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 decade after the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Sound of Music also stayed 73 weeks on the Norwegian charts, becoming the seventh best-charting album of all time in that country.
Three songs from the Broadway production, "An Ordinary Couple", "How Can Love Survive?", and "No Way to Stop It" were 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; the lyrics and music for the new songs were written by Rodgers, as Hammerstein died in 1960. All songs were arranged and conducted by Irwin Kostal.
Original vinyl track listing
- "Prelude and The Sound of Music" - Maria
- "Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus)" - Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
- "Morning Hymn and Alleluia" - Nuns Chorus
- "Maria" - Nuns Chorus
- "I Have Confidence" - Maria
- "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" - Rolf and Liesl
- "My Favorite Things" - Maria
- "Do-Re-Mi" - Maria and the Children
- "The Sound of Music" - The Children and the Captain
- "The Lonely Goatherd" - Maria and the Children
- "So Long, Farewell" - The Children
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - Mother Abbess
- "Something Good" - Maria and the Captain
- "Edelweiss" - The Captain, Maria, the Children and Chorus
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain (reprise)" - Chorus and Orchestra
40th Anniversary Edition
- "Prelude / The Sound of Music" - 2:45
- "Overture / Preludium (Dixit Dominus)" - 3:14
- "Morning Hymn / Alleluia" - 2:03
- "Maria" - 3:18
- "I Have Confidence" - 3:27
- "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" - 3:18
- "My Favorite Things" - 2:19
- "Do-Re-Mi" - 5:33
- "The Sound of Music" - 2:12
- "The Lonely Goatherd" - 3:11*
- "Edelweiss" - 2:17*
- "Laendler" - 2:27*
- "So Long, Farewell" - 2:25
- "Entr'acte" - 2:08**
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - 2:17
- "My Favorite Things" (reprise) - 1:17**
- "Something Good" - 3:18
- "Processional / Maria" - 2:27
- "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" (reprise) - 3:05
- "Do-Re-Mi" (reprise) - 1:20**
- "Edelweiss" (reprise) - 1:50
- "So Long, Farewell" (reprise) - 1:59**
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (reprise) - 1:21
- "Finale" - 0:43**
- "credits" - 63:12
- "Robert Wise Interview" - 5:25
- "Richard Rodgers Interview" - 5:31
- "Charmian Carr Interview" - 5:07
(*) Film version, not on original soundtrack
(**) Previously unreleased
45th Anniversary Edition
- "Prelude / The Sound of Music" - 2:45
- "Overture / Preludium (Dixit Dominus)" - 3:14
- "Morning Hymn / Alleluia" - 2:03
- "Maria" - 3:18
- "I Have Confidence" - 3:27
- "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" - 3:18
- "My Favorite Things" - 2:19
- "Do-Re-Mi" - 5:33
- "The Sound of Music" - 2:12
- "The Lonely Goatherd" - 3:11*
- "Edelweiss" - 2:17*
- "Laendler" - 2:27*
- "So Long, Farewell" - 2:25
- "Entr'acte" - 2:08
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - 2:17
- "My Favorite Things" (reprise) - 1:17
- "Something Good" - 3:18
- "Processional / Maria" - 2:27
- "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" (reprise) - 3:05*
- "Do-Re-Mi" (reprise) - 1:20
- "Edelweiss" (reprise) - 1:50
- "So Long, Farewell" (reprise) - 1:59
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (reprise) - 1:21
- "Finale" - 0:43
- "My Favorite Things" (Bonus track) - Lea Michele - 1:21**
- "Prelude / The Sound of Music" (Karaoke) (Barnes & Noble exclusive bonus track) - 2:43
- "My Favorite Things" (Karaoke) (Barnes & Noble exclusive bonus track) - 2:16
- "Do-Re-Mi" (Karaoke) (Barnes & Noble exclusive bonus track) - 5:30
- "Edelweiss" (Karaoke) (Barnes & Noble exclusive bonus track) - 2:16
50th Anniversary Special Edition [Reissue]
- "Prelude and The Sound of Music" - 3:32 *
- "Overture / Preludium / Dixit Dominus / Morning Hymn / Alleluia" - 5:15 *
- "Maria" - 3:13
- "I Have Confidence" - 3:26
- "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" - 4:53 *
- "My Favorite Things / Salzburg Montage" - 4:10 *
- "Do-Re-Mi" - 5:32
- "The Sound of Music" - 2:10
- "The Lonely Goatherd" - 3:10
- "Edelweiss" - 2:17
- "Grand Waltz" - 2:19 *
- "Laendler" - 2:34
- "So Long, Farewell" - 2:58
- "Processional Waltz" - 1:19 *
- "Goodbye Maria / How Can Love Survive Waltz" - 1:17 *
- "Edelweiss Waltz" - 1:05 *
- "Entr'acte" - 2:07
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" - 2:37 *
- "My Favorite Things" (reprise) - 1:15
- "Something Good" - 3:31 *
- "Processional and Maria (The Wedding)" - 2:26
- "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" (reprise) - 3:04
- "Do-Re-Mi" (reprise) -Â :56
- "Edelweiss" (reprise) - 1:49
- "So Long, Farewell" (reprise) - 1:57
- "Nuns And Nazis / Escape / Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (reprise) - 4:47 *
- "End Titles" -Â :38
(*) Extended Version
Chart performance
See also
- The Sound of Music â" the musical from which the songs for this album are taken