who wrote the score for wizard of oz?
One of the great joys of The Wizard of Oz is its amazing score. Harold Arlen wrote the music, E.Y. Yip Harburg wrote the lyrics, and Herbert Stothart (along with Murray Cutter and Roger Edens) handled the score - all to magnificent results. When OZ came out in 1939, soundtrack albums of songs as recorded for the film soundtracks were eight years away.