These are a few of our favourite scenes
There are just so many things to love about TheSoundOf Music. Star2 writers make a tough choice.
FAVOURITE scene? It seems to change as I grow older. When I was wee little thing, I absolutely loved The Lonely Goatherd puppet show and So Long, Farewell scene where the von Trapp children got to shine. Me and my sisters would always sing those songs and pretend we were the VT siblings. As a teen, my knees grew weak during the Sixteen Going On Seventeen scene, dreaming I would someday find my Rolf and wondering what things beyond my kin were. Today, I think my favourite scene is Julie Andrews nailing I Have Confidence. I sing it whenever I have a big meeting or presentation around the corner. PS: My wedding march was the wedding processional version of Maria. Conclusion: The movie is a timeless classic for all ages. — Ann Marie Chandy
MY favourite Sound Of Music scene is the one that starts at the very beginning (a very good place to start) and ends right before they roll the credits. But put a gun to my head and force me to pick just one scene, I’d probably go with Sixteen Going On Seventeen. There’s just something magical about watching young, innocent, unadulterated love blossoming on screen to, well, the sound of music. Fun fact: You can visit the actual gazebo in Salzburg, Austria where the scene was shot. Just don’t get all emotional and cause a scene like I did. #KeepItTogether — Ian Yee
THE song Do-Re-Mi taught me how to use musical notes I already knew, but – to quote Julie Andrews from another of her films – “in the most delightful way”. The multi-part choral singing still thrills me to this day. As a child, I believed her when she sang, “When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything”, only to find out that she had lied. No! Not Julie Andrews! I later realised that it wasn’t her fault if I can’t hold a tune. — Jane F. Ragavan
MY favourite song from The Sound Of Music is The Lonely Goatherd but my favourite scene actually has no music in it. It is the part where Nazi soldiers storm into the convent to search for the von Trapp family. When they decide to leave, their cars are stalled! The focus then shifts to two innocent-looking nuns, who reveal to the Mother Superior that they’ve “sinned” because they’ve done stuff to the cars! Who knew nuns could be so mischievous! — Melody L. Goh AS a kid, I remember seeing Maria run through those impossibly scenic pastures in the opening scene of The Sound Of Music and from then on, whenever I saw an open field, whether it’s the little garden outside my house or the neighbourhood padang, I was inspired to do the same. And sometimes, I did. “My heart will be blessed with the sound of music, and I’ll sing once more,” she sings with her neck skyward, her arms outstretched, and her feet spinning round and round. Maria taught us the power of music and the freedom and healing that comes from it. She taught us to never be ashamed to run and roll in the pastures if we ever feel like it. — Kenneth Chaw
MY favourite scene is when Maria meets the von Trapp children for the first time. She is in the foyer with the Captain when he blows his whistle, and six children walk down the stairway in an orderly manner. Brigitta finally gets in line but not before receiving a smack for her tardiness. Growing up with only an older brother, I was envious of the children – oh, how much fun would it be to have so many siblings. I also love Maria’s sassiness when she tells the Captain that she would not answer to whistles as they are for “dogs and cats and other animals.” Oh, and the look on the Captain’s face when he hears that ... priceless. — Sharmila Nair
IT’S a toss-up between the Climb Ev’ry Mountain scene – Mother Abbess’ quotable quotes (“Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live.”) and her voice, wow! But if I had to pick just one it would be The Lonely Goatherd. First of all the song is awesome; it was my first exposure to yodelling, an art which I have yet to master 25 years later, and second this is a turning point in the film, where we get to see the Captain loosen up and laugh. Also, the children finally lose those horrible “curtain” uniforms and appear in regular clothes. Ten points for fashion! — Nasa Maria Entaban
WHEN I was about five or six, I decided who I wanted to marry: Captain von Trapp – and by extension, Christopher Plummer – from The Sound Of Music. And the exact moment that made me settle on this choice? When he serenades his children with Edelweiss, where we finally see the tender, loving man behind that stern exterior. Of course, life isn’t always Do-Re-Mi and cups of tea, and we all have to grow up sometime, but even today, my heart skips a beat when a man manages to pull off Edelweiss! — Sharmilla Ganesan