Yes, really. I know it was a huge seller back in the day, but is there a market for this?! I guess someone must know what they are doing.
The blurb….
The soundtrack to Robert Wise’s film version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music is being reissued across multiple formats, with a super deluxe edition offering “every musical element” from the film and a Dolby Atmos Mix.
The musical features classics such as as ‘My Favourite Things’, ‘Do-Re-Mi’, ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘Edelweiss’ and Robert Wise walked away with Best Picture and Best Director Oscars (being director and co-producer) at the 1966 Academy Awards.
The new reissue is led by a 4CD+blu-ray super deluxe which features over 40 previously unreleased tracks, including 11 never-before-heard alternate takes and instrumentals of each song for that singalong-a-Sound-of-Music experience. The blu-rays capacity allows it to deliver the full score in hi-res stereo audio and well as a Dolby Atmos Mix of the 16-track original soundtrack.
Here’s that track listing in full….
CD 1
Prelude and The Sound of Music (Film Version)
Overture
Preludium (Dixit Dominus)
Morning Hymn and Alleluia
Maria (Film Version)
I Have Confidence (Film Version)
The Little Dears*
The Gazebo*
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Film Version)
New Governess*
My Favorite Things (Part 1)
My Favorite Things (Part 2) and Salzburg Montage
Do-Re-Mi
Alleluia (Reprise)*
You Must Help It*
The Sound of Music (Reprise) (Film Version)
The Captain Apologizes*
The Lonely Goatherd
Edelweiss (Duet)
Grand Waltz
The Laendler
So Long, Farewell (Film Version)
Processional Waltz
Goodbye, Maria (How Can Love Survive?)
Edelweiss Waltz (Act I Finale)
CD 2
Entr’acte
The Sound of Music (Fragment)*
Children to the Abbey*
Morning Hymn (Organ)*
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Film Version)
My Favorite Things (Reprise)
Nocturne – Captain and Elsa*
Nocturne – Captain and Maria*
Something Good (Film Version)
Processional and Maria (Film Version)
The Laendler (Quintet)*
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise)
Unthinkable*
Do-Re-Mi (Festival Reprise)
Edelweiss (Festival Reprise)
So Long, Farewell (Festival Reprise)
The Awards Fanfare*
Nuns and Nazis
Escape
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise)
End Cast
Richard Rodgers Speaks
Robert Wise Interview
Richard Rodgers Interview
Charmian Carr Interview
CD 3
Prelude and The Sound of Music (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus) (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Morning Hymn and Alleluia (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Maria (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
I Have Confidence (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
My Favorite Things (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Do-Re-Mi (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
The Sound of Music (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
The Lonely Goatherd (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
So Long, Farewell (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Something Good (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Processional and Maria (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Edelweiss (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
I Have Confidence (Demo Version)*
Salzburg Montage (Discrete Version)
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) (Film Version)
Edelweiss (Without Chorus)
CD 4
Prelude and The Sound of Music (Alternate Version)*
I Have Confidence (Alternate Version)*
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Alternate Version)*
My Favorite Things (Alternate Version)*
The Sound of Music (Reprise) (Alternate Version)*
Edelweiss (Duet) (Alternate Version)*
The Laendler (Alternate Version)*
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Alternate Version)*
My Favorite Things (Reprise) (Alternate Version)*
Something Good (Alternate Version)*
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) (Alternate Version)*
The Sound of Music (Reprise) (Instrumental Version)
Maria (Instrumental Version)*
I Have Confidence (Instrumental Version)*
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Instrumental Version)*
My Favorite Things (Instrumental Version)
Do-Re-Mi (Instrumental Version)
The Sound of Music (Instrumental Version)*
The Lonely Goatherd (Instrumental Version)*
Edelweiss (Duet) (Instrumental Version)*
So Long, Farewell (Instrumental Version)*
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Instrumental Version)*
Something Good (Instrumental Version)*
Processional and Maria (Part 1) (Instrumental Version)*
Processional and Maria (Part 2) (Instrumental Version)*
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) (Instrumental Version)*
Do-Re-Mi (Festival Reprise) (Instrumental Version)*
Edelweiss (Festival Reprise) (Instrumental Version)
So Long, Farewell (Festival Reprise) (Instrumental Version)*
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) (Instrumental Version)*
Blu-ray
Full Score in 96/24 Stereo
Prelude and The Sound of Music (Film Version) – 96/24 Stereo
Overture – 96/24 Stereo
Preludium (Dixit Dominus) – 96/24 Stereo
Morning Hymn and Alleluia – 96/24 Stereo
Maria (Film Version) – 96/24 Stereo
I Have Confidence (Film Version) – 96/24 Stereo
The Little Dears – 96/24 Stereo
The Gazebo – 96/24 Stereo
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Film Version) – 96/24 Stereo
New Governess – 96/24 Stereo
My Favorite Things (Part 1) – 96/24 Stereo
My Favorite Things (Part 2) and Salzburg Montage – 96/24 Stereo
Do-Re-Mi – 96/24 Stereo
Alleluia (Reprise) – 96/24 Stereo
You Must Help It – 96/24 Stereo
The Sound of Music (Reprise) (Film Version) – 96/24 Stereo
The Captain Apologizes – 96/24 Stereo
The Lonely Goatherd – 96/24 Stereo
Edelweiss (Duet) – 96/24 Stereo
Grand Waltz – 96/24 Stereo
The Laendler – 96/24 Stereo
So Long, Farewell – 96/24 Stereo
Processional Waltz – 96/24 Stereo
Goodbye, Maria (How Can Love Survive?) – 96/24 Stereo
Edelweiss Waltz (Act I Finale) – 96/24 Stereo
Entr’acte – 96/24 Stereo
The Sound of Music (Fragment) – 96/24 Stereo
Children to the Abbey – 96/24 Stereo
Morning Hymn (Organ) – 96/24 Stereo
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Film Version) – 96/24 Stereo
My Favorite Things (Reprise) – 96/24 Stereo
Nocturne – Captain and Elsa – 96/24 Stereo
Nocturne – Captain and Maria – 96/24 Stereo
Something Good (Film Version) – 96/24 Stereo
Processional and Maria (Film Version) – 96/24 Stereo
The Laendler (Quintet) – 96/24 Stereo
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) – 96/24 Stereo
Unthinkable – 96/24 Stereo
Do-Re-Mi (Festival Reprise) – 96/24 Stereo
Edelweiss (Festival Reprise) – 96/24 Stereo
So Long, Farewell (Festival Reprise) – 96/24 Stereo
The Awards Fanfare – 96/24 Stereo
Nuns and Nazis – 96/24 Stereo
Escape – 96/24 Stereo
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) – 96/24 Stereo
End Cast – 96/24 Stereo
1965 Original Soundtrack Version in Dolby Atmos and 96/24 Stereo
Prelude and The Sound of Music (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus) (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Morning Hymn and Alleluia (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Maria (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
I Have Confidence (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
My Favorite Things (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Do-Re-Mi (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
The Sound of Music (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
The Lonely Goatherd (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
So Long, Farewell (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Something Good (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Processional and Maria (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Edelweiss (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) (1965 Original Soundtrack Version – 96/24 Stereo and Dolby Atmos Mixes)
It seems to me that this should be a super deluxe blu-ray that includes the movie, not an audio only release.
Blu-Ray Mi?
Arf!
A cynic would suggest that’s because there will soon be a 4k transfer blu-ray announced, which will be sold separately. And perhaps a cinema run, which would be nice.
The last blu-ray transfer was for the 50th in 2015 and was ‘only’ 1080p.
I have a 4k-capable OLED telly and I really struggle to see much difference between 1080, 2k and 4k.
Licensing issues? Doesn’t seem to happen always, The Beatles Let It Be SDE didn’t even include the original film, which remains completely unavailable. At least one can see TSOM if one wishes with very little effort.
My parents had a copy of the soundtrack LP set, in a classical-style LP-sized card clamshell box. My sister used to play it on the Dansette that we shared – for all I know, they still have it, although I’m guessing it doesn’t get played much these days.
Can’t see them forking out for this…not without the visuals, anyway…
It’s the thick end of £120. Maybe I’m wrong, but I would have thought the potential market for this would be the very elderly (listen to me, I’m 73 talking about old people) who liked this in the 60s and made it a huge seller and have the available disposable income – surely a very limited audience. There was a copy in almost every house with a record player, but it was my parents generation who bought it!
“The hills are alive, with the sound of cash-tills”…
Or maybe not.
People here seem to think only the prog and rock fans are collectors and buy those lavish reissues and box sets. In fact there’s lots of music enthusiasts who just happen to like different sorts of entertainment – from 1920s jug band music to 1940s big band swing or film soundtracks and of course, classical music. They even (would you believe?) have their own magazines (hello InTune magazine!). They probably have their secret online forums where they discuss Beatles albums as »guilty pleasures«…
So, yes, somebody indeed DID the maths with this »Sound Of Music« box.
Fun fact: Fastest box set sellers from Universal this year was a 60-or-so mega-box of James Last’s complete »Party« albums, and a 21-disc set of Deutsche Gramophone’s »Avant Garde« series from the 1960s (most of which would make »Metal Machine Music« sound like elevator music).
A bunch of people running away from fascists used to be an historical film. Now it’s a manual. Including the singing.
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One thing that has struck me about this is that back in the 1960s the album was a fixture at the top of the album charts for years (or so it seemed at the time). Almost 2.5 million copies sold in this country according to Wikipedia.
Yet in my experience of browsing charity shop vinyl racks, this isn’t an album that appears that often.
It’s a bin-it or keep-it record.
Probably thousands of copies deep in landfill, with covers slowly decomposing.
I can imagine today’s New Young Hipsters* playing it to each other for shits & giggles.
*Possibly the offspring of parents who once bought and played “Lounge” CDs.
From the release of Please, Please Me (May ’63) to the end of Srgt Pepper’s run, the only albums to hit number 1 in the UK were by the Beatles (8 albums), the Stones (3), Dylan(2), the Monkees (2) or “The Sound of Music”. It was the best selling album of 1965 and 1966.
There’s something I can’t face…