Sound of Music Soundtrack (CD)

From executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron comes the most highly anticipated television event of the year: THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE. Country music superstar, Carrie Underwood, stars in her acting debut as Maria with Stephen Moyer (TRUE BLOOD) as Captain von Trapp in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical which will be broadcast nationwide on NBC in a three-hour live broadcast on December 5, 2013. THE SOUND OF MUSIC album is the companion piece to this sure-to-be-spectacular event and is a studio recording that includes all of the musical numbers that will appear in the live broadcast.

The soundtrack to the Carrie Underwood-starring live 2013 presentation of The Sound of Music is absent the one quality that made the televised musical so interesting: it is not recorded live; it was cut in the studio. This may make it not as kinetic or as exciting as the broadcast but the precision of the studio reveals how the cast -- led by Underwood but also featuring Audra McDonald, Stephen Moyer, Ariane Rinehart, and Jessica Molaskey -- are throwing themselves into their roles. In turn, the arrangements are faithful to either the original Broadway production or, most often, the 1965 film -- which is appropriate, as reinvention isn't the purpose of a production like this. This 2013 staging is a nostalgic celebration of one of the most beloved 20th century musicals and it does right by its source material. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Performer	Carrie Underwood
Music genre	Film Soundtracks, Soundtracks
Music subgenre	POP OST
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Edition	Standard
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Original TV Soundtrack Feat. Carrie Underwood - The Sound of Music [2013 NBC Television Cast] [CD]
Track listing	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Record label	SONY CORP. (MUSIC)
Composer	Rodgers and Hammerstein
Songwriter	Rodgers and Hammerstein
Track name	"Prelude" / "The Sound of Music", "Overture and Preludium", "Morning Hymn and Alleluia", "Maria", "I Have Confidence", "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", "My Favorite Things", "The Lonely Goatherd", "The Sound of Music (Reprise)", "Do-Re-Mi", "Something Good", "Processional and Maria (Reprise)", "Edelweiss", "So Long, Farewell"
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N