Winning eight Tony Awards in 1979, including Best Musical and Best Score, Sweeney Todd returned to Broadway in 2006 and became a Tim Burton film in 2007. This recording of songs from Sweeney Todd features 16 of Stephen Sondheim's compositions.

There are 32 tracks on this album: Tracks 1-16 contain the background tracks and guide vocals; tracks 17-32 contain the accompaniment tracks alone.  This album is a re-recording in the original show key and show tempo.