West Side Story

West Side Story

West Side Story
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Performer: Natalie Wood
Performer: Richard Beymer
Performer: Russ Tamblyn
Performer: Rita Moreno
Performer: George Chakiris
Performer: Simon Oakland
Performer: Ned Glass
Performer: William Bramley
Performer: Tucker Smith
Performer: Tony Mordente
Performer: David Winters
Performer: Eliot Feld
Performer: Bert Michaels
Performer: David Bean
Performer: Robert Banas
Performer: Anthony 'Scooter' Teague
Performer: Harvey Evans
Performer: Tommy Abbott
Performer: Susan Oakes
Performer: Gina Trikonis
Edition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2004-05-18
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. Overture
  2. Prologue
  3. Jet Song
  4. Something's Coming
  5. Dance At The Gym
  6. Maria
  7. America
  8. Tonight
  9. Gee, Officer Krupke
  10. Intermission Music
  11. I Feel Pretty
  12. One Hand, One Heart
  13. Quintet
  14. The Rumble
  15. Somewhere
  16. Cool
  17. A Boy Like That/I Have A Love
  18. Finale
  19. End Credits

Free Music Notes for West Side Story

Free Music Review: A must-have for any lover of musicals
Hit: 5 Stars

If you, like me, love musicals, then you will definitely enjoy this Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim re-working of the Shakespeare tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". The movie is wonderful, which prompted me to purchase the soundtrack. If you enjoy high-energy numbers with wonderful, on-the-mark vocals, then this is the CD soundtrack for you. And I still get chills when I hear the song "A Boy Like That/I Love Him", a heartbreaking yet beautiful declaration of love, no matter what the obstacles or personal cost.

Suffice it to say that I am satisfied with this purchase, which stays as close as possible to the movie version.

West Side Story Poster

Leonard Bernstein's musical update of Romeo and Juliet, with a young Stephen Sondheim's brilliant lyrics, had already galvanized Broadway with its vivid reinvention as a parable of racial intolerance and generational conflict. But director Robert Wise's lavish widescreen presentation broke fresh ground by taking the story to its most impressionable audience, the teenagers who could identify directly with Tony and Maria, and opened up Jerome Robbins's kinetic choreography through bravura camera work. The original soundtrack album was not merely a huge seller but a unique touchstone for an otherwise rock-oriented audience, and its release on CD benefits from an expanded program untenable in its initial LP release, as well as a 20-bit digital transfer. With Richard Beymer, Marni Nixon (Hollywood's vocal doppelg?nger of choice, here standing in for Natalie Wood), and Rita Moreno dominating, the show's bounty of terrific songs and exciting instrumental pieces remains an ear-filling treat, mixing operatic passions, tart social commentary, and high comedy. From "Tonight" to "One Hand, One Heart," "America" to "Jet Song," this is a landmark in American musical theatre and film beautifully realized on disc. --Sam Sutherland

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