The Woman In White, Passion, Side Show. No doubt some of the best haunting scores!
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
RAGTIME has the score that haunts me to this day. When Marin Mazzie sings Back to Before it just soars and you know, like in life, one can never be what they once where and you just have to move forward in your life and learn. ***chills... just thinking about it***
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
I don't know that I have an entire SCORE that haunts me. Overall shows have haunted me, but usually due to one or two scenes or songs... or the story itself. But not an entire score.
Lately, it's the scene from Grey Gardens at the end of "Another Winter in a Summer Town." Edie's line: "Coming, mother darling." I can't shake it.
I still remember Patti Cohenour singing "Moonfall" in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Very haunting.
Michael Crawford looking down over the lovers at the end of the first act of Phantom of the Opera.
Victoria Clark singing Fable.
Sweeney's recognition of his wife Lucy.
Betty Buckley's pitiful "dance" after the Jellicle Ball in Cats.
And the earliest one for me, from the first national tour of 1776... the Courier singing "Mama, Look Sharp."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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The most haunting for me is without question SWEENEY TODD. While other shows have some haunting songs, from the first note to the last, that score gives me chills. But I will also second FLOYD COLLINS. 'Daybreak' from that show is one of my favorites in all of musical theatre.
"If you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better." - David Mamet
Floyd Collins over Piazza...Heart an' Hand...too much.
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
Nine (an obvious choice, given my avatar, but I never get tired of that score) Secret Garden (which could have been a childrens show but ended up being one of the prettiest things I'd ever seen or heard...)
And parts of "Parade" - the trial scene with all those little girls going "He calls my name, I turn my head.."
Now what would you say if today I started over?
Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover
And I'll pretend like everything is already alright
And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
"Secret Garden (which could have been a childrens show but ended up being one of the prettiest things I'd ever seen or heard...) "
Agreed.
The part where the children are singing "Mistress Mary.. Quite contrary.." when all Mary's close people in her life in India are dying is so haunting, as is "How Could I Ever Know" and "A Girl In A Valley." I just LOVE Secret Garden [and not just cause I was in it!]