| re: Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY - first look at the Jets and Sharks | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 01:41 pm EDT 06/17/19 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 01:39 pm EDT 06/17/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY - first look at the Jets and Sharks - ryhog 12:20 pm EDT 06/17/19 | |
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| Yes, but arranging can mean wholesale re-thinking of songs, accompaniments, etc, BEFORE orchestrations. Sometimes both are the job of one person, sometimes not. So I'm not just talking about adding underscoring, etc, or some rethinking of what instrument plays what. That's a given, pretty much. I just hope that the score we hear in the film really does still sound like the show we're accustomed to. (I'd have to go back to listen to the 1961 soundtrack again to be more specific than this - but in that film, despite some clear changes, the score still sounds like the score, honoring the original. Contrasting with what was done with the ballet music in the On The Town film, for instance, where they did so much re-arranging of the original that it feels like they threw the pages of the score up in the air and put them in whatever sequence they were in when they hit the ground, lol. Hardly the original score at all.) I think a score can be iconic, but that doesn't mean that it can't be adapted in many other ways for other mediums etc. (The many wonderful jazz reinterpretations of the West Side Story score, for instance.) But such arrangements aren't intended to be used in the show itself. Does a score need to be reinvented for every new revival/film/etc? Often that happens. That doesn't diminish the iconic nature of the original, or of the songs themselves - but it does change the feel of the piece. To use the example I posted in another thread earlier - yes, I think it's feasible to do Hello Dolly without the staircase, even though that set piece is certainly iconic. But you might disappoint a lot of people in that process...;-) The "iconic" question in general would make for a great debate, I think. Thanks for posing (and posting) it. ;-) |
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