To begin, it is imperative that you begin the CD just as the MGM Lion roars for the third time. You will know if you are on if the transition from Speak to Me and Breathe occurs just as the credit for the producer appears. If the appearance of the credit hits the music EXACTLY, then all is good. It is also necessary to set the CD player on repeat so that the CD begins again immediately upon its finish.

Different parts of the CD apply to different parts of the movie in different ways. Sometimes the lyrics will coincide with the scene. Sometimes the characters will accentuate the beat (particularly the hi-hat). So on and so on. The effects of this phenominon become much more evident in the middle of the movie during the time that Dorothy meets the Lion, Tin Man, and Scarecrow.

First Black and White Scene

The lyric "balanced on the biggest wave" is sung just as Dorothy is balancing on the fence, and "On The Run" starts just as Dorothy falls of the fence. This creates a much "darker" feel than the movie by itself could.

As Antie Em is yapping, a female voice can be heard in the background of the album that stops just as Auntie Em stops runnning her mouth.

Dorothy turns around and looks down just as the lyics "look around. Choose your own ground" are sung.

As Dorothy is singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow, she will often look up at the planes flying by in the music.

A verse in Somewhere Over The Rainbow is "Birds fly, why can't I?" In the song Breathe, there is a verse that is "For long you live and high you fly."

Toto appears to be laughing at Dorothy as the laugh is heard in the background.

Chimes and Bells start ringing as the mean old lady rides up on her bike. These fade when she gets off her bike, and she gets hit by the fence to the beat of the music. When inside, the music reflects the tone of the scene, especially the change when Dorothy shifts her attention to different characters.

The words "Past Present, and Future can be read on a sign outside of the fortune teller during the solo to "Time".

The fortune teller tells Dorothy that she needs to go home just as the lyric "Home, home again. I like to be there when I can" is sung.

The song "Great Gig in the Sky" begins just as Dorothy leaves the fortune teller. The tornado in the background takes on a "lazy" feel because of the music. This is a much different feel than if the movie was watched without DSOTM.

At approximately 3:35 in the "Pulse" version of Great Gig in the Sky, a female voice whispers, "I never said I was afraid of Dorothy".

Drums kick in as the wind starts causing damage

As soon as Dorothy gets knocked out, the singer tones down and sings rather softly until the house lands. Great Gig in The Sky ends when the house lands and Dorothy wakes up. In fact, the music change occurs just as Dorothy opens her eyes.

The sounds of Money bring in the color part of the movie just as Dorothy opens the door.

The lyric "and racing around to come up behind you again" from Time are sung just as the camera shot changes and shows Dorothy from behind.

Color Transition

The title Us and Them becomes very evident in this first scene with the Munchkins.

The Munchkins dance to the music, and one of them walks across the screen while grooving to the bass line.

The ballerinas enter on "us, us, us". The ballerina on the left lip syncs some of the lyrics.

The Lollipop Guild enters on "me, me, me". They even give the lollipop to Dorothy on the beat.

"Forward he cried" is sung just as Dorothy turns to face forward.

The good witch appears to play the guitar on her wand. She also sways to the music. She even moves her fingers on the wand as though she really were playing the guitar.

The munchkin soldiers march to the beat, most notibly when they bring their arms to their chests.

The wicked witch appears right on the words "black, black". The words "blue, blue" seem to relate to Dorothy, but they do not hit right on the camera switch to Dorothy. I am assuming that this is true to accomodate a later coincidence in the movie.

"And who knows which is which and who is who" is also sung in the scene during which the other wicked witch is discovered under the house. witch is witch...

The words "up, up" are sung as the wicked witch is on top of the platform, and "down, down" are sung as she walks down from the platform.

"And in the end" is sung as the wicked witch of the east disappears.

"out, out, out" is sung as the good witch disappears.

Notice the song change occurs right on the scene change.

Scarecrow

The song Brain Damage is playing.

The Scarecrow accentuates the wawa guitar. The guitar will play whenever Dorothy or the Scarecrow talk. Their body movements correlate with the guitar almost exactly.

When the Scarecrow is dancing while singing, he dances to the music. He really grooves to it too.

Tin Man

The heartbeat is playing as Dorothy is banging on the Tin Man's chest. She pounds to the beat.

The album repeats here and the heartbeat starts up again.

When the Tin Man is all oiled up, he begins dancing right as the beat kicks in. He also dances to the music.

The Tin Man makes steam come up from his head to the hi-hat beat.

Lion

The Lion's Roars correlate with the roar-like sounds in the background.

The Lion appears to be conducting the music as