Jay 37,042 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Here's the new interview video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-IreuMDUDM Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,456 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 David Newman on the process of arranging Bernstein’s West Side Story for the new Hollywood film. https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/david-newman-talks-emwest-side-story/ Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 He was also on Burlingame's Disney podcast this week https://disneymusic.co/ForScoresPodcast Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 How many JWFanners have listened to this OST album multiple times? Those who have, what are your thoughts on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,456 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I listened to some highlights many times... and it's really really the first time I can listen to Bernstein's music and enjoy it. The arrangements are great. The more latino taste is welcome. The "latin" side may always was in the writing of the musical, but it's the first time (at least for me) that it's arranged to actually "work". Balcony Scene I Feel Pretty Maria Somewhere End Credits So I think, I can say... I like it... The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,423 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I listened to it around 20 times now and find it really good. The arrangements are terrific. The absolute plus of this new recording is Rachel Zegler performance, which I find far better than the original. Another good point of the album is the Finale which comport far less blank and SFX letting more space too the music Jay and Bespin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Today at 12pm (Noon) Pacific, David Newman will be the guest of a live online talk at ASMAC.org about his work on West Side Story. Scoring mixer Shawn Murphy will also be among the panelists. Admission is $10 for general audience (it's free if you're an ASMAC member) https://asmac.org/index.php/calendar/parties/012222-wss-dnewman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 This month's Film Score Monthly has a long interview with Newman here. An interesting excerpt: Quote It was a lot of hard work for all of us in the music department. The movie was prepped and shot in 2019. Post-production started at the end of 2019. We still hadn’t recorded everything, we did a lot of post-recording. That’s when the conductor Gustavo Dudamel came in and we had to re-record everything anyway. And in March 2020, we were going to go back to New York and finish it with the New York Philharmonic. And boom—March 2020, New York shut down. We shut down for six months. So, to finish it was a nightmare. We had to do it in Los Angeles, although fortunately, we could use Dudamel’s orchestra, the L.A. Philharmonic. He’s the music director of that orchestra and they’re fantastic. But we could only have strings in the room at any one time because of COVID. It made post-production a nightmare. We started mixing the soundtrack and we couldn’t be together. We had to do it over Zoom and, finally, it let up and we could all get in the room to finish everything. It was just impossible to finish the movie via Zoom. Jeanine Tesori was in New York and I was here in L.A. I was in my home and Matt Sullivan was present at the mix. I would never go through that experience again. You can do lots of things but you cannot mix over Zoom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,271 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Hopefully that's a thing of the past now that vaccines and RAT tests are commonplace (well, at least in countries other than Australia) I am curious how Williams intends to conduct at Sony for full orchestra though, whenever he starts Indy or Fabelmans sessions. Seems a little unsafe for him to wear a mask while conducting, for example. Also not sure what type of air ventilation that stage would have, given the finely tuned acoustics of the space... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 Raiders of the SoundtrArk and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,467 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Jay said: I am guessing this is a practice session. No way they recorded it that way right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 So now with a bunch of months behind us, how does JWFan feel about this score? Prefer it over the original? Prefer the original over it? Somewhere in between? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,306 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Brilliant in every way! Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,833 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 The quality of the recording alone makes it superior to the original in my opinion. JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 213 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 The film, performances, and recording are all fantastic. And the updates to the book help a lot too. I love it. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 59 minutes ago, Joe Brausam said: The film, performances, and recording are all fantastic. And the updates to the book help a lot too. I love it. You even love the singing of the male lead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,306 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 55 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: You even love the singing of the male lead? Could YOU do better? 😎 JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: Could YOU do better? 😎 I'm honoured that you consider me the ultimate reference. JTN and bruce marshall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,930 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I really enjoy the recording of the music, it is certainly of very high standard. It certainly made me investigate some older records of the material. While I can't say that I love every moment if Bernstein's musical, the craft behind the writing is quite staggering. Way beyond the capabilities of most songwriters. As for Spielberg's film, it is absolutely fine. But I find it struggling at times between its realism and the theatricality. Many big screen musical adaptations that take that approach emd up in that position (with the possible exception of Chicago). There's just something about the form that doesn't translate well from stage. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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