First time I saw the movie, I haven't discovered the tv series yet, and was a big surprise. I recommend the spanish (castillian) version of the movie too, the lyrics are even harder than in english!
Kyle's Mom is a Bitch takes the cake and let's not also forget those clever ditties Billy Crystal sang at the Oscars were written by none other than our beloved Mr.Shaiman
SOUTH PARK was and is created by Trey Parker & Matt Stone
Trey Parker wrote the music and lyrics for the South Park movie
Marc Shaiman (that's me!) wrote additional music and lyrics
I also then scored the film
what this means is that Trey wrote a song and then handed it over to me to finish, fluff, add my own sickness to, etc
some songs were almost totally complete when I got them, others I am all over...then I got to arrange and orchestrate them into a tizzy
so...both Trey and I wrote both music & lyrics, and neither Matt Stone nor Scott Wittman co-wrote songs for the South Park movie, though "reporters" seem to never be able to get this right in articles...
p.s. Trey Parker is a ***ing genius who writes the scripts, music, lyric, drew the original animation, does most of the voices, plays piano and despite his wicked sense of humor is one of the sweetest guys I ever met...and shockingly for one so super talented, he is outrageously open to collaboration, thus giving me the best experience of my movie career...
You know... I've always wondered the level of Marc's involvement in that delightful movie. I'm so glad that he humors us with answers to our questions.
I hear the most of his hand in "Up There", along with the orchestration of the existing tune "Kyle's Mom is a Bitch". Let us not forget the "La Resistance" Medley...
The CD was part of my car's playlist throughout senior year of college. It wore out.
Cannibal alreay have a stage version!!!!! if you have the dvd you can see some clips of the off-off-broadway show! I can remember the listing of the show in the timeout mag a few years ago.
Marc, just to let you know my kids think you are a flippin' genius! I also happen to kind you quite witty. B
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Conan O'Brien
>> if you have the dvd you can see some clips of the off-off-broadway show!
I have it, and it does mention something on the wrapper about clips from a stage version, but I'll be darned if I can anything in the extras. I always thought it was one those "yeah, we're gonna do it, so we better mention it on the DVD" and then somehow they just never got around to it.
"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader
I think this is one of the funniest movies ever made. The music is amazing. Its so clever and even though its a parody, it has some really good songs in it. La Resistance and the song Satan sings are songs that could of come from a Broadway show. I wish there was some way this movie could work on stage but I think it would loose a lot of its charm and appeal if its not animated.
The movie was extremely clever and the songs were brilliant. I remember everyone walking out of the theatre and singing....Blame Canada......lol. I think most Canadians liked that :)
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