Newsweek spoke to Oscar-nominated Composer David Newman, who worked as an arranger and adapter on Spielberg's West Side Story, and classical music expert Rosie Pentreath to find out more.

The official West Side Story soundtrack debuted ahead of the film’s theatrical release. That meant re-recorded versions of fan-favorite tracks, like “America,” “Maria,” and “The Dance ...

A week before the film was distributed widely in movie theaters, Hollywood Records released WEST SIDE STORY (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on streaming and digital platforms, with physical ...

The full West Side Story soundtrack is out now!! While the new movie doesn’t premiere for another week, we are getting a first listen at all of the songs featured in the film. Stars Rachel ...

Spielberg immediately brought Dudamel and Newman on board back in 2018. “The music of ‘West Side Story’ is timeless,” says Newman. “The ‘Symphonic Dances From West Side Story’ is in ...

Sondheim said he was working on music for a different show, and not looking for another job, when he was asked to be the lyricist on the original 1957 Broadway musical for "West Side Story," a ...

The music had, of course, lived on. “Maria,” “Tonight” and “Somewhere” entered the Great American Songbook. “Symphonic Dances From West Side Story,” which Bernstein brilliantly arr ...

So even though “West Side Story” fell short of expectations ... Yet audiences got hooked on the soundtrack — leading “This Is Me” to become a zeitgeist-tapping anthem — and people ...

“Two years ago, I came up with the idea of re-arranging the music from Leonard Bernstein’s masterpiece, ‘West Side Story,’ and performing it with my Multiverse Big Band, but in a way that ...