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West Side Story
by: Original Soundtrack

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5099748947222
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony Budget
Manufacturer: Sony Budget
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony Budget
Release Date: December 22, 1997
Studio: Sony Budget
Sales Rank: 780

Disc 1:
  1. Something's Coming
  2. Boy Like That
  3. Maria
  4. Prologue-Jet Song
  5. Tonight
  6. Cool
  7. Somewhere
  8. America
  9. I Feel Pretty
  10. One Hand, One Heart
  11. Gee Officer Krupke
  12. I Have A Love
  13. Prelude To The Rumble
  14. Chick Corea's Elektric Band Vs. Steve Vai's Monsters - The R
  15. Prelude To Somewhere
  16. Somewhere
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Brilliant
I have known this album since i was 4 years old. Had In on vinyl for a long time. Got all the pretend versions (kiritikanawa or what ever you call her, and all the others) This is the best. So to all the knockers. YOU HAV'NT GOT A CLUE. Or get a decent Hi Fi system. I thank you. Good delivery service from Amazon as usual.


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Dissapointing
I love West Side Story, and decided to buy the soundtrack to such a good musical. I assumed this would be the best money could buy. Oh boy was I wrong!

Decent oechestral playing masks the first couple of tracks, then the Jets enter. Unfortunately, most of them have fairly poor voices and fail to pitch the notes very well at all. Most chorus numbers are like this on the CD.

Whoever sings Maria (I belive it is not Natalie Wood) is, however, a good singer, and so is Toni. Whilst their voices are a little weak, they can still sound like teenagers madly in love.

The worst Point of this CD is the "Tonight" Quintet. When the Sharks enter, they are so out of tune wth each other that it sounds painfully unpleasant. ... Read More:


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An outstanding 'classic' recording
So much has been said about West Side Story, which is universally regarded as one of the best recordings ever made, that it needs little in the way criticism. Suffice to say that there are a number of releases of the original soundtrack - of which this is clearly (pun intended) the best. The 2004 20-bit remastered and extended version is a failure and best avoided, with the energy, presence and detail of the original transfer sucked out of it.

An all-time classic, still technically outstanding after more than 40 years, and a reference point in the history of recording technique.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - ONE OF THE BEST MUSICALS OF ALL TIME...
Bernstein wrote himself into the annals of musical history with the score that he composed for West Side Story, a nineteen fifties version of Romeo and Juliet, and Stephen Sondheim did it justice with the terrific lyrics he wrote, which made the music soar even higher. This a musical that has entered the popular consciousness with good reason. Who hasn't heard the beauty and poetry of "Maria", the expectant poignancy of "Tonight", or the eternally hopeful "Somewhere" and not been touched, especially when sung, as they are here, by Jim Bryant and Marnie Nixon? There is also the upbeat "America" and "I Feel Pretty", which are ensemble songs geared to showcase Jerome Robbins' choreography to perfection. This is a magnificent CD that should be a part ... Read More:


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Plenty of energy, but sadly lacking in precision.
This soundtrack recording taken from the oscar winning film contains all the excitement, energy and flair that you would expect from a recording of a Bernstein score. However, it also contains some noticeably poor performances from those involved in it's production. Some members of the Jets and Sharks were clearly chosen for their ability to dance rather than for their polished singing. At the beginning of the 'Quintet', for example, the Sharks are hideously out of tune and not necessarily singing the correct words. Also, there is some shoddy playing from the woodwind in the 'Prologue'. Having said that, the percussion are very good, and the trumpets, absolutely outstanding with some gravity defying acrobatics in the 'Dance at the Gym'. Natalie Wood ... Read More:

 



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