Could be better...and more complete.
It's great to hear the wondeful arrangements of Irwin Kostal in all their glory, but where are Mr Banks' songs? And the song at the bank is missing, too. Hopefully, Disney will release the entire score in karaoke form. Also, take out that annoying harp on the "Feed The Birds" track, it doesn't belong. Let's have the whole score...and SOON, Disney!

Great Fun
I got this for my girls for Christmas and we have had such a good time singing all the songs. We have even brought it in the car so they can sing along there too. The one negative thing is that my girls wished it had the nanny song sung by the kids in the movie. It still has been worth every penny spent.

Original background score after all these years!
Mary Poppins has been my favorite movie since I first saw it in 1973. The wonderful music of Disney inspired me to enter a music career. I've greatly enjoyed the restoration of these great movies and their music over the past ten years or so. I throughly enjoy the complete score-only feature of "The Sound of Music" dvd and this is the Disney equivalent. There's no end to the thrill of hearing this wonderful original score, arranded and conducted by Irwin Costal, in it's digitally restored brilliance. This makes me anxiously await the two disc soundtrack to be released for the film's 40th anniversary. Three cheers to the producers and to Disney for giving this original music the attention it deserves.