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The Sound of Music (soundtrack)

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Released
  
1965

Label
  
RCA Victor

Release date
  
1965

Genres
  
Jazz, Pop

Recorded
  
1964

Producer
  
Neely Plumb

Movie
  
The Sound of Music

Awards
  
Grammy Hall of Fame

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Length
  
45:20 (original) 76:47 (2005 re-issue) 62:10 (2010 re-issue)

Artists
  
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, London Theatre Orchestra & Cast, The Paul Smith Quartet

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The soundtrack of the film The Sound of Music was released in 1965. It reached number one in June of that year and spent a total of 70 weeks at the top over several runs. It was the biggest-selling album in the UK during 1965, 1966, and 1968 and the second biggest-selling of the entire decade. The Sound of Music also stayed 73 weeks on the Norwegian charts, becoming the seventh best-charting album of all time in that country.

Contents

There were differences between the 1959 Broadway soundtrack album and the 1965 soundtrack. Three songs from the Broadway production, "An Ordinary Couple", "How Can Love Survive?", and "No Way to Stop It" were cut and replaced with two new songs, "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good". For the original Broadway show, the music was written by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, but both the lyrics and the music for the two new songs were written by Richard Rodgers, as lyricist Hammerstein died in 1960.

All songs were arranged and conducted by Irwin Kostal.

Original vinyl track listing

  1. "Prelude and The Sound of Music" - Maria
  2. "Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus)" - Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
  3. "Morning Hymn and Alleluia" - Nuns Chorus
  4. "Maria" - Nuns Chorus
  5. "I Have Confidence" - Maria
  6. "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" - Rolf and Liesl
  7. "My Favorite Things" - Maria
  8. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - Mother Abbess
  9. "The Lonely Goatherd" - Maria and the Children
  10. "The Sound of Music" - The Children and the Captain
  11. "Do-Re-Mi" - Maria and the Children
  12. "Something Good" - Maria and the Captain
  13. "Processional and Maria" - Organ, Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
  14. "Edelweiss" - The Captain, Maria, the Children and Chorus
  15. "So Long, Farewell" - The Children
  16. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain (reprise)" - Chorus and Orchestra

40th Anniversary Edition

  1. "Prelude / The Sound of Music" - 2:45
  2. "Overture / Preludium (Dixit Dominus)" - 3:14
  3. "Morning Hymn / Alleluia" - 2:03
  4. "Maria" - 3:18
  5. "I Have Confidence" - 3:27
  6. "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" - 3:18
  7. "My Favorite Things" - 2:19
  8. "Do-Re-Mi" - 5:33
  9. "The Sound of Music" - 2:12
  10. "The Lonely Goatherd" - 3:11*
  11. "Edelweiss" - 2:17*
  12. "Laendler" - 2:27*
  13. "So Long, Farewell" - 2:25
  14. "Entr'acte" - 2:08**
  15. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - 2:17
  16. "My Favorite Things" (reprise) - 1:17**
  17. "Something Good" - 3:18
  18. "Processional / Maria" - 2:27
  19. "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" (reprise) - 3:05
  20. "Do-Re-Mi" (reprise) - 1:20**
  21. "Edelweiss" (reprise) - 1:50
  22. "So Long, Farewell" (reprise) - 1:59**
  23. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (reprise) - 1:21
  24. "Finale" - 0:43**
  25. "credits" - 63:12
  26. "Robert Wise Interview" - 5:25
  27. "Richard Rodgers Interview" - 5:31
  28. "Charmian Carr Interview" - 5:07

(*) Film version, not on original soundtrack
(**) Previously unreleased

45th Anniversary Edition

  1. "Prelude / The Sound of Music" - 2:45
  2. "Overture / Preludium (Dixit Dominus)" - 3:14
  3. "Morning Hymn / Alleluia" - 2:03
  4. "Maria" - 3:18
  5. "I Have Confidence" - 3:27
  6. "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" - 3:18
  7. "My Favorite Things" - 2:19
  8. "Do-Re-Mi" - 5:33
  9. "The Sound of Music" - 2:12
  10. "The Lonely Goatherd" - 3:11*
  11. "Edelweiss" - 2:17*
  12. "Laendler" - 2:27*
  13. "So Long, Farewell" - 2:25
  14. "Entr'acte" - 2:08
  15. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - 2:17
  16. "My Favorite Things" (reprise) - 1:17
  17. "Something Good" - 3:18
  18. "Processional / Maria" - 2:27
  19. "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" (reprise) - 3:05*
  20. "Do-Re-Mi" (reprise) - 1:20
  21. "Edelweiss" (reprise) - 1:50
  22. "So Long, Farewell" (reprise) - 1:59
  23. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (reprise) - 1:21
  24. "Finale" - 0:43
  25. "My Favorite Things" (Bonus track) - Lea Michele - 1:21**
  26. "Prelude / The Sound of Music" (Karaoke) (Barnes & Noble exclusive bonus track) - 2:43
  27. "My Favorite Things" (Karaoke) (Barnes & Noble exclusive bonus track) - 2:16
  28. "Do-Re-Mi" (Karaoke) (Barnes & Noble exclusive bonus track) - 5:30
  29. "Edelweiss" (Karaoke) (Barnes & Noble exclusive bonus track) - 2:16

50th Anniversary Special Edition [Reissue]

  1. "Prelude and The Sound of Music" - 3:32 *
  2. "Overture / Preludium / Dixit Dominus / Morning Hymn / Alleluia" - 5:15 *
  3. "Maria" - 3:13
  4. "I Have Confidence" - 3:26
  5. "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" - 4:53 *
  6. "My Favorite Things / Salzburg Montage" - 4:10 *
  7. "Do-Re-Mi" - 5:32
  8. "The Sound of Music" - 2:10
  9. "The Lonely Goatherd" - 3:10
  10. "Edelweiss" - 2:17
  11. "Grand Waltz" - 2:19 *
  12. "Laendler" - 2:34
  13. "So Long, Farewell" - 2:58
  14. "Processional Waltz" - 1:19 *
  15. "Goodbye Maria / How Can Love Survive Waltz" - 1:17 *
  16. "Edelweiss Waltz" - 1:05 *
  17. "Entr'acte" - 2:07
  18. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - 2:37 *
  19. "My Favorite Things" (reprise) - 1:15
  20. "Something Good" - 3:31 *
  21. "Processional and Maria (The Wedding)" - 2:26
  22. "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" (reprise) - 3:04
  23. "Do-Re-Mi" (reprise) - :56
  24. "Edelweiss" (reprise) - 1:49
  25. "So Long, Farewell" (reprise) - 1:57
  26. "Nuns And Nazis / Escape / Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (reprise) - 4:47 *
  27. "End Titles" - :38

(*) Extended Version

Songs

1Prelude / The Sound of MusicJulie Andrews2:38
2Overture / Preludium (Dixit Dominus)[theatre]3:17
3Morning Hymn / Alleluia[theatre]2:04

References

The Sound of Music (soundtrack) Wikipedia