Funny Girl is the soundtrack album to the 1968 musical film of the same name, performed by its star Barbra Streisand. Released on the vinyl album format in stereo in 1968, the soundtrack was subsequently released in quadraphonic sound vinyl, cassette, and compact disc. The titles "Second Hand Rose" and "Exit Music" are omitted from the commercially released soundtrack editions. The soundtrack is featured in "Billboard Greatest albums of all time".,[2]National Public Radio's "The Greatest Albums Made By Women" [3]
Lyricist Bob Merrill and composer Jule Styne wrote some original songs for the film - "I'm the Greatest Star", "People", "Don't Rain on My Parade", "You are Woman, I am Man". These songs are more melodically and formally complex than usual Tin Pan Alley songs that were popular during that time. "People" uses the verse chorus structure commonly found in earlier showtunes.[4]