Although there exist several methods of synching the movie with the music, most sources recommend starting the album at the end of the lion's third and final roar. Apparently, this ensures that 1.
producer Mervyn LeRoy's credit appears exactly as the first chord of
Breathe is played.
2.
"balanced on the biggest wave" is sung as
Dorothy is balancing on the fence.
3.
Dorothy falls from the fence during the transition from
Breathe to the much darker
On The Run.
4.
Auntie Em’s speaking corresponds with a
female voice in the music.
5. While singing
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Dorothy looks at the sky as
airplanes can be heard in
On The Run.
6. Bells and chimes from
Time begin as
Miss Gulch/The
Wicked Witch of the West appears on her bicycle and
dissipate as she slows down and gets off.
7. The words
Past Present Future can be seen in
Professor Marvel's wagon during
Time.
8.
Great Gig in the Sky begins as
Dorothy is leaving
Professor Marvel’s wagon.
9. A
female voice can be heard saying
"I'm not afraid of dying" as images of the
tornado are shown.
10. The singing in
Great Gig in the Sky becomes mellow as
Dorothy is
knocked unconscious by the
shutter.
11.
Dorothy opens the door as the first
chaching! of
Money is heard.
At this point, it should be noted that
side one of original
Dark Side of the Moon record album is exactly as long as the first
black and white portion of the movie. The only time that
silence occurs between tracks on
Dark Side of the Moon is when the listener would have to switch to
side two, between
Great Gig in the Sky and
Money, corresponding nicely to the
black and white (
Kansas) and
color (
Oz) portions of the movie.
12. Ballerina
munchkins enter as
"us, us, us..." is heard in
Us and Them and three male
munchkins enter as "
me, me, me..." is heard.
13. The
wicked witch appears as
"black, black, black..." is heard and the shot changes to
Dorothy in her blue dress as
"blue, blue, blue..." is heard.
14.
"and who knows which is which and who is who" is heard in
Us and Them as both witches are in
Munchkin land.
15.
Brain Damage is heard as the
scarecrow is singing
If I Only Had a Brain.
"the lunatic is on the grass"
16. A
heartbeat is heard as
Dorothy listens to the
Tin Man’s chest.
The album ends here, but some say more connections can be found if the
CD is set to repeat. The album begins and ends with a
heartbeat, leading one to believe that the album was meant to be repeated like
The Wall. Others claim that more connections can be found if
Animals is started when
Dark Side of the Moon ends and tracks 2 through 5 of
Meddle are played after
Animals (odd, because
Meddle was recorded before both
Dark Side of the Moon and
Animals).
Sources:
http://www.ingsoc.com/waters/info/oz.html
http://www.dsom.com/features/oz_dsom.html