MASH Robert Altman

Soundtrack music

Johnny Mandel composed incidental music used throughout the film. Also heard on the soundtrack are Japanese vocal renditions of such songs as "Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy", "My Blue Heaven", "Happy Days Are Here Again", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", and "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo"; impromptu performances of "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "When the Lights Go On Again", and "Hail to the Chief" by cast members; and the instrumental "Washington Post March" during the climactic football game.

M*A*S*H features the song "Suicide Is Painless",[19] with music by Mandel and lyrics by Mike Altman, the director's then 14-year-old son. The version heard under the opening credits was sung by uncredited session vocalists John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Ron Hicklin, and Ian Freebairn-Smith; on the single release, the song is attributed to "The Mash". The song is reprised later in the film by Pvt. Seidman (played by Ken Prymus) in the scene in which Painless attempts to commit suicide.

Soundtrack album

Columbia Masterworks issued a soundtrack album of the film in 1970 (all songs by Johnny Mandel unless otherwise noted):

1. "Suicide Is Painless (Michael Altman, lyrics and Johnny Mandel, music)"[19]
2. "Duke and Hawkeye Arrive at M.A.S.H."
3. "The Operating Theater" / "Happy Days Are Here Again"
4. "Major Houlihan and Major Burns"
5. "Painless Suicide, Funeral, and Resurrection"
6. "'Hot Lips' Shows Her True Colors" / "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
7. "Moments to Remember" / "Happy Days Are Here Again"
8. "The Football Game"
9. "Going Home" / "Happy Days Are Here Again"
10. "M.A.S.H. Theme (Instrumental)" by Ahmad Jamal
11. "Dedication Scroll" / "Jeep Ride"
12. "The Jig’s Up"
13. "To Japan"
14. "Japanese Children's Hospital"
15. "Tent Scene"
16. "Kill ’Em, Galop"