The album features archival vocal recordings of Presley accompanied by new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

It also features duets with Canadian singer Michael Bublé and Italian trio Il Volo.

If I Can Dream was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, and it was produced by Nick Patrick and Don Reedman,[8] with piano orchestration (and assistant musical director duties on the accompanying world tour) by Dominic Ferris.

The project was backed by Priscilla Presley, who participated in the proceedings and was co-executive producer of the album.

It culminated with a performance at Graceland with Priscilla Presley for the Elvis 40th Anniversary celebration [14][15] This is the album I think he always would have wanted to do.

On January 5, 2016, The Independent reported that the album was the 12th best-selling home entertainment title of 2015, which, along with the tremendous success of the aforementioned Adele and Sheeran albums, helped drive a 4% increase in UK music sales with respect of those of 2014.

[19] Due to the inclusion of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, this marked the first time a Presley record had entered that chart.