My sincere hope is that young people out there find this album and fall in love with it as hard as I did.” The score feels like it's always been part of me, and I believe that this is the greatest music ever written for musical theater. As a kid I could sing every one of its songs by heart – and I did sing them, until I wore out the patience of my entire family. I loved the ‘West Side Story’ cast album from the first time I listened to it. Spielberg said, “I dedicated this movie to my father, but it was my mother's love of music, combined with my insatiable appetite to understand everything about movie making, that led me to start collecting motion picture soundtrack albums when I was young. Original choreography by Jerome Robbins, based on the stage play, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, play conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Leonard Bernstein. “West Side Story” has been adapted for the screen from the original 1957 Broadway show. From 20th Century Studios, The Walt Disney Company will release “West Side Story” in U.S. “West Side Story” tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City. BURBANK, Calif.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Hollywood Records is pleased to announce the release dates for the soundtrack from the highly-anticipated film “West Side Story,” directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Tony Kushner.