Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a soundtrack album to the 1964 Rankin/Bass television special of the same name.

The original cast recordings from the TV special (side "A" of the original LP release) are supplemented with instrumental versions recorded by the Decca Concert Orchestra (on side "B") on the Compact Disc version.

All songs used in the television special were written by Johnny Marks.

The original LP album was first released in 1964, however didn't become hugely successful until years later when it was reissued as a CD in 1995.

[3] The album has sold 1,411,200 copies in the United States since 1991 when SoundScan began tracking sales.