I couldn't decide if I preferred the 2021 version of "America" purely on the cinematography alone or whether it was the music as well so I made a comparison video. Let me know what you think. Which one do you prefer?

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Music video by West Side Story - Cast 2021 performing by America (From "West Side Story"). © 2021 20th Century Studios.

Music in this video

Song
Artist
Album
Licensed to YouTube by America (From "West Side Story"/Soundtrack Version) Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Ana Isabelle, Jennifer Florentino, Natalie Toro, Arianna Rosario, Ilda Mason, Jeanette Delgado, Annelise Cepero, Tanairi Sade Vazquez

Licensed to YouTube by:
UMG (on behalf of
Hollywood Records), and music rights society.

TM & MGM (1961)
Cast: Jose De Vega, Jay Norman, Jaime Rogers, Larry
Roquemore, Robert E. Thompson, Gus Trikonis, Eddie Verso,
Rita Moreno, Marni Nixon
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Producers: Saul Chaplin, Robert Wise, Walter Mirisch
Screenwriters: Ernest Lehman, Arthur Laurents, William
Shakespeare, Jerome Robbins