The Sound Of Music – SOUNDTRACK*****

Prelude & The Sound Of Music/Overture& Preludium/Morning Hymn & Alleluia/Maria/I Have Confidence/Sixteen Going On Seventeen/My Favourite Things/Do-Re-Mi/The Sound Of Music/The Lonely Goatherd/So Long Farewell/Climb Ev’ry Mountain/Something Good/Processional & Maria/Edelweiss/Climb Ev’ry Mountain(Reprise)

An absolutely massive success, The Sound Of Music topped the album charts in both the USA and Britain, remaining in both for over five years. Starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, no movie soundtrack album has since enjoyed anything like its chart longevity. So how many times did you see The Sound Of Music? (US:1 UK:1)

"Few times does a movie compile so naturally so many fabulous pieces of music. The Sound Of Music almost feels like an album of greatest hits of the twentieth century. Starting with the title track, it's impossible not to be transported to the first scene in the movie, with Julie Andrews spreading her arms at the top of a mountain in the Austrian Alps. It's a non-stop sequence of incredible songs."

"Balancing quite perfectly the sad with the uplifting, the album does it all, and breathes new life with every play."

"The Sound Of Music is really wonderful in every way. Its one of the best musicals ever done. The album is a mandatory disc in every self-respecting musical fan's collection. It captures the cast at the top of their game, and Julie Andrews at the peak of her career. Her voice is sparkling and effervescent."

"I grew up to The Sound Of Music both the movie and the soundtrack. A pure classic. I wore out the LP at home. They don't make movies or music like this anymore. The music is perfect and the film is perfect. What more can one ask for."

"Miss Andrews is still a durable treat. From the moment she takes off, to her very last note, she gives a landmark performance. It is a remarkable voice, unlike any other I have ever heard, with its sweet, youthful unforced tone throughout the whole of its range, rock steady up to the very top notes, and with a diction of a clarity and naturalness that verges on the impossible. There are millions of people who have seen this movie so many times on the screen, TV, wore out a couple of vinyl copies, etc. We know this soundtrack backwards, forwards, in our sleep."