Craft Recordings and Rodgers & Hammerstein announced Wednesday that a new super deluxe edition of “The Sound of Music” soundtrack will hit stores on December 1st, featuring well over 40 previously unreleased tracks.
The super deluxe version brings together all the musical elements of the iconic 1965 film for the first time and includes instrumentals for every song as well as 11 never-before-heard alternate recordings, including rare performances from the cast led by Julie Andrews.
For die-hard fans, there is now a definitive $109 box set with four CDs, 1 Blu-Ray audio disc of the entire score and extensive liner notes by preservationist Mike Matessino, available for pre-order now.
“You will hear what you have heard before, famous songs with the mellifluous tones of Dame Julie Andrews leading the way,” Matessino wrote in his essay.
“But the experience has changed beyond what the 1965 soundtrack album offered – with expansions of the songs, a brilliantly arranged undertone and even some segments that were not used in the finished version of the film.”
The hills are alive! Craft Recordings and Rodgers & Hammerstein announced Wednesday that a new super deluxe edition of “The Sound of Music” soundtrack will hit stores on December 1st, featuring well over 40 previously unreleased tracks
Fans can listen/download the unearthed alternate version of the film’s opening track, Prelude/The Sound of Music, available now on YouTube and streamers.
The newly expanded, remastered and remixed three-CD vinyl edition is available in black and “Picnic Meadow Green” for $76.
Curiously, the two-disc CD version of the Super Deluxe Edition costs $25, while the digital version of the Super Deluxe Edition costs $40.
And for just $10, Craft Recordings is releasing a remastered version of the original 16-track soundtrack, which sold over 20 million copies worldwide and topped the Billboard 200 in 1965.
The Sound of Music soundtrack — featuring hits like “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi” and “Edelweiss” — was reissued at least five more times in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015.
Robert Wise’s critically acclaimed masterpiece is based on the 1959 Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, originally adapted from Maria Augusta von Trapp’s 1949 memoir “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.”
“The Sound of Music” also won five Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Wise), Best Actress (Julie Andrews), Best Original Score (Irwin Kostal) and Best Sound (James Corcoran and Fred Hynes).
The Nazi drama, set in Austria, was ranked 55th best American film by the American Film Institute in 1998.
Favorite things! The super deluxe version brings together all the musical elements of the iconic 1965 film for the first time and includes instrumentals for every song as well as eleven never-before-heard alternate recordings, including rare performances from the cast led by Julie Andrews (pictured).
Available for pre-order now! For die-hard fans, there’s a definitive $109 box set with four CDs, 1 Blu-Ray audio disc of the entire score and extensive liner notes by preservationist Mike Matessino
Available now! Fans can listen/download the unearthed alternate version of the film’s opening track, Prelude/The Sound of Music
Nazi drama set in Austria: Robert Wise’s critically acclaimed masterpiece is based on the 1959 Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, originally adapted from Maria Augusta von Trapp’s 1949 memoir “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.” was adapted
‘We are family’: Andrews reunited with her castmates (from left) Debbie Turner, Angela Cartwright, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath and Duane Chase during her AFI Life Achievement Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood last year
![As for her late leading man Christopher Plummer, who died in 2021 at the age of 91, the 87-year-old living legend told TODAY at the time: “I loved it [him]. We were friends for years.](https://www.spamchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1695854676_791_The-new-deluxe-soundtrack-of-The-Sound-of-Music-features.jpeg "The new deluxe soundtrack of The Sound of Music features over 40 unreleased songs by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer 9")
As for her late leading man Christopher Plummer, who died in 2021 at the age of 91, the 87-year-old living legend told TODAY at the time: “I loved it [him]. We were friends for years.
Check your local listings! Fans can also attend the annual Sound of Music Sing-A-Long events held everywhere from the Music Box Theater in Chicago, IL to the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, CA (pictured in 2019).
And in 2001, the US Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, deeming it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Andrews reunited with her castmates Nicholas Hammond, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner and Kym Karath during her AFI Life Achievement Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood last year.
“We do stay in touch, but not really on a regular basis,” the 87-year-old living legend told TODAY at the time.
“I mean, Christmas, maybe birthdays and definitely get-togethers, but we’ve just bonded so strongly that I think we’re family anyway.”
About her late leading actor Christopher Plummer, who died in 2021 at the age of 91, Julie gushed: “I loved him [him]. “We were friends for years.”
Fans can also browse local listings for annual Sound of Music Sing-A-Long events held everywhere from the Music Box Theater in Chicago, IL to the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, CA.