I bought this soundtrack to round out my Disney soundtrack collection, and was surprised at how quickly it became a favorite. I've always felt the movie was one of Walt Disney's studio's best achievements, but somehow I didn't expect the soundtrack to be this strong on its own..Of course George Bruns was tasked with adapting the music from the Tchaikovsky ballet for the score, and the combination just could not be better. If you're familiar with other George Bruns Disney scores, you'll notice his style here (which I take as a positive). This being his first Disney feature, it's also fresher to me than some of his later scores (I find that he borrows a bit from himself in later scores). And it plays like a movie soundtrack should, rather than an attempt to ape the ballet.And yet the Tchaikovsky shines through nicely as well, both in the form of the original adapted material, and in the handling and orchestrations throughout. And, of course, the way parts of it were adapted for lyrics, which I think were handled well. The "Greek chorus" is used well, and I've always enjoyed the pure character-driven moments of the "Skumps" scene.The sound quality is also great, especially for its time. It was one of the first movie soundtracks to be recorded in "true" stereo (as opposed to recording on different track and then mixing into stereo), and the first soundtrack album released in stereo. This gave Randy Thornton some great raw material to start with and work his magic on, and I think it shows.As noted in other reviews, whatever edition you get of the soundtrack released since (and including) 1996 is pretty much the same. The Legacy Collection version of course includes demos and other "bonus" material but no more of the movie score than other releases. (I'm unclear on whether they remastered it for that release). That's a shame because there's unreleased music used in the movie every bit as good as what's on the album. Still, it's difficult to complain too much. If the bonus material appeals at all, the soundtrack alone may be worth the price of the two-disc Legacy set. (I didn't care that much about it, so I ended up going with the less expensive 1996 edition.)