It seems unlikely that a story combining these three elements would become one of the most successful musicals, and later films of all time. But fans know that if you add these, a guitar, and some clothes made out of curtains, you get cinematic gold. Musical films are experiencing something of a renaissance at the moment as evidenced by the popularity of High School Musical and Hairspray, and last year’s Oscar nominated Dreamgirls but for me, none of these recent pretenders will ever surpass the Julie Andrews spectacular that is The Sound of Music.
While the library has video and DVD recordings of the best musical ever, that’s by no means the end of the story. These are a few of my favourite Sound of Music things –
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The Sound of Music (score) – make sure you’ve got all your “do, re, mis” right with the lyrics and music for piano accompaniment or for recorder.
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The Sound of Music companion – with foreword by Andrew Lloyd Webber
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The Sound of Music : the making of America’s favourite movie by Julia Antopol Hirsch
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Forever Liesl : a memoir of The Sound of Music by Charmian Carr – with plenty of behind the scenes stories and insights.
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The Trapp Family Singers – the real family singing group led by former nun, Maria.
If you’re not completely musicalled-out after all that, you might want to follow up with a little Grease.
yeah i have watched sound of music and its very excellent how they combined everything in one movie and you can watch it all over again without getting used to it ^_^