Best Score Ever — Page 2
#27
Posted: 2/12/05 at 1:26am
All R&H scores
Guys and Dolls
The Music Man
West Side Story
Once On This Island
Guys and Dolls
The Music Man
West Side Story
Once On This Island
#28
Posted: 2/12/05 at 2:21am
Nine (my favorite musical)
Ragtime
Sweeney Todd
Avenue Q
Les Miserables
Miss Saigon
Ragtime
Sweeney Todd
Avenue Q
Les Miserables
Miss Saigon
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Updated On: 2/12/05 at 02:21 AM
#29
Posted: 2/12/05 at 2:23am
A Little Night Music
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#30
Posted: 2/12/05 at 2:34am
Porgy & Bess (in a class all by itself)
Below that:
Sunday In The Park With George
Sweeney Todd
Gypsy
Candide
West Side Story
And for rock-influenced Broadway scores, I still don't think anything has topped the first one -- Hair.
Below that:
Sunday In The Park With George
Sweeney Todd
Gypsy
Candide
West Side Story
And for rock-influenced Broadway scores, I still don't think anything has topped the first one -- Hair.
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#31
Posted: 2/12/05 at 7:13am
Thank god for MargoChanning...
I was very upset that Porgy and Bess and SITPWG hadnt been mentioned...
Margo's list is my list.
I was very upset that Porgy and Bess and SITPWG hadnt been mentioned...
Margo's list is my list.
#32
Posted: 2/12/05 at 7:21am
West Side Story
Sweeny Todd
South Pacific
The Mikado
La Boheme
and yes, i'm going to say The Phantom of the Opera, even if everyone disagrees with me.
Sweeny Todd
South Pacific
The Mikado
La Boheme
and yes, i'm going to say The Phantom of the Opera, even if everyone disagrees with me.
#33
Posted: 2/12/05 at 8:26am
I'm really surprised that only one person mentioned "Show Boat". The score is really flawless, and the orchestrations are some of the best ever heard. Songs like "Make Believe", "You Are Love", and my personal favorite, "Bill", are sure to send chills down your spine every time you hear them.
#35
Posted: 2/12/05 at 3:58pm
MY FAIR LADY
"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."
#36
Posted: 2/12/05 at 4:02pm
I'm just waiting for some pre-teen to come on and say, "WICKED!!"
I can't pick just one...
WEST SIDE STORY
GUYS AND DOLLS
I can't pick just one...
WEST SIDE STORY
GUYS AND DOLLS
Updated On: 2/12/05 at 04:02 PM
#39
Posted: 2/13/05 at 12:39pm
WICKED!!!11!
(dodges pitchforks)
Okay. Actually, Into the Woods, Nine, Ragtime, and Guys and Dolls are really impressive.
(dodges pitchforks)
Okay. Actually, Into the Woods, Nine, Ragtime, and Guys and Dolls are really impressive.
#40
Posted: 2/13/05 at 1:14pm
Les Miserables while not my favorite show, has a flowingly gorgeous score. The lyrics are near perfect and the music is haunting.
Gypsy also has a great score. Every song fits the scene oh-so-perfectly. Roses Turn is one of the greatest Broadway songs ever written.
The Producers also has a very good score. It's hysterical. It has everything from rip-roaringly funny tunes to great love songs.
Into the Woods has amazing lyrics and music. You just cant beat Sondheim.
Gypsy also has a great score. Every song fits the scene oh-so-perfectly. Roses Turn is one of the greatest Broadway songs ever written.
The Producers also has a very good score. It's hysterical. It has everything from rip-roaringly funny tunes to great love songs.
Into the Woods has amazing lyrics and music. You just cant beat Sondheim.
#41
Posted: 2/13/05 at 1:18pm
Oh, and Phantom too. The music is so creepy and frightening yet so beautiful.
#42
Posted: 2/13/05 at 1:23pm
Phantom has some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard.
#43
Posted: 2/13/05 at 1:33pm
Babes In Arms
Pal Joey
Pal Joey
Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!
#44
Posted: 2/13/05 at 1:54pm
My vote goes for Les Miserables.
I'd have to say that under that it would be: Urinetown, The Pirates of Penzance, and Ragtime
I'd have to say that under that it would be: Urinetown, The Pirates of Penzance, and Ragtime
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#45
Posted: 2/13/05 at 9:59pm
The three best scores are as follows:
1. West Side Story
2. Sweeney Todd
3. The Mikado
1. West Side Story
2. Sweeney Todd
3. The Mikado
#49
Posted: 2/13/05 at 10:37pm
I second phantom_tenor. Even though Phantom is such a well known show, I think it got that way for a reason. I am going to be stereotypical and say The Phantom of the Opera. A close second would have to be, Rent.
#50
Posted: 2/13/05 at 10:45pm
So what constitutes a flawless score? What would you consider a flaw? The people on this board seem to have a thorough understanding of what makes a show great or not. I am truly wondering how you know if a score is so great or not. As an example, what is so flawed with Wicked and so not with Sweeney Todd? I am truly wondering this, it's not sarcastic if it sounds it. Thanks!
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