In support of the three-hour live production of The Sound of Music, Sony Masterworks has released the soundtrack to the TV movie starring Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp and Stephen Moyer as Captain Georg von Trapp. Airing on December 5 on NBC, The Sound of Music is based on the stage musical and is directed by Rob Ashford (Evita) and Beth McCarthy-Miller (30 Rock).
In addition to Underwood and Moyer, the cast includes Audra McDonald, Christian Borle, and Laura Benanti.
The Sound of Music — Music From the NBC Television Event features 22 studio recordings of the songs that will be performed by the cast members during The Sound of Music.
The Plot:
The Sound of Music, set in the 1930s before and during “Anschluss” when the Nazi’s annexed Austria, is based on the romantic true story of Maria von Trapp, an aspiring nun who leaves the abbey to become a governess for the widower Capt. von Trapp’s seven children. She soon finds herself falling in love with her employer and questioning her religious calling.
The Sound of Music — Music From the NBC Television Event Track List
1. Preludium
2. The Sound of Music
3. Maria
4. My Favorite Things
5. Do-Re-Mi
6. Sixteen Going On Seventeen
7. The Lonely Goatherd
8. How Can Love Survive?
9. Reprise: The Sound of Music
10. The Grand Waltz
11. Landler
12. So Long, Farewell
13. Climb Ev’ry Mountain
14. No Way To Stop It
15. Something Good
16. Processional & Maria (The Wedding)
17. Reprise: Sixteen Going On Seventeen
18. Reprise: Do-Re-Mi (The Concert)
19. Edelweiss (The Concert)
20. Reprise: So Long, Farewell (The Concert)
21. Finale Ultimo: Climb Ev’ry Mountain
22. End Credits
Source: Sony Masterworks
-Posted by Rebecca Murray
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