The Sound of Music (1965 Film Soundtrack - 40th Anniversary Special Edition) [Original recording remastered, Soundtrack, Extra tracks]

Julie Andrews (Artist), Marni Nixon (Artist), Christopher Plummer (Artist), Rodgers & Hammerstein (Composer), Irwin Kostal (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Irwin Kostal
• Composer: Rodgers & Hammerstein
• Audio CD (November 8, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack, Extra tracks
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000BFNZAQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (277 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,396 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #33 in Music > Broadway & Vocalists > Musicals > Classic Musicals

Track Listings

1. Prelude And The Sound Of Music

2. Overture And Preludium (Dixit Dominus)

3. Morning Hymn And Alleluia

4. maria

5. I Have Confidence

6. Sixteen Going On Seventeen

7. My Favorite Things

8. Do-Re-Mi

9. The Sound Of Music

10. The Lonely Goatherd

11. Edelweiss

12. Laendler

13. So Long, Farewell

14. Ent'acte

15. Climb Ev'ry Mountain

16. My Favorite Things

17. Something Good

18. Processional And Maria (The Wedding)

19. Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Reprise)

20. Do-Re-Mi (Reprise)

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2006 celebrates 40 years of the world's most beloved movie musical. The 40th anniversary edition features four unreleased bonus tracks, interviews and more. Sony. 2005.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

102 of 105 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST OF ALL THE OTHERS - ALMOST COMPLETES THE SET August 24, 2000

By W. Budris

Format:Audio CD

I was impressed with the sound and soundtrack order of the previous 30th Anniversary edition, which so improved the original CD issue. This new double 35th Anniversary edition puts most of the icing on the cake. It does make a lot of corrections, but does not completely fill a few minor voids. There are millions of people who have seen this movie soooooo many times on the screen, TV, wore out a couple of vinyl copies, etc. We know this soundtrack backwards, forwards, in our sleep, and even the macho-est of men I've heard humming My Favorite Things. This CD adds the missing original issues that were heard with the on-screen film, and only previously available via Laser Disc, or on Fox Cassette if you bought that version of the re-release on video. I have this tape, and have compared Disc 2 to it. Disc 1 is still the soundtrack that was issued for the 30th. Disc 2 uses most of the tracks from the tape and laser version. Per my tape, this new disc has omitted the DO-RE-MI REPRISE during the Folk Festival (what I affectionately call the "TEA WITH JAM & BREAD MIX"), plus some instrumental music. It is nice to have what they added. However, what is also missing is the Grand Finale to Act 1 of the film and just prior when the Baroness is looking for the Captain after she has left Maria in her room. When she is searching for the Captain before going into the Grand Ballroom and meets up with Max, the background music is playing a waltzy version of the omitted HOW CAN LOVE SURVIVE, that was in the stage show. After her conversation, she finds the Captain and the Edelweiss waltz plays while Maria sneaks away to that grand orchestral finish of Act 1. I would assume that in the future, probably on the 50th Anniversary, there will be a complete soundtrack issued including all these other missing gems. I could have probably lived without the Richard Rodgers interview added, but this could have been added as a bonus disc for initial release, then removed later leaving all the music to tell the story. Regardless of these detailed flaws, this is still a very priceless collection of 97% of all the soundtrack. From the first time I heard it in the theatre in 1967, Irwin Kostal's conducting and the final result has stayed with me all these years. It is truly magical, can put you in a good mood and will always remain a stand-out part of our film history. I highly recommend this issue.

74 of 75 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sound of Near-Perfection January 8, 2006

By Yi-Peng

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I am very happy that this 40th Anniversary edition of THE SOUND OF MUSIC Soundtrack is a vast improvement over any of the previous RCA CD issues. For the first time, it presents ALL the song cues in the order of the film, and the RCA tapes have never sounded better. Dame Julie's sterling portrayal of Maria is reason enough to plump for this CD, and her crystalline voice has never sounded better. She is ably backed by the critic-proof cast including Bill Lee's down-to-earth Captain, Margery McKay's Mother Abbess, and the glorious septet of children. This CD presents the tracks from the original RCA album, in more dynamic sound than on previous CDs, in sound that positively shines. These tracks intermingle with the Captain's first version of Edelweiss with Liesl, the Laendler and the Sixteen Going on Seventeen reprise. They are all lovingly incorporated into the soundtrack and the presentation is perhaps enough to rival the superb sounding Fox gold CD. This CD also includes the reprises of My Favourite Things, Do-Re-Mi and So Long, Farewell, and the Entr'acte and End Titles. They all make their CD debut, except that the tinny sound quality sounds like the producers recorded it off a videocassette or a DVD of the movie, because you can hear some dialogue and sound effects and a funny sound quality. All-told, although I do wish that the CD producers used the 20th-Century Fox tracks exclusively for this release and utilised longer versions of the Preludium and the reprise of Edelweiss, this CD offers wonderful sound quality despite some tape hiss in the RCA tracks. The booklet contains some coloured stills from the film, yet I lament that it lacks not just the lyrics but a detailed analysis of the musical, the filming and a soundtrack annotation. Overall, a wonderful presentation of a justly-celebrated soundtrack and a true sign that this soundtrack is getting the proper treatment it deserves. What more needs to be said than BUY IT NOW.

47 of 49 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars the best edition of the soundtrack yet November 29, 2005

By LightJesusMaryLover

Format:Audio CD

Finally! Every song cue is here, including the reprises of "My Favorite Things" (sung by the children and Maria upon her return to the von Trapp villa) and "So Long, Farewell" (sung by Maria, the Captain, and the children as they make their exits from the music festival). These two tracks weren't even available on such otherwise complete sets as the 35th anniversary two-disc set and the 24-karat gold disc that came only with the 30th anniversary laserdisc set (those sets did have instrumental background music that's not available on this disc). It may seem silly to purchase yet another copy of this (exquisite) recording, but for completists like myself, it's delightful to have all of the songs on a disc at last.