Sound of Music,The The Sound of Music,feature-film musical about a young religious novice working as a governess who brings music and happiness to a widower’s large family,set in Austria during World War II.Released in 1965 and based on real-life events,this box-office hit earned Academy Awards for best picture,best director,best film editing,best sound,and best musical score.Julie Andrews stars as Maria,the novice nun who,on the advice of her Mother Superior,takes a job as a governess in the household of Captain Von Trapp (played by Christopher Plummer),caring for his seven children,while she considers her vocation.Maria teaches the children to sing,and she and the captain begin to fall in love.When the Nazis invade Austria,Von Trapp and his family,including Maria,flee the country.The film was an adaptation of the stage show written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and first produced in 1959; the songs include "Do Re Mi" and "My Favourite Things".