Maria Song West Side Story

From the 50th anniversary edition blu ray of the movie.

Maria song west side story. Maria is sung by the male lead tony when he learns the name of the girl he s fallen in love with is maria. The original soundtrack from the movie west side story maria by jim bryant jim bryant for richard beymer. Leonard bernstein had written a musical tentatively called east side story in 1949. Maria is based on shakespeare s juliet who falls in love with romeo after their first encounter just as maria does with tony amid two feuding families who are echoed by the rival gangs in west side story.

Top 10 best west side story songs subscribe. The most beautiful sound i ever heard maria maria maria maria all the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word maria maria maria. Subscribe and to official bbc youtube https bit ly 2ixqein stream original bbc programmes first on bbc iplayer https bbc in 2j18jyj sung by julian. Maria is a song from the 1957 broadway musical west side story sung by the lead character tony.

The music was written by leonard bernstein and lyrics by stephen sondheim the song was published in 1956. Lyrics to maria by westside story. The most beautiful sound i ever heard maria maria maria all the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word maria maria maria maria maria maria. Natalie wood was not the first choice to play maria in the 1961 film version.