The Sound of Music is an album by American power pop group The dB's, released in 1987 on I.R.S.

[9] Van Dyke Parks and Benmont Tench contributed piano, organ, and synthesizer to the album.

[10] Trouser Press wrote: "The Sound of Music finds the dB’s continuing in the style of Like This, with similarly fine results.

The country elements reappear on 'Bonneville' (complete with fiddles and mandolins), 'Never Before and Never Again' (a brilliant [Peter] Holsapple duet with Syd Straw) and 'Looked at the Sun Too Long,' which could easily be mistaken for a Gram Parsons tune.

"[11] The Washington Post wrote that "without the counterpoint provided by [Chris] Stamey's more adventurous songs, Holsapple's full-bodied but conventional tunes have drifted toward the insipid.