The Sound Of Music
by Various Artists

The Sound Of Music by Various Artists
(Soundtrack album)
Year: 1965
Release date: 1965-00-00
Overall rank: 6,743rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 87 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (55th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (512th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,743rd)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY

Listen & Collect

Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.

Listen to The Sound Of Music on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

The Sound Of Music track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

Sort Sort by
#
Track
Rating/Comments

The Sound Of Music rankings

The Sound Of Music rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,743rd | 1960s rank: 512th | 1965 rank: 55th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 7 hours ago).

The Sound Of Music collection

The Sound Of Music ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 87 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album.  | Show all 87 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
90/100
 !
06/25/2026 07:43 stanchoiaz  Ratings distribution  33376/100
 
65/100
 !
03/17/2026 01:19 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,22572/100
 
85/100
 !
12/25/2025 06:53 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,11081/100
 
70/100
 !
12/19/2025 05:19 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,32470/100
 
80/100
 !
08/17/2025 20:52 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,23283/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.


Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to leave a rating

The Sound Of Music favourites

Showing all 4 members who have added this album as a favourite

The Sound Of Music comments

Showing all 9 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  
75/100
This album was shortlisted at the 1966 Grammys for album of the year. The winner that year was September Of My Years by Frank Sinatra
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
70/100
The movie and the soundtrack are both phenomenal. However I have an odd qualm about them when they're combined (which I guess... is just the movie): almost every single song could be removed from the movie and the plot would remain the same. Very little of the movie's plot is advanced via the songs, and quite frankly some songs introduce sub-plots that distract from the main theme of the movie (e.g. "Sixteen Going On Seventeen"). However, a good 1/3 to 1/2 of the musical numbers in the film simply serve to establish Maria's bonding with the Von Trapp children.

Regardless of my silly issues, these are some of the most iconic tunes ever. Not just film songs or show tunes, but of any music ever. "My Favorite Things" and "Do-Re-Mi" are the songs that many English-speaking children grow up with, they're so ubiquitous that it's almost hard to believe that these tunes haven't been around forever. It's an incredible testament to Rodgers & Hammerstein that they were able to compose music that's joined tunes like the Ode to Joy, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", or "Happy Birthday" as some of the most recognizable stuff out there.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
70/100
From 10/03/2020 23:56 | #258969
68/100

Best tracks: The Sound of Music, My Favorite Things
Worst tracks: Do Re Mi, So Long Farewell, Processional and Maria, Edelweiss
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
75/100
This was a rare musical where every last song is memorable in some way. Probably the greatest achievement in the genre in that sense. There's more catchy melodies and get-stuck-in-your-head tunes on this soundtrack than any other... or just about any other album of any type for that matter.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
60/100
From 03/04/2018 23:27 | #210120
Its a fun musical I guess.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
75/100
From 08/04/2017 01:04 | #195492
They really don't make musicals like this anymore...
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 01/12/2013 21:56 | #61233
One of the greatest musicals ever!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
60/100
I agree with what Xavygravy said. Edelweiss, The Sound of Music, Do-Re-Mi and My Favorite Things are simple, yet amazing and enjoyable songs! The movie is really great too.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
One of the greatest soundtracks and musicals in history.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (1 helpful | 1 unhelpful)

Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for The Sound Of Music

Anonymous
What do you think of this album? Leave a comment or rate it below.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments and join the discussion.