#1
Posted: 5/7/05 at 5:02am
I think Charles Aznavours would do a marvelous job composing scores for musical.
Updated On: 5/7/05 at 05:02 AM
Composers You Would Love To See Do Musicals
#2
Posted: 5/7/05 at 5:12am
Rufus Wainwright.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
#3
Posted: 5/7/05 at 7:46am
Jim Brickman
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#4
Posted: 5/7/05 at 8:02am
Definitely Rufus, plus Kate Bush and Prince. (not all together!)
#6
Posted: 5/7/05 at 8:52am
I'll add Christine Lavin and Michael McKean. The latter is currently working on one with his wife, Annette O'Toole (they played a song from it at Standing Ovations 2)
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
Updated On: 5/7/05 at 08:52 AM
#7
Posted: 5/7/05 at 9:10am
i have to pick up the new book by Rupert Holmes which has some jazz music enclosed with it. His music for Drood was pretty amazing. I'd like to see what (after a very long haitus) can do next.
Updated On: 5/7/05 at 09:10 AM
#8
Posted: 5/7/05 at 9:23am
Perhaps John Williams.
Updated On: 5/7/05 at 09:23 AM
#9
Posted: 5/7/05 at 9:55am
Deena, SWING is decent. Nothing fabulous and not nearly as incredible as DROOD.
Would love to see Carol King get her hands on a Broadway musical.
Would love to see Carol King get her hands on a Broadway musical.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#10
Posted: 5/7/05 at 10:08am
The Roches!
And if Rufus doesn't write a musical, maybe his dad Loudon Wainwright III would.
And if Rufus doesn't write a musical, maybe his dad Loudon Wainwright III would.
#11
Posted: 5/7/05 at 10:58am
Michael Daugherty and Randall Woolf are two of the most interesting and gifted composers around right now. It would be fascinating to see what either of them might come up with in the musical theatre form.
William Bolcom is another composer whom I'd like to see cross over and do a full-fledged Broadway/Off-Broadway musical. His "Casino Paradise" comes close.
William Bolcom is another composer whom I'd like to see cross over and do a full-fledged Broadway/Off-Broadway musical. His "Casino Paradise" comes close.
#12
Posted: 5/7/05 at 11:00am
You're right Master and Wildcat, Rufus Wainwright would write a great musical!
Hmmm...who else? Tori Amos.
She's even said she wants to write one.
Hmmm...who else? Tori Amos.
She's even said she wants to write one.
Updated On: 5/7/05 at 11:00 AM
#13
Posted: 5/7/05 at 11:03am
Would also love to see the Cretu (Enigma) write scores for a musical. Could be very interesting, but maybe too electronic for the purist.
#14
Posted: 5/7/05 at 11:08am
Ben Folds. He's a great storyteller.
#15
Posted: 5/7/05 at 11:10am
"Ben Folds. He's a great storyteller."
Good call. Another great storyteller, Peter Gabriel.
Good call. Another great storyteller, Peter Gabriel.
#16
Posted: 5/7/05 at 11:15am
Ben, Ben, Ben Folds.
Years ago, on Fresh Air, the Five played and the interviewer mentioned he could write a good musical.
Ben proceeded to play a song he wrote one night for this "musical." It was absolutely hysterical.
I have no doubt he'd write a fantastic pop score that would actually work!
Years ago, on Fresh Air, the Five played and the interviewer mentioned he could write a good musical.
Ben proceeded to play a song he wrote one night for this "musical." It was absolutely hysterical.
I have no doubt he'd write a fantastic pop score that would actually work!
#17
Posted: 5/7/05 at 11:30am
Ben Folds is great. I saw him last summer, and he puts on a great show. His lyrics are really honest. He'd write a great musical if he had the right source.
#18
Posted: 5/7/05 at 12:48pm
Jazz genius Dave Frischberg.
#19
Posted: 5/7/05 at 1:09pm
JERRY HERMAN
"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."
#21
Posted: 5/7/05 at 4:46pm
Phillip Glass, more than anyone.
I would also like to see Corine write a musical. It would star Harvey Fierstein and be about a young girls love affair with homosexual men.
Ben and Rufus, mentioned above, as well.
I would also like to see Corine write a musical. It would star Harvey Fierstein and be about a young girls love affair with homosexual men.
Ben and Rufus, mentioned above, as well.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#22
Posted: 5/7/05 at 5:23pm
Phillip Glass has written many pieces that could be called musicals, operas, or whatever you want to call them.
Einstein on the Beach is a brilliant work. Whatever it is.
Einstein on the Beach is a brilliant work. Whatever it is.
#23
Posted: 5/7/05 at 5:53pm
This world needs more Menken!
#24
Posted: 5/7/05 at 5:57pm
H.O.W.A.R.D S.H.O.R.E
that man is a genius
that man is a genius
#25
Posted: 5/8/05 at 2:29am
Absoulutely DANNY ELFMAN. what a genius! And i agree with a previous comment 'the world needs more Menken'
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