Julie Andrews in ‘The Sound of Music’ ©1965 20th Century Studios, Inc.
The chart-topping movie soundtrack to Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music will certainly be editioned on Dec. 1 in a range of brand-new increased, remixed and also remastered styles. Among them: an extravagant Super Deluxe Edition flaunting over 40 previously-unreleased tracks – 11 of which are never-before-heard alternating draws from the 1965 smash hit motion picture.
One of those alternating takes is an unreleased performance of the movie’s opening number “Prelude / The Sound of Music,” by the movie’s celebrity Julie Andrews, and also actors. The track is currently readily available to stream and download (Sept. 27) — pay attention listed below.
And, for the very first time, every one of the Academy Award-winning movie’s songs – consisting of every music aspect from the motion picture – will certainly be consisted of on the Super Deluxe Edition of the cd. Among those traditional tunes: “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Edelweiss,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and also “Climb Ev’ry Mountain.”
The Sound of Music soundtrack invested 2 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 graph in 1965 and also was a near-constant existence in the leading 10 from the springtime of 1965 via the springtime of 1967. It invested an incredible 109 weeks in the leading 10 – one of the most of any type of soundtrack in the graph’s background. In 2015, Billboard ranked The Sound of Music as one of the most effective soundtrack of perpetuity on the graph.
The Super Deluxe Edition of The Sound of Music will certainly be readily available as either as a four-CD/one-Blu-ray sound boxed collection or as an electronic download cd. The Blu-Ray audio disc consists of the movie’s complete rating in hi-resolution sound, in addition to a brand-new Dolby Atmos mix of the initial 16-track soundtrack launched in 1965.
The boxed collection attributes brand-new lining notes created by movie chronicler and also preservationist Mike Matessino, that remixed and also remastered the cd from the initial multi-track tapes.
The Super Deluxe Edition is among numerous brand-new models of The Sound of Music that Craft Recordings will certainly release on Dec. 1. (Craft is the brochure tag for Concord.) The Sound of Music will certainly additionally be reestablished in a Deluxe Edition (on two-CDs) and also a three-LP plastic collection (consisting of a “Picnic Meadow Green”-tinted plastic pushing restricted to 500 duplicates globally). A typical version of the cd will certainly additionally be revitalized, where the initial 16-track 1965 soundtrack will certainly be editioned electronically in conventional electronic, HD electronic and also in a Dolby Atmos mix. (The conventional electronic cd will certainly additionally be readily available in numerous non-English-language versions, consisting of Spanish, German, French and also Italian).
“It’s been wonderful to collaborate across all of Concord’s divisions to help bring this historic and culturally significant reissue to light,” states Sig Sigworth, head of state, Craft Recordings and also primary brochure policeman, Concord, in a declaration. “This deluxe edition has been years in the making, with Craft Recordings working in concert with Concord Publishing and Concord Theatricals (home of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization). We’re delighted that The Sound of Music fans around the world, old and new, will be able to enjoy the iconic soundtrack in a brand new listening experience, more than a half century after its original release.”
Imogen Lloyd Webber, SVP at Concord Theatricals in support of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization includes: “This reissue of The Sound of Music, lovingly—and painstakingly—curated by the team at Craft with collaboration from so many at Concord, alongside Mike Matessino, is a landmark moment in the history of the title. It is a truly fitting tribute to the last of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals and one we hope fans across the world will treasure for years to come.”
For a complete wrap-up of the tracklists for each and every variation of the cd, visit the Craft Recordings website. A recap of the brand-new models is listed below:
The Sound of Music Soundtrack 2023 Reissues:
Super Deluxe Edition (4-CD/1 Blu-Ray boxed collection)
100 tracks on the CDs, 62 tracks on the Blu-Ray audio disc.
Super Deluxe Edition (Digital Download Album)
84 tracks
Deluxe Edition (2-CD)
46 tracks
Deluxe Edition (3 plastic LPs, plus a “Picnic Meadow Green” shade alternative three-way LP restricted to 500 duplicates globally)
46 tracks
Original 1965 Release (Standard Digital [inclusive of multiple international language versions such as Spanish, German, French and Italian] & HD Digital)
16 tracks
Original 1965 Release (Dolby Atmos)
16 tracks (done in 2023 Stereo Mixes)
