VA - The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording / Super Deluxe Edition) (1965/2023)

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.

The box set edition also features new, in-depth sleeve notes by the writer, and Robert Wise associate Mike Matessino, who also remixed and remastered the album from the original multi-track tapes. In his detailed essay, which delves deep into the making of the film and all of its music, Matessino writes, “You will hear what you’ve heard before, famous songs with the mellifluous tones of Dame Julie Andrews leading the way, but the experience has been transformed beyond what the 1965 soundtrack album offered—with extensions to the songs, a brilliantly arranged underscore, and even some segments not used in the completed version of the film.”

CD1
[3:32] 01. Irwin Kostal - Prelude / The Sound of Music (Film version)
[2:45] 02. Irwin Kostal - Overture
[1:09] 03. Irwin Kostal - Preludium (Dixit Dominus)
[2:07] 04. Irwin Kostal - Morning Hymn / Alleluia
[3:18] 05. Irwin Kostal - Maria (Film version)
[3:47] 06. Irwin Kostal - I Have Confidence (Film version)
[0:34] 07. Irwin Kostal - The Little Dears
[2:14] 08. Irwin Kostal - The Gazebo
[5:04] 09. Irwin Kostal - Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Film version)
[0:33] 10. Irwin Kostal - New Governess
[2:19] 11. Irwin Kostal - My Favorite Things, Pt. 1
[2:58] 12. Irwin Kostal - My Favorite Things (Part 2) / Salzburg Montage
[5:39] 13. Irwin Kostal - Do-Re-Mi
[1:09] 14. Irwin Kostal - Alleluia (reprise)
[0:31] 15. Irwin Kostal - You Must Help It
[2:14] 16. Irwin Kostal - The Sound of Music (reprise)[Film version]
[1:32] 17. Irwin Kostal - The Captain Apologizes
[3:15] 18. Irwin Kostal - The Lonely Goatherd
[2:20] 19. Irwin Kostal - Edelweiss (Duet)
[2:24] 20. Irwin Kostal - Grand Waltz
[2:30] 21. Irwin Kostal - The Laendler
[3:02] 22. Irwin Kostal - So Long, Farewell (Film version)
[2:07] 23. Irwin Kostal - Processional Waltz
[1:19] 24. Irwin Kostal - Goodbye, Maria (How Can Love Survive)
[1:09] 25. Irwin Kostal - Edelweiss Waltz (Act I Finale)

CD2
[2:11] 01. Irwin Kostal - Entr’Acte
[0:59] 02. Irwin Kostal - The Sound of Music (Fragment)
[1:08] 03. Irwin Kostal - Children to the Abbey
[2:48] 04. Irwin Kostal - Morning Hymn (Organ version)
[2:43] 05. Irwin Kostal - Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Film version)
[1:15] 06. Irwin Kostal - My Favorite Things (reprise)
[4:55] 07. Irwin Kostal - Nocturne- Captain and Elsa
[4:24] 08. Irwin Kostal - Nocturne- Captain and Maria
[3:42] 09. Irwin Kostal - Something Good (Film version)
[2:51] 10. Irwin Kostal - Processional / Maria (Film version)
[2:41] 11. Irwin Kostal - The Laendler (Quintet)
[3:09] 12. Irwin Kostal - Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise)
[0:33] 13. Irwin Kostal - Unthinkable
[1:12] 14. Irwin Kostal - Do-Re-Mi (Festival reprise)
[2:08] 15. Irwin Kostal - Edelweiss (Festival reprise)
[1:54] 16. Irwin Kostal - So Long, Farewell (Festival reprise)
[0:12] 17. Irwin Kostal - The Awards Fanfare
[2:46] 18. Irwin Kostal - Nuns and Nazis
[1:05] 19. Irwin Kostal - Escape
[1:24] 20. Irwin Kostal - Climb Ev’ry Mountain (reprise)
[0:48] 21. Irwin Kostal - End Cast
[9:17] 22. Irwin Kostal - Richard Rodgers Speaks
[5:32] 23. Irwin Kostal - Robert Wise Interview
[5:38] 24. Irwin Kostal - Richard Rodgers Interview
[5:13] 25. Irwin Kostal - Charmian Carr Interview

CD3
[3:37] 01. Irwin Kostal - Prelude and The Sound of Music (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[3:15] 02. Irwin Kostal - Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus) (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[2:08] 03. Irwin Kostal - Morning Hymn and Alleluia (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[3:21] 04. Irwin Kostal - Maria (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[3:29] 05. Irwin Kostal - I Have Confidence (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[3:19] 06. Irwin Kostal - Sixteen Going on Seventeen (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[2:23] 07. Irwin Kostal - My Favorite Things (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[5:37] 08. Irwin Kostal - Do-Re-Mi (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[2:15] 09. Irwin Kostal - The Sound of Music (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[3:13] 10. Irwin Kostal - The Lonely Goatherd (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[2:57] 11. Irwin Kostal - So Long, Farewell (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[2:20] 12. Irwin Kostal - Climb Ev’ry Mountain (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[3:20] 13. Irwin Kostal - Something Good (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[2:31] 14. Irwin Kostal - Processional and Maria (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[1:55] 15. Irwin Kostal - Edelweiss (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[1:31] 16. Irwin Kostal - Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) (1965 Original Soundtrack Version)
[3:41] 17. Irwin Kostal - I Have Confidence (demo version)
[2:02] 18. Irwin Kostal - Salzburg Montage (Discrete version)
[2:43] 19. Irwin Kostal - Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise)[Film version]
[1:54] 20. Irwin Kostal - Edelweiss (without Chorus)

CD4
[2:32] 01. Irwin Kostal - Prelude / The Sound of Music (alternate version)
[3:37] 02. Irwin Kostal - I Have Confidence (alternate version)
[4:57] 03. Irwin Kostal - Sixteen Going on Seventeen (alternate version)
[2:58] 04. Irwin Kostal - My Favorite Things (alternate version)
[2:14] 05. Irwin Kostal - The Sound of Music (reprise)[alternate version]
[2:20] 06. Irwin Kostal - Edelweiss (Duet)[alternate version]
[1:55] 07. Irwin Kostal - The Laendler (alternate version)
[2:20] 08. Irwin Kostal - Climb Ev’ry Mountain (alternate version)
[1:05] 09. Irwin Kostal - My Favorite Things (reprise)[alternate version]
[3:05] 10. Irwin Kostal - Something Good (alternate version)
[2:16] 11. Irwin Kostal - Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise)[alternate version]
[2:26] 12. Irwin Kostal - The Sound of Music (instrumental version)
[3:17] 13. Irwin Kostal - Maria (instrumental version)
[3:48] 14. Irwin Kostal - I Have Confidence (instrumental version)
[4:54] 15. Irwin Kostal - Sixteen Going on Seventeen (instrumental version)
[2:35] 16. Irwin Kostal - My Favorite Things (instrumental version)
[4:57] 17. Irwin Kostal - Do-Re-Mi (instrumental version)
[2:13] 18. Irwin Kostal - The Sound of Music (reprise)[instrumental version]
[3:03] 19. Irwin Kostal - The Lonely Goatherd (instrumental version)
[2:19] 20. Irwin Kostal - Edelweiss (Duet)[instrumental version]
[3:02] 21. Irwin Kostal - So Long, Farewell (instrumental version)
[2:19] 22. Irwin Kostal - Climb Ev’ry Mountain (instrumental version)
[3:19] 23. Irwin Kostal - Something Good (instrumental version)
[2:17] 24. Irwin Kostal - Processional / Maria, Pt. 1 (instrumental version)
[1:01] 25. Irwin Kostal - Processional / Maria, Pt. 2 (instrumental version)
[1:49] 26. Irwin Kostal - Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise)[instrumental version]
[1:01] 27. Irwin Kostal - Do-Re-Mi (Festival reprise)[instrumental version]
[2:07] 28. Irwin Kostal - Edelweiss (Festival reprise)[instrumental version]
[1:56] 29. Irwin Kostal - So Long, Farewell (Festival reprise)[instrumental version]
[1:25] 30. Irwin Kostal - Climb Ev’ry Mountain (reprise)[instrumental version]