West Side Story: Original Soundtrack Recording (Special 50th Anniversary Edition)

~ Release by Leonard Bernstein (see all versions of this release, 18 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Overture
conductor:
Johnny Green (on 1960-08-09)
recording of:
West Side Story: Overture (on 1960-08-09)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
medley of:
West Side Story: Tonight Quintet (Jets, Sharks, Anita, Tony, Maria, Riff, Bernardo)
medley of:
West Side Story: Tonight (Maria, Tony)
medley of:
West Side Story: Maria (Tony)
medley of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym: Mambo
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein4:41
2Prologue
conductor:
Johnny Green (in 1961)
recording of:
West Side Story: Prologue (in 1961)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
part of:
West Side Story
part of:
West Side Story (Swedish version)
Leonard Bernstein5:34
3Jet Song
lead vocals [Ice] and lead vocals [Riff, singing voice]:
Tucker Smith (in 1961)
lead vocals [Snowboy]:
Bert Michaels (in 1961)
spoken vocals [Riff]:
Russ Tamblyn (in 1961)
conductor:
Johnny Green (in 1961)
recording of:
West Side Story: Jet Song (in 1961)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein2:10
4Something’s ComingLeonard Bernstein2:35
5Dance at the Gym
conductor:
Johnny Green (in 1961)
recording of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym: Blues (in 1961)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
part of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym (West Side Story, Swedish translation)
recording of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym: Jump (in 1961)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
part of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym (West Side Story, Swedish translation)
recording of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym: Promenade (in 1961)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
part of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym (West Side Story, Swedish translation)
Leonard Bernstein3:34
6Maria
vocals:
Jimmy Bryant
conductor:
Johnny Green (in 1961)
recording of:
West Side Story: Maria (Tony) (in 1961)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim (in 1956)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (in 1956)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein2:38
7AmericaLeonard Bernstein5:03
8TonightLeonard Bernstein3:36
9Gee, Officer Krupke!Leonard Bernstein4:09
10Intermission MusicLeonard Bernstein1:29
11I Feel PrettyLeonard Bernstein2:47
12One Hand, One Heart
vocals:
Jimmy Bryant and Marni Nixon
conductor:
Johnny Green (in 1961)
recording of:
West Side Story: One Hand, One Heart (Tony, Maria) (in 1961)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. and The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC
version of:
One (early version of "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story)
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein1:59
13Quintet
vocals:
Jimmy Bryant, George Chakiris, Rita Moreno, Marni Nixon, Tucker Smith and Russ Tamblyn
conductor:
Johnny Green (in 1961)
recording of:
West Side Story: Tonight Quintet (Jets, Sharks, Anita, Tony, Maria, Riff, Bernardo) (in 1961)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein3:25
14The Rumble
conductor:
Johnny Green (in 1961)
recording of:
West Side Story: The Rumble (in 1961)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein2:31
15Cool
vocals:
Tucker Smith
conductor:
Johnny Green (in 1961)
recording of:
West Side Story: Cool (in 1961)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein4:25
16A Boy Like That / I Have a Love
vocals:
Marni Nixon and Betty Wand
conductor:
Johnny Green (in 1961)
recording of:
West Side Story: A Boy Like That (Anita, Maria) (in 1961)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
part of:
West Side Story
recording of:
West Side Story: I Have a Love (Maria, Anita) (in 1961)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. and The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein4:32
17Somewhere (Finale)Leonard Bernstein2:06
18End CreditsLeonard Bernstein4:58
19One
vocals:
Jo Stafford (on 1957-08-17)
recording of:
One (early version of "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story) (on 1957-08-17)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
Jo Stafford2:35
20CoolThe Honey Dreamers2:32
21Cool Fugue
vocals:
The Honey Dreamers
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
arranger:
Sid Ramin
The Honey Dreamers3:29
22MariaThe Honey Dreamers2:08
23Mambo
vocals:
The Honey Dreamers
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
arranger:
Sid Ramin
recording of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym: Mambo
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
arranger:
Michael Sweeney
part of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym (West Side Story, Swedish translation)
The Honey Dreamers2:22

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
printed in:Europe
design/illustration:Tim Noel‐Johnson
liner notes:Nigel Simeone
producer:Michael S. Fishberg
remastering:Adam Binks
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Harkit Records (in 2011)
ASIN:UK: B004RIAC8Q [info]
discography entry:https://web.archive.org/web/20130511215450/http://www.harkitrecords.com/westside_story.html [info]