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THE SOUND OF MUSIC soundtrack starring CARRIE UNDERWOOD to be released Dec 2 - airs on NBC in the US Dec 5

SONY MASTERWORKS RELEASES TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK TO 
NBC’S LIVE BROADCAST OF ‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’ 
STARRING SIX-TIME GRAMMY WINNER CARRIE UNDERWOOD


ALBUM AVAILABLE 2ND DECEMBER, 2013
WHILE LIVE BROADCAST AIRS IN THE US 5TH DECEMBER, 2013 

On 2nd December Sony Masterworks will release the companion soundtrack to NBC’s live broadcast of “The Sound of Music,” based on the classic stage musical. The three-hour live production, starring six-time Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp, will air in the US on 5th December.

The cast also includes Audra McDonald (“Private Practice”), who has won five Tony Awards and two Grammys, as Mother Abbess; Stephen Moyer (“True Blood”), who will play Capt. Georg von Trapp; Tony Award winner Christian Borle (“Smash”), who will portray von Trapp family friend Max Detweiler; and Tony winner Laura Benanti (“Go On”),  who will portray Elsa Schrader, the captain’s onetime fiancée.


The Sound of Music” — Music From the NBC Television Event will include studio recordings for all of the musical numbers that are performed by the cast members in the live broadcast, including Rodgers and Hammerstein favorites “The Sound of Music,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” among others.


Executive producers for the telecast are Neil Meron and Craig Zadan (“Smash,” “The Academy Awards”). Directors are Rob Ashford (“Evita”) and Beth McCarthy-Miller (“30 Rock”). David Chase (“Cinderella”) serves as musical director. The soundtrack is licensed through the NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products Group.


“The Sound of Music,” set in the 1930’s 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. It premiered on Broadway in 1959 where it broke box-office records and won the Tony Award for best musical. The 1965 film adaptation won the Oscar for best picture.


Tracklisting
1. Preludium 
2. The Sound Of Music
3. Maria
4. My Favourite 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 Party – Grand Waltz
11. The Ländler 
12. So Long, Farewell
13. Climb Ev’ry Mountain
14. No Way To Stop It
15. Something Good
16. Processional
17. Reprise: Sixteen Going On Seventeen
18. The Concert: Do-Re-Mi
19. The Concert: Edelweiss
20. The Concert: So Long, Farewell
21. Finale Ultimo: Climb Ev’ry Mountain
22. End Credit

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