What songs are in the movie Ballet Shoes?

Answer 1

A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody

(song Winifred sings for the Alice In Wonderland audition)

I don't know who the original writer is or who recorded it originally, however, on iTunes they have several versions by many different artists.

Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries

(Song playing while Garney and the others are sewing and fitting the dance uniforms for the girls)

This song was written by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson in 1931.

I am not sure which version is the one used in the film, but I'm thinking it could be the one by Rudy Vallee (1931), or the New Cumberland Orchestra, but it could possibly be another I don't know of (I'm not sure). There is another 1931 version by Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson (no brass, and slightly slower) but personally, I think that the Rudy Vallee is the best version (the other one I mentioned is good too but the audio on itunes sounds bad).

Ray Noble & His Orchestra_The Very Thought of You

(Song Mr. Simpson plays for Garney when they are dancing towards the end)

This song was originally written and recorded by Ray Noble in 1934.

Fryderyk F. Chopin_Nocturnes, op.9, Nocturne in B flat minor, op.9-1

(Song playing while Posey dances during her private lessons)

Such a beautiful song! Chopin wrote great nocturnes and is the most popular of this type of music that developed in the 1800s, he's my personal favorite composer.

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky_The Nutcracker Ballet Suite

(Song playing in the main menu of the DVD and throughout the film)

I'm sure you've heard this one, I like it but because I've heard it SO MANY times through out my life (and I usually prefer the "gloomy" nocturnes), I don't really bother listening to it on my own even though I have it so I don't know which is the exact piece used in the movie, but check out the suite if you like it.

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky_From 'Swanlake', Ballet Suite op.20, I- Scene (Moonlight)

(Song playing when Madame Fedolia and Posey are watching Valentin Manoff's ballet)

*Just in case you don't know, a "suite" means a song from a series of songs, in other words, a set (usually dances such as ballet). This is why you will find several songs with slightly different names when you're looking for one particular song.

Its pretty easy to find songs when they have lyrics, but unfortunately, since the other songs in the film don't have lyrics, and are not credited at all, I have no idea who performs them! These are the only ones I have as of now.