According to The Sound of Music: The Making of America's Favorite Musical, writer Ernest Lehman said, "As far as I'm concerned, there's only one person to play this role, and that's Julie Andrews." ...

Music (Scoring of Music–adaptation or treatment) — Irwin Kostal, Best Picture — Robert Wise, Producer, Sound — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director ...