New Sound of Music Super-Deluxe Edition Includes 40 Unreleased Songs
The cast, lead by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, offers 11 new alternate takes in the updated edition.
Hills are alive with The Sound of Music again!Later this year, a super-deluxe edition of the beloved
musical's soundtrack will be released nearly 60 years after its theatrical debut.
Craft Recordings restored and remastered the 16-song collection and added over 40 new songs. The cast, lead by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, offers 11 new takes.
The box set, released on Dec. 1, includes four CDs and a Blu-Ray Audio disc with the movie's whole score in high-res audio and a new Dolby Atmos mix.
Director Robert Wise's collaborator Mike Matessino, who remixed the soundtrack from multi-track tapes, wrote detailed liner notes for the set.
The film's creation and timeless music were vividly described in Matessino's lengthy essay for fans.
“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