#151
Posted: 3/9/13 at 3:30pm
FrontRow--I thought after Merrily he said he was going to write computer games--or was that later ('81 would be pretty early in the computer game era--I know he is a huge fan of the 1987 puzzle game The Fool's Erand, and the sequel that just comes out uses his quotes largely on any of its advertising so I assume he was a test player of it as well.)
For the record I prefer Sondheim's music over his lyrics. I guess it's hard to comment on--aside from that song set to Furth lyrics, and Fear No More from The Frogs, I can't think of any example that I remember of hearing his music set to someone else's lyrics. But I *love* his score for Stavisky (which I think would make a great dance piece if slightly re-arranged--when Sondheim published his record collection I wasn't surprised to see how much of his classical collection was dominated by ballet composers--Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev but also less well known ones like Glazunov.) I also love his incidental music from the two Arthur Laurents plays that were on the box set and Unsung Sondheim.
For the record I prefer Sondheim's music over his lyrics. I guess it's hard to comment on--aside from that song set to Furth lyrics, and Fear No More from The Frogs, I can't think of any example that I remember of hearing his music set to someone else's lyrics. But I *love* his score for Stavisky (which I think would make a great dance piece if slightly re-arranged--when Sondheim published his record collection I wasn't surprised to see how much of his classical collection was dominated by ballet composers--Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev but also less well known ones like Glazunov.) I also love his incidental music from the two Arthur Laurents plays that were on the box set and Unsung Sondheim.
