orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  
  
  
• "Scherzo in E-Minor"
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Heard as background music performed by the Warner Bros. Symphony
  Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  
  
  
• "Hand In Hand With Fairy Grace"
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Words by William Shakespeare
  Adapted and arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold from Mendelssohn's song "Leise Zieht durch mein gamut"
  Performed by Anita Louise (dubbed by Carol Ellis), with the Warner Brothers Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  
  
  
• "Over Hill, Over Dale, Through Bush, Through Brier"
  Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
  Words by William Shakespeare
  Adapted and arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold from Mendelssohn's "Neue Liebe"
  Performed by Nina Theilade
  Conducted by Leo F. Forbstein
  

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