"I find the music of the stage show to be 'rough' and 'gritty,' while the same music in the film can sound 'stylized,' and well, 'Hollywoodized.' I dunno--maybe it's due in part that a stage show is recorded using quite different technology than a film."
I would say a lot of it has to do with the fact that the original cast recording of WSS has a far smaller orchestra than the film soundtrack. But also, as you say, the recording acoustic is very different -- the OBC has a much more "live" sound. |
