West Side Story: The Original Score

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein's multifarious talents. He has been lionized for his abilities as concert pianist, conductor, composer, author and teacher. Others have argued that his diverse musical interests prevented him from reaching his full potential as a serious composer. It was his extraordinary versitility that enabled West Side Story to elevate musical theater to new heights. The ability to combine serious ballet music and classically constructed fugues with memorable popular melodies, jazzy, finger-snapping tunes, heart wrenching love songs and vaudevillian humor could only have come from one man, the true Renaissance musician of the 20th century.

Tracks:

Overture
Prologue
Jet Song
Something's Coming
Dance At The Gym
Maria
America
Tonight
Gee, Officer Krupke
Intermission Music
I Feel Pretty
One Hand, One Heart
Quintet
The Rumble
Somewhere
Cool
A Boy Like That/I Have A Love
Finale
End Credits

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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 doppelgänger 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

Customer Reviews:

WSS Original Sdtrk........2007-06-11

I ordered the West Side Story cd and it came in excellent condition. it was sealed and everything and if i find anything else to buy from this seller, i will.

west side story music.......2007-04-14

C.D. in excellent condition, arrived soon after order. OH! Played at full volume--made me long to see the movie again. May just do that. The other reviewers complimented the movie orchestration and sound track--they were right.Nothing like Leonard Bernstein, Marnie Nixon, et.al.

West Side Story CD.......2007-01-24

Great music. Just like I remembered it... but even better. Very lively, great instrumentals, and wonderful voices.

LOVE it.......2007-01-09

This is my favorite musical and I love being able to rip it and have it on my MP3 for car listening.

Buy it for posterity.......2006-12-30

Yes, this is the movie version and is an important part of 1960s pop culture, but it pales in comparison to the Broadway Cast. The sound quality is sub-par, and the voices are nowhere near as strong as the 1957 Cast. The movie also cuts some important music, or rewoks the score until it is completely different from the original. The order was also changed from the original show, and it is hard to listen to for someone that is familiar with the original. Overall, 1957 cast over this one, but buy it for the memories if you must.

West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast)

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West Side Story
Beautiful
Gorgeous Music!
Best version of the best Musical
Fantastic CD!!!!!!

West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast)
Carol Lawrence , Larry Kert , and Chita Rivera
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Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

Act I: Prologue
Act I: Jet Song
Act I: Something's Coming
Act I: The Dance At The Gym
Act I: Maria
Act I: Tonight
Act I: America
Act I: Cool
Act I: One Hand, One Heart
Act I: Tonight (Qnt And Chor)
Act I: The Rumble
Act II: I Feel Pretty
Act II: Somewhere(Ballet)
Act II: Gee, Officer Krupke
Act II: A Boy Like That/I Have A Love
Act II: FInale
Sym Dances: Prologue(Allegro Moderato)
Sym Dances: Somewhere(Adagio)
Sym Dances: Scherzo(Vivace E Leggiero)
Sym Dances: Mambo(Meno Presto)
Sym Dances: Cha-Cha(Andantino Con Grazia)
Sym Dances: Meeting Scene(Meno Mosso)
Sym Dances: Cool Fugue(Allegretto)
Sym Dances: Rumble(Molto Allegro)
Sym Dances: Finale(Adagio)

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What is there left to say about this musical, deservedly one of the most famous in the canon? Created by what lyricist Stephen Sondheim described as "a unique concatenation of people" (Leonard Bernstein, Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins), the show remains as explosively vibrant, daring, and modern as it was decades ago. Bernstein integrated Latin percussion and jazz into his electrifying score, dazzlingly translating New York's unique vitality into a musical idiom. West Side Story has been adapted for jazz and interpreted by pop and opera singers, but you owe it to yourself to check out the original version to see what the fuss was all about. This new reissue adds over 20 minutes of "symphonic dances" as well as liner notes and production photos. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

West Side Story.......2007-06-13

It is like reviewing the bible. West Side Story is so fundemental to modern musical theater that it stands on its own.

Beautiful.......2007-04-01

I saw West Side Story on Broadway with this cast. It was wonderful to revisit this exceptional play and brilliant score. I always felt that the movie was schlock compared to the original play. I recommend this to anyone and everyone who loves beautiful music performed by exceptionally talented performers

Gorgeous Music!.......2007-03-18

I'm in love with this OBCR, and for good reason. It's West Side Story! How could you not love it?

But, for a more realistc review, this is an amazing cast recording. If you just take into consideration how long ago this was (50 years) and think about how far it's come, how much this musical has impacted the world, you already have an idea of how amazing this how must have beem. Beyond that, the orchestrations are beautiful, the performances wonderful and Mr. Sondheim's lyrics will make your breath catch in your throat.

What more could you want in a musical?

Best version of the best Musical.......2007-03-03

I first heard the original Broadway cast album of West Side Story when I was 8 years old. Since then I have heard the album from the motion picture and the album recorded with opera stars including Kiri Te Kanawa. Although the latter two are excellent efforts, I think (and always will) that the original Broadway cast album with Carol Lawrence and Larry Kern is the definitive treatment. The energy, freshness, enthusiasm and feeling are at once captivating, exciting and uplifting. The sense of character and atmosphere is incomparable. It is possibly a help that this album was recorded at the time when the reality of New York and its demographics (including the street gangs) portrayed in the work was still fresh and relevant. I could rattle on for ages about this wonderful work but I will spare the patient reader. All I can say is, if you love this wonderful piece of art and don't possess this version, do yourself the biggest of favours and buy it. Listen to it again and again and let it work its magic on you. You won't regret it! Olé!

Fantastic CD!!!!!!.......2007-01-16

The high pitched click on the 12/13 second mark that was mentioned in a previous review is, I believe, just the sound of Riff and Bernardo pulling out their knives. As for any confusion about the difference in song order and lyric changes for those used to the movie, in the Broadway play the song "Cool" was sung before the war council and the song "Gee, Officer Krupke" was sung after the Rumble. In the movie they switched these two songs. (Appropriately, I think.) In the movie they also changed where the song "I Feel Pretty" was. Which is why the lyrics changed from: "I feel pretty and witty and bright! And I pity any girl who isn't me tonight!" to the words "gay" (meaning happy of course) and "day". In the movie some changes (mostly slight ones) were made to the lyrics in most of the songs. Bernardo and the Sharks were also added to the song "America". The "Somewhere Ballet" was not done in the movie due to the budget and time. If you are used to the movie version the Broadway version might seem a bit odd. Overall it is a wonderful CD with lovely singing, and music.

-A reviewer (though not necessarily a child)

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West Side Story CD
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Leonard Bernstein , Stephen Sondheim , Marni Nixon , and Rita Moreno
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Tracks:

Overture
Prologue
Jet Song
Something's Coming
Dance At The Gym
Maria
America
Tonight
Gee, Officer Krupke
I Feel Pretty
One Hand, One Heart
Quintet
The Rumble
Somewhere
Cool
A Boy Like That/I Have A Love
Finale
End Credits

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Customer Reviews:

WSS Original Sdtrk........2007-06-11

I ordered the West Side Story cd and it came in excellent condition. it was sealed and everything and if i find anything else to buy from this seller, i will.

west side story music.......2007-04-14

West Side Story CD.......2007-01-24

Great music. Just like I remembered it... but even better. Very lively, great instrumentals, and wonderful voices.

LOVE it.......2007-01-09

This is my favorite musical and I love being able to rip it and have it on my MP3 for car listening.

Buy it for posterity.......2006-12-30

Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)

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There's No Business Like Show Business- Ensemble
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? From "Finian's Rainbow"- Ella Logan
Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
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Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
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Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
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I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
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Memory- Betty Buckley
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Customer Reviews:

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30

Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a gift to several friends with rave reviews.

Top Shelf.......2007-01-04

This is THE definitive collection of Broadway hits. I have other collections, and none of them measure up. A great deal of care was obviously taken in compiling and presenting this box set. It covers a lot of ground, starting with some long-forgotten but still very enjoyable hits from the days of yore, and finishing with present-day favorites. To the best of my knowledge, the recordings are by those who made them famous. You won't be disappointed.

TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23

THESE BROADWAY MUSICALS CD'S ARE A BROADWAY LOVERS DREAM. WITH EACH SONG, MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK. BOTH THE FAMILIAR AND THE FORGOTTEN SONGS ARE A TRUE LISTENING PLEASURE. IF YOU LIKE BROADWAY, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SET.

Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14

This Collection was perfectly made it has almost all the most famous Broadway songs on this 5 cd set. The Music is great and has Broadways greatest treasures like "Memory""People""With One Look""Give my regards Too Broadway" just to name a few of this numerous cd set with over 100 songs. This is a great buy if you like musicals or The music of Broadway

Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17

If you are a fan of the Broadway Musicals, this is a collection that you should purchase. Since I got the 5 disc set I've enjoyed listening to it. The majority of the songs are done by the original singers. The collection is priceless considering that you will have over 100 songs from popular musicals since the beginning of Broadway

Stars & Stripes: America's Greatest Hits

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worth money.......2007-05-24

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Great Patriotic Music.......2007-02-21

Beautiful music perfect for feeling patriotic. Received CD promptly and in great condition.

A good choice of tunes with good quality.......2005-06-30

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Brilliant!!!.......2003-08-11

I have the CD at home and the songs sound fabulous. I've heard the Houston Symphony's version of the Star Spangled Banner many times on TV as this anthem has been used at sign-off (when this was happening). It's as powerful a version you'll hear. Probably the finest patriotic music CD you can find out there.

Best Patriotic Music I've Found.......2001-09-20

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You'll be disappointed
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Customer Reviews:

You'll be disappointed.......2006-09-02

Not the original artists. Very weak versions of beloved songs by marginal to downright bad vocalists.

Pretty good musical mix.......2006-03-10

Lots of great and clear vocals. I was looking for a musical mix and this has a nice sampling of many major songs but also some more recent stuff. I haven't purchased an import before but I would do it again if the opportunity presented itself. It is somewhat annoying to have three cds when I think it could have fit onto two. Still, more than I have complaints, I have compliments about it.

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The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

ASIN: B0009VNBR4
Release Date: 2005-07-05

Tracks:

Blue Danube
Waltz of Flowers
Waltz No. 1
Waltz of the Snowflakes
Naila Waltz
Spanish Dance
I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
Sugar Plum Fairy
Dance of the Comedians
Camptown Races
Carnival of the Animals Finale
Dance of the Clown [From "A Midsummer Night's" Dream]
Dance of the Hours
Dance of the Swans [From "Swan Lake"]
Faust Ballet
Tritsch Tratsch Polka
Hungarian Dance
Dance of the Priestesses
Overture from "William Tell"
Toreador Song [From "Carmen"]
Overture from "Carmen"
Samson & Delilah
Ride of the Valkyries
Baracole from "The Tales of Hoffmann"
Scheherazade
Water Music - The Hornpipe
Nocturne
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Hungarian Rhapsody
Prde L& Arlenne
Preer Gynt Suite No. 1 Anitra's Dance
Liebestraum
Adagio from "The New World Symphony"
Flight of the Bumblebee
Ave Maria
Air on a G String
Neapolitan Song
Violin Concerto
Serenade No. 4

Tracks:

When You Wish Upon a Star
Chances Are
Calcutta
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Gigi
They Call the Wind Maria
Memories Are Made of This
Catch a Falling Star
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
So in Love
Begin the Beguine
Misty
Little Things Mean a Lot
Embraceable You
It Might as Well Be Spring
On the Street Where You Live
Moment to Remember
Anniversary Song
Golden Days
Theme from a Summer Place
Tonight
Lullaby of Broadway
Easter Parade
Tenderly
Young at Heart

Tracks:

Claire de Lune
Piano Concerto No. 1
Minute Waltz
Piano Concerto
Fantasy Impromptu
Piano Sonata No. 20 - Finale
Swan
Polonaise No. 6
Waltz in C Minor
1812 Overture
Light Cavalry Overture
Nutcracker Overture
Marche Militaire
Tannhauser Overture
Radetsky March
Tragic Overture
Triumphal March
Tales of Vienna Woods
Emperor's Waltz
Waltz. Wine, Women and Song
Voice of Spring
Fledermaus Overture
Skater's Waltz
Roses from the South
Romance
Symphony No. 5
Mer
Moonlight Sonata
Capriccio Espagnol
Lohengrin
Symphonie Fantastique
Greensleeves
Souvenir
Lonely Heart
Die Meistersinger
Polovtsian Dance

Customer Reviews:

Peculiar Amazon indexing.......2007-06-08

A search for Deep Purple's "Smoke on [in] the water," brought up this title. I rate it only #1 because I could not locate the "Smoke on the Water" listing. Amazon seems to be having an indexing problem.

Average customer rating:

A nice try, but too many defects
Familiarity May Breed Contempt as This Valiant Effort with Youthful Voices Lacks the Drive of the Original
Worth checking out
Perhaps the way it was first intended to be heard
Welcome Back, Wonderful West Side

West Side Story: The Original Score

Manufacturer: Naxos American
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006LI1Z
Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

Prologue
Jet Song
Something's Coming
Blues
Promenade
Mambo
Maria
Balcony Scene/ Tonight
America
Cool
One Hand, One Heart
Quintet/ Tonight
The Rumble
I Feel Pretty
Ballet Sequence
Transition To Scherzo
Scherzo
Somewhere
Procession And Nightmare
Gee Officer Krupke
A Boy Like That/ I Have A Love
Taunting Scene
Finale

Album Description

Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein's multifarious talents. He has been lionized for his abilities as concert pianist, conductor, composer, author and teacher. Others have argued that his diverse musical interests prevented him from reaching his full potential as a serious composer. It was his extraordinary versitility that enabled West Side Story to elevate musical theater to new heights. The ability to combine serious ballet music and classically constructed fugues with memorable popular melodies, jazzy, finger-snapping tunes, heart wrenching love songs and vaudevillian humor could only have come from one man, the true Renaissance musician of the 20th century.

Customer Reviews:

A nice try, but too many defects.......2006-11-22

Earlier reviewers did their best to be friendly to this bargain West Side Story from Schermerhorn and his Nashvile orchestra, but the whole affair is trapped between two worlds. The conductor tries to make the score more important and symphonic, but what results are sagging rhythms that bear little resemblance to Broadway style, while the light-voiced singers (whose juvenile timbre is more suitable for "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown") convey off-Broadway spontaneity.

Their "Hey gang, e'ts put on a show" enthusiasm is too clean cut for West Side Story; these street gangs would walk your grandmother across the street. As one reviewer points out, the dialogue involving Riff and the Jets is painful to listen to. Only the Maria and Tony sound convincing as characters, and it's too bad they didn't wind up in a better production. So despite the pleasure of hearing the full dialogue in the balcony scene and some unusual scoring that didn't make it into the final Broadway version, this recording deivers little in the way of the true spirit of this great show.

Familiarity May Breed Contempt as This Valiant Effort with Youthful Voices Lacks the Drive of the Original.......2006-04-24

Another recording of Leonard Bernstein's classic would hardly seem necessary given the legendary status accorded the recordings of the Broadway and Hollywood versions, but this one, recorded days after 9/11, is well worth a listen if only to hear the original score even before it was adjusted for its Broadway debut. In fact, some of the changes in arrangement and lyrical content, for example, the extra verse on "Tonight", are startling to hear since they are so well etched in our respective memories. This bargain-priced Naxos disc is not the definitive version of the score, but I think it is a step up from the far more vaunted version Bernstein himself conducted in 1984 with full operatic voices. Serious miscasting hampers that recording, especially Jose Carreras unable to submerge his Iberian accent to be effective as Tony and an overripe Kiri Te Kanawa trying desperately to sound like a delicate Latina.

Here the voices sound appropriately younger with tenor Mike Eldred a particularly winning Tony. Soprano Betsi Morrison has a nice bell-like quality to her voice, which matches beautifully with Eldred's on the duets and on her haunting rendition of "I Have a Love", though sometimes her faux-Puerto Rican accent fails her. Tenor Robert Dean does an energetic turn as Riff, though I have to express my disappointment with mezzo-soprano Marianne Cooke's phrasing, which seems a tad too slow and sonorous for such a fiery role like Anita. Michelle Prentice does a fine version of "Somewhere", though her tremolo reminds me too much of Sarah Brightman's overly ornate style.

One-time Bernstein protege Kenneth Schermerhorn leads the Nashville Symphony Orchestra with appropriate fervor, and for the most part, the playing is superb. Where the musicians fail is in maintaining the rhythmic drive on the most famous non-ballads like "Jet Song", "Cool", and especially "Quintet Tonight" which sounds off-tempo due to a heavy emphasis on vocal articulation. This strange misstep, which happens a little too often throughout, makes the venture feel more like a recital than a dramatic musical. Even with these flaws, it's still an admirable recording for the purity of the effort. I suppose I just miss the finger-snapping braggadocio and ballet-like high kicks that make this musical truly transcendent.

Worth checking out.......2006-01-04

This disc is far from perfect, as other reviewers have noted, but some portions of it are incredibly theatrical and powerful.

First of all, the title of this disc is incredibly confusing. "The original score"? The packaging goes on to say that this is the way Bernstein wanted WSS heard, before the stage and film incarnations. What does that even mean? Before the Broadway production, the music to "Oh Happy We" from Candide was in this show. Yet it's obviously not what Bernstein intended. I think he has made his intentions very clear with the published p/v score and the published orchestral score, both of which this recording deviates from. For instance, "America" on this recording is what we would call the film version of the song, with the males and the females battling, rather than the stage version, which is only the women. These lyrics were written much later than the premiere of the stage version; how could this be Bernstein's original intention? Also, on Bernstein's own recording, Carerras sings the high Bb in "Maria." However, even though Eldred certainly posesses the pipes to sing that (he sings the optional high C at the end of the Quintet), he (or more probably Schermerhorn) decided to sing the more familiar succession of Gs and then an A. Why?? This was most certainly not Bernstein's original intention.

So the title is misleading. But still, this disc contains some very good material for a very low price. Eldred is one of the best singing Tonys on disc, having the perfect blend of youth and voice. Many reviewers have criticized Morrison, but she worked for me. (I never noticed her being out of tune.) She certainly has a much stronger soprano than the original Maria, Carol Lawrence, had. And the two have chemistry together as well. Another highlight of the disc is "Gee, Officer Krupke," as the young performers playing the Jets really bring out the underlying rage in that song. You can feel the fear and anger in their voices as they sing "Krupke, we've got troubles of our own!" And although Anita in "A Boy Like That" sounds like she's singing Tosca's death scene, she is adequate throughout the disc. The only really poor principal is Riff, who is painful to listen to in the dialogue, although he's a fine singer.

So you get most of Bernstein's score, some good performances, and some powerful moments for $6.99. To me, that's worth it.

Perhaps the way it was first intended to be heard.......2003-02-16

There are no exceptional recordings of West Side Story, but each has its assets and liabilities. The assets the Nashville team bring to this recording are earnest (although not consistently effective) performances from most of its vocalists and an ambitious, though sometimes self-conscious, performance from the Nashville Symphony. In particular, you will never hear a "Tony" as beautifully phrased and imagined as this one, and the most intense orchestral passages are performed with great emotion --if not always correct syncopation. The recording quality is slightly bright (you'll need to ramp up your bass control to get the soundstage this work requires) but it is more than ample for the project. The only serious disappointment is the performance of "Somewhere," which is delivered with a level of vibrato which made me long for Reri Grist on the original recording. In addition, this Anita pales in comparison to her predecessors because she doesn't sound the least bit hispanic. What this recording achieves that the others don't is the sense of young people confronting a legendary score for perhaps the first time. There is a very poignant and earnest feeling one has listening to this performance which I find difficult to find elsewhere. Tony and Maria are a couple of lost kids who discover one another in the wrong place and the wrong time. The innocence these musicians bring to Bernstein's greatest score is deeply heartfelt and the recording is atmospheric enough to take you to the streets... Hands down, I'd purchase it in lieu of the Te Kanawa/Carerras recording, but it does not reach the peaks of the soundtrack or original broadway cast album. If you love Bernstein -- buy it anyway.

Welcome Back, Wonderful West Side.......2002-11-15

The glorious version of "Tonight" contained on this cd is ample reason to purchase Naxos' offering of _West Side Story_. The lyric voices of soprano Betsi Morrison and tenor Michael Eldred blend beautifully, convincing listeners that the piece is as compelling as ever. Eldred and Morrison savor the nuances of the other titles as well, bringing a youthful vitality and joy to the music. Those who love _West Side Story_ will appreciate hearing this outstanding performance featuring excellent vocalists with the exceptional Nashville Symphony.

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West Side Story
Original Broadway Cast Recording
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008169
Release Date: 1994-10-04

Tracks:

Prologue
Jet Song
Something's Coming
The Dance At The Gym
Maria
Tonight
America
Cool
One Hand, One Heart
Tonight
The Rumble
I Feel Pretty
Somewhere (Ballet)
Gee, Officer Krupke!
A Boy Like That/I Have A Love
Finale

Films of the Century (Filmscore Anthology)

Average customer rating:

not the best
"must have compilation for film buffs"

Films of the Century (Filmscore Anthology)

Manufacturer: Milan Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Simply the Best Movie Themes

ASIN: B00005173T
Release Date: 2000-11-21

Tracks:

Ghost: 'Unchained Melody' - Maurice Jarre
The Deer Hunter: 'The Deer Hunter/Cavatina' - John Williams
La Dolce Vita: 'La Dolce Vita' - Katyna Ranieri
Bed Of Roses: 'Boom' - Artie Kane
Benny & Joon: 'Benny & Joon' - J.A.C. Redford
Gone With The Wind: 'Gone With The Wind' - RIAS Jugendorchester/Mark Fitz-Gerald
Casablanca: 'As Time Goes By' - Claude Bolling Big Band
West Side Story: 'Main Theme' - Claude Bolling Big Band
Dr. Zhivago: 'Dr. Zhivago' - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Maurice Jarre
Love Story: 'Main Theme' - Erick Berchot/Sophie Christofari
The Truman Show: 'Father Kobe's Preaching' - Orchestre Philharmonique National De Pologne/Kazimierz Kord
Kikujiro: 'Going Out' - Films Of The Century
Titanic: 'Titanic Suite' - City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra/David Michael Frank
Shakespeare In Love: 'Shakespeare In Love' - City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra/David Michael Frank
A Fish Called Wanda: 'End Titles' - Films Of The Century
The Pink Panther: 'The Pink Panther Theme' - Bobby McFerrin

Tracks:

James Bond 007: 'James Bond Theme' - RIAS Jugendorchester/Mark Fitz-Gerald
Psycho: 'Finale' - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Elmer Bernstein
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence: 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' - Ryuichi Sakamoto
North By Northwest: 'Prelude' - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Elmer Bernstein
The Last Emperor: 'The Last Emperor' - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Backdraft: 'Fighting 17' - Films Of The Century
Speed: 'Main Title' - Don Harper
The Elephant Man: 'The Elephant Man Theme' - John Morris
The Usual Suspects: 'Main Theme' - Larry Groupe
Taxi Driver: 'Prelude' - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Elmer Bernstein
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2: 'Barely' - Carter Burwell/gman/SPLaTTeRCeLL
Once Upon A Time In The West: 'Main Title' - RIAS Jugendorchester/Mark Fitz-Gerald
Lawrence Of Arabia: 'Suite' - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Maurice Jarre
Gettysburg: 'Main Title' - Films Of The Century
Body Double: 'Body Double' - The Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano/Natale Massara

Customer Reviews:

not the best.......2002-06-12

This has some good selections but really doesn't have the best because it is so subjective. i certainly got bored with many of the pieces they selected in the group, while others had my foot stomping. i recommend getting the original stuff anyways.

"must have compilation for film buffs".......2000-11-24

Milan Records celebrates the history of popular cinema with a 2-CD anthology of the music that drove the most affectionately remembered films of the modern cinematic era. These indelible musical impressions come courtesy of the most renowned film score composers of our time - Maurice Jarre, Max Steiner, Hans Zimmer, James Horner, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann, Randy Edelman and Henry Mancini.

Released into two general categories, the album presents moments from films of "Love, Passion & Comedy", on disc one - gives us the most powerful classic love themes from "WEST SIDE STORY", "DR. ZHIVAGO" and "LOVE STORY", and features newer classics from "TITANIC", "THE TRUMAN SHOW", "UNCHAINED MELODY" and on the lighter side "A FISH CALLED WANDA", "BENNY & JOON" and one of the most familiar themes ever written "THE PINK PANTHER" from legendary icon Henry Mancini.

On disc two "ACTION, ADVENTURE & SUSPENSE", includes themes from Alfred Hitchcock's landmark films "NORTH BY NORTHWEST" and the absolutely unforgettable "PSYCHO" finale...then the greatest action hero of all time leads off with Monty Norman's "JAMES BOND THEME", and action cues from "BACKDRAFT" and "SPEED"...next up the Academy Award winning theme from "THE LAST EMPEROR" and "GETTYSBURG" main title, one of the best-selling score CD's of all time.

A must have for "movie-music" collectors and film buffs, including music lovers and anyone who really enjoys a little nostalgia now and then...thank you Milan for this trip down memory lane and the amazing legacy of 20th Century Cinema!

Total Time: Disc One 54:30 on 16 Tracks & Disc Two 52:30 on 15 Tracks...Milan Records 35925...(2000)

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