The Most Beautiful Musical Theater Songs Ever...- Page 3

[BroadwayBaby3]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 5:30pm

When I Look At You- Scarlet Pimpernel
Unusual Way- Nine
I Know the Truth- Aida
The Impossible Dream- Man of LaMancha
Move On- Sunday in the Park With George
Far From the Home I Love- Fiddler on the Roof

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 7:54pm

"It Only Takes A Moment" (TWHM)

"I Don't Want To Know" (DEAR WORLD)

"I Won't Send Roses" (MACK AND MABLE)

"I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" (MY FAIR LADY)

"I Loved you Once In Silence" (CAMELOT)

"People Will Say We're In Love" (OKLAHOMA!)

"Breeze Off The River" (THE FULL MONTY)

[Crazy4MattMorrison52]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 8:01pm

without you -rent
without love-hairspray

[WSS2]

Posted: 11/21/03 at 8:03pm

Somewhere

[onceadancer2]

Posted: 11/22/03 at 6:56am

Hello to all:

My friends and I have put together a rather comprehensive list of the theatre’s most beautiful songs.

Our criteria was:

* The music could be anything: waltzes, polkas, marches, galops, mazurkas, ballads, gavottes, comedy songs, it did not matter.

* We divorced the lyrics from the music. The music had to stand on its own!

* We went back to the end of the 19th century.

* We also included London productions that were written by American composers and British productions written by English composers..

*We found that the greatest and most endurring songs were, in our estimation, written by Victor Herbert, Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers.

*The list is totally subjective!!!!!!!!

The greatest and most beautiful theatre songs:

O Promise Me - Robin Hood
Gypsy Love Song - The Fortune Teller
Come Down My Evenin’ Star - Twirly Whirly
Toyland - Babes In Toyland
Mary - 45 Minutes From Broadway
Kiss Me Again - Mlle Modiste
Moonbeams - Red Mill
Because You’re You - Red Mill
Isle of Our Dreams - Red Mill
In Old New York - Red Mill
Absinthe Frappe - It Happened In Nordland
Italian Street Song - Naughty Marietta
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life - Naughty Marietta
I'm Falling In Love With Someone - Naughty Marietta
Sweethearts - Sweethearts
The Angelus - Sweethearts
Every Lover Must Meet His Fate - Sweethearts
They Never Taught Me That - Sweethearts
Pink Lady - Pink Lady
They Didn’t Believe Me - Girl From Utah
Babes In THe Wood - Very Good Eddie
Til The Clouds Roll By - Oh, Boy!
Words Not Needed - Oh, Boy!
You Never Know About Me - Oh, Boy!
Auf Wierdersehn - Blue Paradise
Crickets Are Calling - Leave It To Jane
Will You Remember - Maytime
Eileen - Eileen
Thine Alone - Eileen
Before I Met You - Oh, Lady! Lady!
Do Look At Him - Oh Lady! Lady!
Alice Blue Gown - Irene
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody - Follies of 1919
Look For The Silver Lining - Sally
Whiporwill - Sally
Kiss In The Dark - Orange Blossoms
Indian Love Call - Rose Marie
Rose Marie - Rose Marie
Golden Days - Student Prince
Serenade - Student Prince
Just We Two - Student Prince
Deep in My Heart - Student Prince
Here In My Arms - Dearest Enemy
Tea For Two - No No Nanette
The Blue Room - The Girl Friend
Looking For The Boy - Tip Toes
Someone To Watch Over Me - Oh, Kay!
Maybe - Oh, Kay!
One Alone - Desert Song
My Heart Stood Still - Connecticut Yankee
Make Believe - ShowBoat
You Are Love - ShowBoat
Why Do I Love You - ShowBoat
One Kiss - New Moon
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise - New Moon
Blue Eyes - Blue Eyes (London)
With A Song In My Heart - Spring Is Here
Why Was I Born - Sweet Adeline
Some Girl Is On Your Mind - Sweet Adeline
Here Am I - Sweet Adeline
Why Was I Born - Sweet Adeline
Ship Without A Sail - Heads Up
I’ll See You Again - Bittersweet (London)
The Call of Life - Bittersweet (London)
If Love Were All - Bittersweet (London)
Kiss Me - Bittersweet (London)
Dear Little Café - Bittersweet (London)
Zigeuner - Bittersweet (London)
Body and Soul - Little Show
But Not For Me - Girl Crazy
Embraceable You - Girl Crazy
Ten Cents A Dance - Simple Simeon
Time On My Hands - Smiles
Dancing On The Ceiling - Evergreen (London)
Who Cares - Of Thee I Sing
I’ve Got Five Dollars - America’s Sweetheart
We’ll Be The Same - America’s Sweetheart
Dancing In The Dark - Bandwagon
The Night Was Made For Love - Cat and The Fiddle
One Moment Alone - Cat and The Fiddle
Try To Forget - Cat and The Fiddle
A New Love is Old - Cat and The Fiddle
The Song Is You - Music In The Air
Egen On The Tegern See - Music In The Air
I’ve Told Every Little Star - Music In The Air
There’s A Hill Beyond A Hill - Music On The Air
Night and Day - Gay Divorce
Yesterdays - Roberta
Touch of Your Hand - Roberta
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Roberta
Easter Parade - As Thousands Cheer
You and The Night and The Music - Revenge With Music
All Through the Night - Anything Goes
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Anything Goes
I’ll Follow My Secret Heart - Conversation Piece (London)
Someone Is Trying To Sleep - Three Sisters (London)
You Are Doing Very Well - Three Sisters (London)
Hand In Hand - Three Sisters (London)
Roll On Rolling Road - Three Sisters (London)
Most Beautiful Girl In The World - Jumbo
My Romance - Jumbo
Little Girl Blue - Jumbo
There’s A Small Hotel - On Your Toes
Glad To Be Unhappy - On Your Toes
Sunday In The Park - Pins and Needles
My Funny Valentine - Babes In Arms
All At Once - Babes In Arms
Where Or When - Babes In Arms
Everybody Loves You When You’re Asleep - I’d Rather Be Right (cut)
You Were There - Tonight At 8:30
September Song - Knickerbocker Holiday
It Never Was You - Knickerbocker Holiday
I Married An Angel - I Married An Angel
Spring Is Here - I Married An Angel
I’ll Tell The Man In The Street - I Married An Angel
Falling In Love With Love - Boys From Syracuse
Shortest Day Of The Year - Boys From Syracuse
You Have Cast Your Shadow On The Sea - Boys From Syracuse
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was - Too Many Girls
All The Things You Are - Very Warm For May
In The Heart of The Dark - Very Warm For May
That Lucky Fellow - Very Warm For May
Heaven In My Arms - Very Warm For May
In Other Words, 17 - Very Warm For May
It Never Entered My Mind - Higher and Higher
Every Sunday Afternoon - Higher and Higher
Tomorrow Is A Lovely Day - Louisiana Purchase
Cabin In The Sky - Cabin In The Sky
Love Turned The Light Out - Cabin In The Sky
I Could Write A Book - Pal Joey
My Ship - Lady In The Dark
This Is New - Lady In The Dark
Nobody’s Heart Belongs To Me - By Jupiter
Foolish Heart - One Touch of Venus
Speak Low - One Touch of Venus
That’s Him - One Touch of Venus
Out Of My Dreams - Oklahoma
People Will Say We’re In Love - Oklahoma
Right As The Rain - Bloomer Girl
Rakish Young Man With the Whiskers - Bloomer Girl
Some Other Time - On The Town
Lonely Town - On The Town
If I Loved You - Carousel
What’s The Use of Wondrin’ - Carousel
Carousel In The Park - Up In Central Park
Close As Pages In A Book - Up In Central Park
Come Rain Or Come Shine - St. Louis Woman
They Say It’s Wonderful - Annie Get Your Gun
Girl That I Marry - Annie Get Your Gun
I Got Lost In His Arms - Annie Get Your Gun
So Far - Allegro
Almost Like Being In Love - Brigadoon
Heather On The Hill - Brigadoon
Come To Me, Bend To Me - Brigadoon
So In Love - Kiss Me, Kate
This Nearly Was Mine - South Pacific
Some Enchanted Evening - South Pacific
Lost In The Stars - Lost In The Stars
Little Gray House - Lost In The Stars
Who Am I? - Peter Pan (Bernstein)
I’ll Know - Guys And Dolls
Use Your Imagination - Out Of This World
Make The Man Love Me - Tree Grows In Brooklyn
I’ll Buy You A Star - Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Hello Young Lovers - King and I
We Kiss In A Shadow - King and I
Here’s To Your Illusions - Flahooley
A Little Bit In Love -Wonderful Town
Quiet Girl - Wonderful Town
I Love Paris - Can Can
Fanny - Fanny
Welcome Home - Fanny
I Never Has Seen Snow - House of Flowers
All of You - Silk Stockings
Everybody’s Got A Home But Me - Pipe Dream
All At Once You Love Her - Pipe Dream
The Next Time It Happens - Pipe Dream
Namely You - Lil Abner
My Heart Is So Full Of You - Most Happy Fella
I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady
On The Street Where You Live - My Fair Lady
I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face - My Fair Lady
Goodnight My Someone - Music Man
Til There Was You - Music Man
Tonight - West Side Story
One Hand, One Heart - West Side Story
Maria - West Side Story
Sound Of Music- Sound of Music
Edelweiss - Sound of Music
I Wish It So - Juno
Bird Upon The Tree - Juno
My True Love - Juno
For Love - Juno
One Kind Word - Juno
Til Tomorrow - Fiorello
When Did I Fall In Love - Fiorello
Make Someone Happy - Do Re Mi
Love Makes The World Go Round - Carnival
The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings
Shalom - Milk and Honey
There’s No Reason In The World - Milk and Honey
I Will Follow You - Milk and Honey
If I Knew His Name - She Loves Me
Dear Friend - She Loves Me
Ribbons Down My Back - Hello Dolly
It Only Takes A Moment - Hello Dolly
Sunrise Sunset - Fiddler On The Roof
Golden Boy - Golden Boy
On A Clear Day - On A Clear Day
Do I Hear A Waltz - Do I Hear A Waltz
Dear Love - Flora, The Red Menace
A Quiet Thing - Flora, The Red Menace
If He Walked Into My Life - Mame
And I Was Beautiful - Dear World
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again - Promises, Promises
I Won’t Send Roses - Mack and Mabel
Song Of The Sand - Cage Aux Folles

Updated On: 11/22/03 at 06:56 AM

Posted: 11/22/03 at 7:36am

Congratulations, Miriam!

Perhaps other members might be curious to hear some of the songs they've may never heard before.

A fabulous list which would make a sensational CD set.

Yours for a Broadway of beautiful songs!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/22/03 at 7:41am

To onceadancer 2

You left out " I Want To Be With You " from "Golden Boy" but a great list none the less

[Madame X]

Posted: 11/22/03 at 3:12pm

Bring Him Home - Les Mis. I get chills EVERY time I hear that song.

[Hank]

Posted: 11/22/03 at 5:39pm

"The Way You Look Tonight", Never Gonna Dance

I'm surprized nobody mentioned it yet (I think). I keep hearing it everywhere lately, on a car commercial (with Rod Stewart) and on the NGD radio commercial. Maybe it don't count because the show didn't open yet. Anyway, the song just knocks me out, as does all of the Never Gonna Dance score.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 11/22/03 at 9:48pm

Finale - Les Misérables
On My Own - Les Misérables
Stars - Les Misérables
The Sound of Music - The Sound of Music
For Good - Wicked
If I Can't Love Her - Beauty and the Beast
Defying Gravity - Wicked
I'd Give My Life For You - Miss Saigon

[MaxHolmes]

Posted: 11/23/03 at 3:13am

Thank you WOSQ -- all songs must be considered ::besides:: "If I Loved You"

Not a Day Goes By -- Merrily
No One is Alone -- Into the Woods
Tell Me on a Sunday -- Song & Dance
Time Heals Everything -- Mack&Mabel
I Have Dreamed -- King and I
Losing My Mind -- Follies
New Music -- Ragtime
Bring Him Home -- Les Miz
Try to Remember -- The Fantasticks

[smythology]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 7:37pm

Hey onceadancer2, did you forget '1776'? 'He Plays The Violin' qualifies in my book....

[renthead2005z]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 7:40pm

LOUDER THAN WORDS!!!!
-TICK,TICK...BOOM

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 7:42pm

Without You-RENT
On My Own-Les Mis

[wildcat]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 7:44pm

Scrolling down for days and I still couldn't find...
AND THIS IS MY BELOVED..."Kismet"

[paradox_error]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 8:27pm

And IMO the most beautiful theatre songs written were missing as well:

Pretty Lady and Someone in a Tree from Pacific Overtures.

Notable exemptions:
Not While I'm Around (Sweeney Todd)
My Man's Gone Now (Porgy and Bess)
Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess)
Every Day A Little Death (A Little Night Music)
Little Bird (Fiddler on the Roof)
Sabbath Prayer (Fiddler on the Roof)
Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park with George)
Lesson #8 (Sunday in the Park with George)
I Wish I Could Forget You (Passion)
Sorry-Grateful (Company)
Fine, Fine Line (Avenue Q)

these are just a few I can think off the top of my head that haven't been mentioned yet. Updated On: 1/9/05 at 08:27 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 8:29pm

Unexpected Song (Tell Me on a Sunday)
God's Own Country (Beautiful Game)
Ordinary Day (Beautiful Game)
Our Kind of Love (Beautiful Game)

I just listened to those so those are the only ones that are popping into me noggin' right now.

[jo]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 9:39pm

I choose them either from the sheer beauty of the music or the emotions they evoke.

As they come to mind --

Love Changes Everything
Seeing is Believing
Send In the Clowns
If I loved You
Oh What A Beautiful Morning
People Will Say We're in Love
Camelot
If Ever I Would Leave You
On the Street Where You Live
The Impossible Dream
Dulcinea
Can We Start Again Please
Don't Cry for Me Argentina
You'll Never Walk Alone
Soliloquy
On My Own
Do You Hear the People Sing
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
Loving You ( Passion)
People
Try to Remember
Memory
It's A Grand Night for Singing
The Surrey with the Fringe on the Top
You and I ( Chess)
Anthem
Music of the Night
All I Ask Of You
Tell Me On A Sunday
Half a Moment
Unexpected Song
Lily's Eyes
Johanna
God's Own Country ( The Beautiful Game)
With One Look
Too Much in Love To Care ( Sunset Boulevard)
Surrender ( Sunset Boulevard)
Gethsemane
Whistle Down the Wind
Too Many Mornings
Being Alive
Live With Somebody You Love
Last Night of the World
Happiness ( Passion)
No One is Alone
Children Will Listen
Not While I'm Around
Younger Than Springtime
Some Enchanted Evening
Bali Ha'i
Climb Every Mountain
Maria
Tonight
Somewhere


and I have probably forgotten many more

[wicked1]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 9:50pm

There are too many to mention. Here are a few of my favorites.

And I Am Telling You

Bring Him Home

The Impossible Dream

With One Look

Someone Like You

For Good

Alittle Fall of Rain

Somewhere

On My Own

Defying Gravity

[seasons of love]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 9:51pm

Hello everyone! I'm new to the boards, but I've been reading them for some time so I know all about the search feature and how I'll get hammered if I make a "Oh my gosh! WICKED is my life!" post. LOL. Anyway, here's my list:

Unexpected Song
Children Will Listen
Dulcinea
No One is Alone
Without You
Not A Day Goes By
If I Loved You
Johanna
You'll Never Walk Alone
Ballad Of Booth
There are so many more, but I can't think of them right now! :)

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 10:08pm

I have to say I'm more than a little sad that after three pages of posts 'Finishing the Hat' from SITPWG has yet to be mentioned.

[Joshua488]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 10:22pm

"On My Own" - LES MISÉRABLES (as long as it's NOT sung by Frances Ruffelle)
"I Don't Remember You"/"Sometimes A Day Goes By" - AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND
"Corner of the Sky" - PIPPIN
"Never In My Days" - REBELS (a world premiere musical I did here in CT; lyrics by William Squier, music by Jeffrey Lodin)
"In Seasons Past" - REBELS (I tell you, this show NEEDS to be on Broadway)
"A Kind and Generous Gesture" - REBELS
"Unanswered Prayers" - REBELS (wow, I never realized that I loved these songs from REBELS so much! I got chills and wanted to weep every night when I heard these songs!)
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" - DREAMGIRLS

Let me justify my last choice! I think that song is beautiful, specifically the original version by Jennifer Holliday, because of the incredible amount of heart, soul and emotion that Jennifer Holliday poured into that song. From the first line to the last chord, I have ridiculous chills. Ugh... that song is SO amazing. Updated On: 1/8/05 at 10:22 PM

[MrBungee7]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:04pm

Anytime- cut from a new brain
Come down from the tree- cut from once on this island
Sorry-Grateful- company
How Glory Goes- floyd collins
Finishing the hat- sunday in the park
Johanna quartet- sweeney todd (I know, kinda weird but I've always found it captivating)

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:16pm

Hands down, 'All I Ask Of You' is my number one pick.

Others include On My Own, Somewhere, I am What I Am (beautiful in its own unique way), and People.

[MusicMan]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:38pm

SHE WASN'T YOU from On a Clear Day.