The Sound of Music [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Irwin Kostal

Overview

When the film version of the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music, the final collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened in March 1965, it became the highest grossing movie in history up to that time and went on to win the Academy award for best picture. The accompanying soundtrack did not do as well, probably because many households already possessed copies of the massively successful original Broadway cast album. But it did manage to hit number one and spend four-and-a-half years on the charts. (As of 2000, RCA was claiming North American sales of 11 million copies, though the album had never been certified beyond the gold level.) It was a very different recording from the Broadway LP. The main difference, of course, was the substitution of Julie Andrews for Mary Martin in the starring role of Maria, the postulant who leaves an Austrian convent to marry a wealthy naval captain with seven children. Martin, at whose behest the show was written, was a 45-year-old Broadway veteran when she started to play Maria, a real person who had been 21 when the events depicted in the show began. Martin relied on her considerable charm to mask the age difference. But she had displayed little interest in film during her career, and could hardly have been cast in the movie version after the age of 50 in any case. Andrews, though also a Broadway veteran, having starred in My Fair Lady (and, ironically, been passed over for the film version) among other shows, was only in her late 20s. Fresh from her Academy award-winning appearance in the title role of Mary Poppins, she was well-placed to play another children's nanny and proved to be superb in the film as well as on the soundtrack album (though performances gauged for the screen sometimes came off as overly exuberant on record, particularly "Do-Re-Mi"). Irwin Kostal's arrangements were much more ornate than those of Robert Russell Bennett for the Broadway show. The film version eliminated songs as "How Can Love Survive?" and "No Way to Stop It" that had been performed by supporting characters; also, the duet "An Ordinary Couple" was gone, replaced by "Something Good." (Hammerstein had died, and Rodgers supplied his own lyrics to this new song and to "I Have Confidence," which Andrews put across winningly.) Popular as the film may have been, the soundtrack album was worth owning primarily because of Julie Andrews, and the original Broadway cast album remained definitive. Since no edition of the album accurately credits the singers, it should be noted that Bill Lee's singing voice has been dubbed in for Christopher Plummer, who plays the romantic lead Captain von Trapp, and that it is Margery McKay who is singing, not the screen actress Peggy Wood, as Mother Abbess on "Climb Ev'ry Mountain." ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/02/2024
Label:	Craft Recordings
UPC:	0888072593619
Rank:	32454

Tracks

Disc 1

1. The Sound of Music~Act I: Prelude and The Sound of Music
2. The Sound of Music~Act I: Overture
3. The Sound of Music~Act I: Preludium (Dixit Dominus)
4. The Sound of Music~Act I: Morning Hymn and Alleluia
5. The Sound of Music~Act I: Maria
6. The Sound of Music~Act I: I Have Confidence
7. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Little Dears
8. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Gazebo
9. The Sound of Music~Act I: Sixteen Going on Seventeen
10. The Sound of Music~Act I: New Governess
11. The Sound of Music~Act I: My Favorite Things (Part 1)
12. The Sound of Music~Act I: My Favorite Things (Part 2) and Salzburg Montage
13. The Sound of Music~Act I: Do-Re-Mi
14. The Sound of Music~Act I: Alleluia (Reprise)
15. The Sound of Music~Act I: You Must Help It
16. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Sound of Music (Reprise)
17. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Captain Apologizes
18. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Lonely Goatherd
19. The Sound of Music~Act I: Edelweiss (Duet)
20. The Sound of Music~Act I: Grand Waltz
21. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Laendler
22. The Sound of Music~Act I: So Long, Farewell
23. The Sound of Music~Act I: Processional Waltz
24. The Sound of Music~Act I: Goodbye, Maria (How Can Love Survive?)
25. The Sound of Music~Act I: Edelweiss Waltz (Act I Finale)

Disc 2

26. The Sound of Music~Act II: Entr'acte
27. The Sound of Music~Act II: The Sound of Music (Fragment)
28. The Sound of Music~Act II: Children to the Abbey
29. The Sound of Music~Act II: Morning Hymn
30. The Sound of Music~Act II: Climb Ev'ry Mountain
31. The Sound of Music~Act II: My Favorite Things (Reprise)
32. The Sound of Music~Act II: Nocturne
33. The Sound of Music~Act II: Nocturne
34. The Sound of Music~Act II: Something Good
35. The Sound of Music~Act II: Processional and Maria
36. The Sound of Music~Act II: The Laendler
37. The Sound of Music~Act II: Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise)
38. The Sound of Music~Act II: Unthinkable
39. The Sound of Music~Act II: Do-Re-Mi (Festival Reprise)
40. The Sound of Music~Act II: Edelweiss (Festival Reprise)
41. The Sound of Music~Act II: So Long, Farewell (Festival Reprise)
42. The Sound of Music~Act II: The Awards Fanfare
43. The Sound of Music~Act II: Nuns and Nazis
44. The Sound of Music~Act II: Escape
45. The Sound of Music~Act II: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise)
46. The Sound of Music~Act II: End Cast
47. Richard Rodgers Speaks
48. Robert Wise Interview
49. Richard Rodgers Interview
50. Charmian Carr Interview

Disc 3

51. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Prelude and The Sound of Music
52. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus)
53. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Morning Hymn and Alleluia
54. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Maria
55. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~I Have Confidence
56. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Sixteen Going on Seventeen
57. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~My Favorite Things
58. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Do-Re-Mi
59. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~The Sound of Music
60. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~The Lonely Goatherd
61. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~So Long, Farewell
62. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Climb Ev'ry Mountain
63. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Something Good
64. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Processional and Maria
65. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Edelweiss
66. The Sound of Music (original sountrack)~Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise)
67. The Sound of Music (additional music)~I Have Confidence (Demo)
68. The Sound of Music (additional music)~Salzburg Montage (Discrete)
69. The Sound of Music (additional music)~Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise)
70. The Sound of Music (additional music)~Edelweiss (Without Chorus)

Disc 4

71. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~Prelude and The Sound of Music (Alternate)
72. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~I Have Confidence (Alternate)
73. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Alternate)
74. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~My Favorite Things (Alternate)
75. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~The Sound of Music (Reprise) (Alternate)
76. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~Edelweiss (Duet) (Alternate)
77. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~The Laendler (Alternate)
78. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Alternate)
79. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~My Favorite Things (Reprise) (Alternate)
80. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~Something Good (Alternate)
81. The Sound of Music (Alternate / Playbacks)~Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) (Alternate)
82. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~The Sound of Music
83. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Maria
84. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~I Have Confidence
85. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Sixteen Going on Seventeen
86. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~My Favorite Things
87. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Do-Re-Mi
88. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~The Sound of Music (Reprise)
89. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~The Lonely Goatherd
90. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Edelweiss (Duet)
91. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~So Long, Farewell
92. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Climb Ev'ry Mountain
93. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Something Good
94. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Processional and Maria (Part 1)
95. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Processional and Maria (Part 2)
96. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise)
97. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Do-Re-Mi (Festival Reprise)
98. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Edelweiss (Festival Reprise)
99. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~So Long, Farewell (Festival Reprise)
100. The Sound of Music (Instrumentals)~Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise)

Disc 5

101. The Sound of Music~Act I: Prelude and The Sound of Music
102. The Sound of Music~Act I: Overture
103. The Sound of Music~Act I: Preludium (Dixit Dominus)
104. The Sound of Music~Act I: Morning Hymn and Alleluia
105. The Sound of Music~Act I: Maria
106. The Sound of Music~Act I: I Have Confidence
107. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Little Dears
108. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Gazebo
109. The Sound of Music~Act I: Sixteen Going on Seventeen
110. The Sound of Music~Act I: New Governess
111. The Sound of Music~Act I: My Favorite Things (Part 1)
112. The Sound of Music~Act I: My Favorite Things (Part 2) and Salzburg Montage
113. The Sound of Music~Act I: Do-Re-Mi
114. The Sound of Music~Act I: Alleluia (Reprise)
115. The Sound of Music~Act I: You Must Help It
116. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Sound of Music (Reprise)
117. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Captain Apologizes
118. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Lonely Goathered
119. The Sound of Music~Act I: Edelweiss (Duet)
120. The Sound of Music~Act I: Grand Waltz
121. The Sound of Music~Act I: The Laendler
122. The Sound of Music~Act I: So Long, Farewell
123. The Sound of Music~Act I: Processional Waltz
124. The Sound of Music~Act I: Goodbye, Maria (How Can Love Survive?)
125. The Sound of Music~Act I: Edelweiss Waltz
126. The Sound of Music~Act II: Entr'acte
127. The Sound of Music~Act II: The Sound of Music (Fragment)
128. The Sound of Music~Act II: Children to the Abbey
129. The Sound of Music~Act II: Morning Hymn
130. The Sound of Music~Act II: Climb Ev'ry Mountain
131. The Sound of Music~Act II: My Favorite Things (Reprise)
132. The Sound of Music~Act II: Nocturne
133. The Sound of Music~Act II: Nocturne
134. The Sound of Music~Act II: Something Good
135. The Sound of Music~Act II: Processional and Maria
136. The Sound of Music~Act II: The Laendler
137. The Sound of Music~Act II: Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise)
138. The Sound of Music~Act II: Unthinkable
139. The Sound of Music~Act II: Do-Re-Mi (Festival Reprise)
140. The Sound of Music~Act II: Edelweiss (Festival Reprise)
141. The Sound of Music~Act II: So Long, Farewell (Festival Reprise)
142. The Sound of Music~Act II: The Awards Fanfare
143. The Sound of Music~Act II: Nuns and Nazis
144. The Sound of Music~Act II: Escape
145. The Sound of Music~Act II: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise)
146. The Sound of Music~Act II: End Cast
147. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Prelude and The Sound of Music
148. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus)
149. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Morning Hymn and Alleluia
150. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Maria
151. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~I Have Confidence
152. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Sixteen Going on Seventeen
153. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~My Favorite Things
154. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Do-Re-Mi
155. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~The Sound of Music
156. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~The Lonely Goatherd
157. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~So Long, Farewell
158. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Climb Ev'ry Mountain
159. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Something Good
160. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Processional and Maria
161. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Edelweiss
162. The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack)~Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rodgers & Hammerstein   Primary Artist
Christopher Plummer   Primary Artist,Vocals
Julie Andrews   Primary Artist,Vocals
Irwin Kostal   Primary Artist,Conductor
Children   Primary Artist
Nuns Chorus   Primary Artist
The Orchestra   Primary Artist
The Captain   Primary Artist
Maria   Primary Artist
The Children   Primary Artist
Liesl   Primary Artist
Mother Abbess   Primary Artist
Organ   Primary Artist
Rolf   Primary Artist
Coro Di Bambini Del Suono Della Musica   Primary Artist
Dan Truhitte   Primary Artist,Vocals
Chorus   Primary Artist
Michael Siberry   Primary Artist
Camillo Felgen   Primary Artist
Robert Wise   Primary Artist,Director,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Peter Beil   Primary Artist
Patti Cohenour   Primary Artist
Richard Rodgers   Primary Artist,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Rebecca Luker   Primary Artist
Bill Lee   Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals,Vocals
Die Sunnies Und Orchester   Primary Artist
Die Wiener Grossstadtkinder   Primary Artist
Luciana Brandi   Primary Artist
Orchestra Del Suono Della Musica   Primary Artist
Choeur De Nonnes La Melodie Du Bonheur   Primary Artist
Ensemble Vocal D'enfants La Mélodie Du Bonheur   Primary Artist
Orchestre La Melodie Du Bonheur   Primary Artist
Dick Stroud   Primary Artist
Portia Nelson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Buddy Cole   Primary Artist
Karat   Primary Artist
Charmian Carr   Primary Artist,Vocals,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Debbie Turner   Primary Artist,Vocals
Fred Applegate   Primary Artist
Anton Valery   Primary Artist
Sara Zelle   Primary Artist
Jan Maxwell   Primary Artist
Angela Cartwright   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mathe Altery   Primary Artist
Kim Karath   Primary Artist
Nicholas Hammond   Primary Artist,Vocals
Herta Staal   Primary Artist
Duane Chase   Primary Artist,Vocals
Heather Menzies   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ada Beth Lee   Primary Artist,Vocals
Dashiell Eaves   Primary Artist
Nicole Robin   Primary Artist
Dominique Tirmont   Primary Artist
Kym Karath   Primary Artist,Vocals
Evadne Baker   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ursula Schirrmacher   Primary Artist
Doreen Tryden   Primary Artist
Peggy Wood   Primary Artist,Vocals
Marni Nixon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Margery Mackay   Primary Artist,Vocals
Die Sunnies   Primary Artist
Anna Lee   Primary Artist,Vocals
Giuseppe Rinaldi   Primary Artist
Tina Centi   Primary Artist
Franco Bolignari   Primary Artist
Christl Skoda   Primary Artist
Coro Delle Monache Del Suono Della Musica   Primary Artist
Coro Del Suono Della Musica   Primary Artist
Michael Markman   Violin
Paula Hochhalter   Cello
Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
Pam Reswick   Keyboards
The Sound of Music Pit Orchestra   Orchestra
Sound of Music Cast Ensemble   Choir/Chorus
Lea Michele   Vocals
Nicolas Hammond   Vocals
Edith Markman   Violin
Harper MacKay   Piano
Daniel Truhitte   Vocals
Gene Sirronen   Horn
Richard Haydn   Vocals
Doreen Trydon   Vocals

Technical Credits

Jeremy Holiday   Artist Coordination
Lily Lew   Packaging Manager
Dan Truhitte   Performer
E.K. Johnson   Composer
John Norman   Engineer,Recording,Original Engineering
Tom Burleigh   Project Director
Darcy Proper   Reissue Producer,Reissue Mastering
Didier C. Deutsch   Reissue Producer
Peggy Wood   Performer
Christopher Plummer   Performer
Bill Lacey   Restoration
Robert Wise   Interviewee
Irwin Kostal   Leader,Arranger,Performer,Orchestration
Paul Blakemore   Mastering Engineer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer,Lyricist
Richard Rodgers   Text,Writer,Composer,Lyricist,Interviewee
Portia Nelson   Performer
Pam Reswick   Producer,Programming
Richard King   Mastering Engineer
Andrew Logan   Producer
Bill Lee   Performer
Nuns Chorus   Performer
Karat   Performer
Charmian Carr   Performer,Interviewee
Bert Fink   Liner Notes
Richard Rogers   Composer
Howard Fritzson   Art Direction
Debbie Turner   Performer
Robert Tucker   Vocal Supervision
Murray Spivak   Engineer
Angela Cartwright   Performer
Kim Karath   Performer
Robert Mayer   Editing,Music Editor
Nicholas Hammond   Performer
Duane Chase   Performer
Murray Spivack   Original Engineering
Douglas William   Original Engineering
Boris Leven   Production Design
Heather Menzies   Performer
Douglas Williams   Engineer
Ken Fredette   Design
Marc Breaux   Choreographer
Steve Berkowitz   A&R
Deedee Wood   Choreographer
Damon Tedesco   Mixing
The Orchestra   Performer
Glenn Kormann   Research
Sabeon Ahmad   Photo Research
Kym Karath   Performer
Evadne Baker   Performer
Lyn Koppe   Project Director
Judith Crist   Liner Notes
David Stroud   Interviewer
Spoken Word   Composer
Mike Hartry   Tape Transfer
Mike Kull   Research
Joy Gilbert Manfried   Project Director
Saul Chaplin   Associate Producer
Julie Andrews   Performer
Nick Redman   Producer
Marni Nixon   Performer
Neely Plumb   Producer,Recording Producer,Original Album Producer
Matthew Kelly   Research
Liz Reilly   Photo Research
Jessica Lizzio   Project Director
Unspecified   Composer
Gene Sirronen   Horn Arrangements
Anna Lee   Performer
Maria & the Captain   Performer