West Side Story (1961 Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
Musicals · 1961

Editors’ Notes 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"). The New York Philharmonic gives the Broadway classic a special kick, especially during Bernstein's lively Stravinsky-influenced instrumentals, including "Prologue," "The Rumble," and the memorable "Dance at the Gym."
Russ Tamblyn, Marni Nixon, Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Scooter Teague, Bert Michaels, Johnny Green, Jose de Veg
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Didier Deutsch, Russ Tamblyn, Marni Nixon, Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Johnny Green
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Russ Tamblyn, Marni Nixon, Natalie Wood, Eddie Verso, George Chakiris, Joanne Miya, Jim Bryant, Carole D'Andrea, Gus Trikonis
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Jim Bryant, Russ Tamblyn, Marni Nixon, Natalie Wood
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Harvey Hohnecker, Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Jim Bryant
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Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon, Robert Banas
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Rita Moreno, William Bramley, Didier Deutsch, Marni Nixon, Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Jim Bryant
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Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon, Natalie Wood, Bert Michaels, Johnny Green
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Russ Tamblyn, Natalie Wood, Jim Bryant
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Natalie Wood, Leonard Bernstein
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Marni Nixon, Suzie Kaye, Yvonne Othon, David Bean, Joanne Miya
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Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon
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Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon, Betty Wand
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Marni Nixon, Natalie Wood, Johnny Green, Jim Bryant
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Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon
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Tucker Smith, Jim Bryant
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Betty Wand, Marni Nixon, Natalie Wood
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Natalie Wood
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Natalie Wood, Leonard Bernstein
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19 SONGS, 1 HOUR, 18 MINUTES

RELEASED  OCTOBER 1, 1961

℗ ORIGINALLY RELEASED 1961 SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

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