West Side Story Ost Leonard Bernstein La Boг Te г Musiq West side story is the soundtrack album to the 1961 film west side story, featuring music by leonard bernstein and lyrics by stephen sondheim.released in 1961, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at no. 1 on billboard ' s stereo albums charts, giving it the longest run at no. 1 of any album in history, [2] although some lists instead credit michael jackson's thriller, on the grounds that this run. Overtureprologuejet songsomething's comingdance at the gymmariaamericatonightgee, officer krupkeintermission musici feel prettyone hand, one heartquintetthe rumblecoola boy like that i have a lovesomewherefinaleend creditsone hand, one heartprologuejet songsomething's comingdance at the gymmariatonightamericacoolone hand, one hearttonightthe rumblei feel prettysomewheregee, officer krupkea.
West Side Story Ost Leonard Bernstein La Boг Te г Musiq Orchestra. 4m. the film opens with a mounting tension between a white american gang the jets and a rival gang of puerto rican immigrants the sharks. jet song. russ tamblyn. 20m. the jets discuss about challenging the sharks to a rumble. leader riff suggests that tony should present the challenge to them. Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for west side story (the original sound track recording) by leonard bernstein. compare different versions and buy them all on discogs. It's nearly alarming how charming west side story remains long after the film's 1961 release. composer leonard bernstein and tyro lyricist stephen sondheim update romeo and juliet with beautiful balladry ("maria," "tonight," "somewhere") and songs that deliver incisive social commentary with complex rhymes and plenty of jokes ("jet song," "america," "gee, officer krupke"). In west side story, composer leonard bernstein uses the common interval of the tritone throughout the entire score to represent the various forms of conflict in the drama that need resolution: the rival gangs, the forbidden love and the conflicted heart, the family schisms, etc. that simple compositional tool, applied across the broad landscape.
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