Original Soundtrack Recording
The Sound of Music
Scum stats - you know someone out there probably knows about ALL the many variants on this one. I’d like to meet that person.
So I’m in Detroit for a wedding, killing time at mom’s house, trying to find a record worth writing about.
I don’t care how cool you think you are, this record is the shit. The last time I watched the film a year or two ago, I couldn’t help but be wowed with how Rodgers and Hammerstein just NAILED it. No joke, there are EIGHT songs on here that are legit contenders for greatest song of all-time. Damn, the Beatles don’t even have an album that dense with hits.
These tunes are hard-wired into my DNA and honestly, I don’t think I really listened to or saw the film THAT much. They’re just so instantly memorable. “My Favorite Things” are you kidding me? Even John Coltrane could not argue with the weight of that one and had to join in himself!
So take a load off and give this one a shot and enjoy the fruits of two total songwriting geniuses knocking it out of the park song after song after song.
I have all of my dad’s musical soundtrack records (the ones that survived my mother’s total disregard for vinyl or anything else that belongs to anyone else) and I love to play them and feel his presence. Usually Mother’s Day just makes me miss my dad even more. I’m going to drop the needle on this one right now! Enjoy your time with family, Ben and everyone. Shoutout to all of the amazing childless aunties out there, too. Just because you didn’t breed, doesn’t mean you aren’t important. You’re perfect! Your life is meaningful and important! You are loved!
Julie Andrews has one of the best voices on the planet, hands down. This soundtrack is pure joy, and I love the film. Great share for the holiday!
This is my Mom’s favorite movie! Happy Mother’s Day Mom!!!
Hearing Coltrane’s My Favorite Things was probably my most revelatory music moment. Coming at the music from a new angle, deconstructing it, and rebuilding it into something that was both the same piece and an entirely different concept. It opened my mind into modern jazz, and helped me understand what I was hearing. So although this isn’t my favorite Rodgers and Hammerstein score (that would be South Pacific), I’ll always be grateful to TSOM.
I dig that you’re not afraid to share this stuff, man. I can relate. I’m into most everything. And my friends and local record shop have no qualms whatsoever busting my balls over liking the popular non-threatening stuff. For instance, I wanted Kenny Loggins’ LP “Return to Pooh Corner” a couple Record Store Days back and I kid you not, my local shop loudly and publicly shamed me for it (and they didn’t even have it anyway). I try to talk up Taylor Swift’s 1989 and am laughed out of the room or bowled over by rolled eyeballs. I don’t care though. I’ve never cared what those guys say. Like what you like and don’t front.
If she has a copy of Dr. Zhivago soundtrack I recommend giving that one a listen.
I have a copy in my vinyl collection.
I love you a little bit more for posting this one.