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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 ...
West Side Story transcends the limits of the musical genre without attempting to be opera. A Classic Musical, But Is The Music Classical? West Side Story is classical music, but it isn't opera by ...
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 ...
“West Side Story” could sustain momentum through ... Yet audiences got hooked on the soundtrack — leading “This Is Me” to become a zeitgeist-tapping anthem — and people (mostly younger ...
Milanov knows all too well the power that music has to enhance the action onstage, and the score to “West Side Story” is no exception. “The interesting thing about the musical choices ...
So it really encompasses the music of the time in which we live.” West Side Story has performances through Sunday. For ...