Music Works Wonders, known during production as Elmo's Wonderful World of Music, was originally sent out on VHS to educators in partnership with the American Music Conference. The special runs twenty-two minutes long, with a Spanish-language track version following immediately. The cassette came in a kit of additional material meant to aid in teaching kids about and getting involved with music.
The special was later issued on a commercial DVD which was sold in Toys R Us stores for $0.01 with the purchase of another Sesame Street DVD.
It was also included as a special feature on What's the Name of That Song?.
The full video is currently available as a free video download from Sesame Workshop via the iTunes Store as part of the Learn Along with Sesame series.
Credits
- Kevin Clash as Elmo
- John Tartaglia as Hoots
- Carmen Osbahr as Rosita
- Martin P. Robinson as Telly
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
- Bob McGrath as Bob
- Joseph Mazzarino
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo
- Pam Arciero
- Matt Vogel
- Jim Martin
- Michael Lisa
- Frankie Cordero
- A JoLee Entertainment Production
- Directed by Ken Diego
- Written by Annie Evans and Luis Santeiro
- Produced by Joseph Pipher
- Co-produced by Kevin Clash
- Music Composed and Arranged by Mike Renzi
- Lyrics by Luis Santeiro
- Children:
- Uzma Arif on guiro
- Khalidah Chin on violin
- Sarah Lewis on marimba
- Ajmal Mirzai on trumpet
- Roman Piwinkski on piano
- Kelsey Collins, Avery Homer, Tae Markey, Jesse Ortiz, Juliana Velez, Mate Velez
- Music therapist in school scene:
- Ilene Berger Morris