Camelot: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1967 Film)

I know this opinion may be controversial,but as far as I am concerned,this is the best recording of "Camelot" ever done. Although Richard Burton was a magnificent actor,his performance on the original cast LP was too uninflected--he simply sang the songs and recited the lines. Julie Andrews is one of my favorite musical stars, but she came across on the album as full of sweetness and devoid of the sweeping romantic passion Guenevere is supposed to have. Robert Goulet,on the other hand,was immensely successful with his songs.

In contrast, Richard Harris,on this CD (and NOT the mediocre 1980's revival),gives the performance of his life as King Arthur,avoiding,under Joshua Logan's direction, the outrageous hamming of the later stage revival. His Arthur is human,touching,and vulnerable,and Harris fills his songs with all sorts of voice inflections (he half-speaks,half-sings) that give the role true depth (those who want to see his entire performance should see the film -...Read more

After wearing out my cassette of this soundtrack, I decided to buy the CD. Mistakenly bought the original Broadway cast production, I felt it lacked alot of the nuances, intensity & drama of the movie soundtrack. We LOVE this CD. My children have listened to it since they were 2 or 3 years old, & now at 9 & 11 yrs old, still don't care for Broadway show/type musicals or soundtracks except for this one. I have always felt there was something magical about the story, the movie & the music - apparently have passed it on to another generation.

I owned this (the movie version) years ago as a record and loved it. Then I got rid of my records and switched to CD's. After several years I was missing my Camelot music. So I bought the Broadway cast version with Julie Andrews & Richard Burton (how could I go wrong?!?). I was quite disappointed and over the next couple years only listened to Camelot, perhaps, once more. Finally, I realized that I needed to buy the movie version of Camelot with Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Harris. Wow, I am delighted once again!! Now I find myself humming the songs and looking forward to hearing Camelot again.