Composers You Would Love To See Do Musicals- Page 2

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 2:36am

Menken is okay...but do we really need MORE of his stuff?

Danny Elfman? What, did he write TAYLOR and ALTO'S LAMENT?

[whiskedaway]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 2:44am

Tuomas Holopainen. A Nightwish musical would kick ass, lol. but seriously, i doubt many know who he is, he's the keyboardist and composer for all the songs by symphonic metal band Nightwish. I think if given the opportunity to write a musical it would be Fantastic. Odd choice i know, but im an odd boy.

heres one of his songs
http://nightwish.com/files/planethell_128.mp3

Oh yeah, And Danny Elfman :)


Updated On: 5/8/05 at 02:44 AM

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 2:52am

Charles Aznavour has already written a musical called Lautrec.
I read about it in a Time article. It was bound for London.
Don't know whatever happened to it. I would like to hear more
from Jim Steinman, but he's already written a heap for Off
Broadway in the 70s

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 2:55am

Ray Errol Fox and Rupert Holmes are the most ingenious writers to have come out of musical New York

[justme2]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 3:26am

If Rupert Holmes is the same Rupert Holmes that worked on the AMC show "Remember WENN", then I agree, I'd love to hear anything he has done outside of that show.

Does anyone know of anything of his that's available for purchase?

[Forester]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 9:10am

Call me crazy, but how about Trent Reznor?

[Liz_Bennet]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 10:38am

William Bolcom. If you don't know his Cabaret Songs, you're missing out.

[Derek]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 10:58am

All of say....Sammy Chans music (sp?).....the guy that wrote most of Frank Sinatra's songs....I would love to see a muscial that had like standard kind of music in it. Like the kind Frank Sinatra / Judy Garland used to sing

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/8/05 at 12:14pm

Sammy Cahn, contributed to several musicals, sometimes just lyrics, somtimes music and lyrics.


HIGH BUTTON SHOES, 1947
TWO'S COMPANY, 1952
EDDIE FISHER AT THE WINTER GARDEN, 1962
COME ON STRONG, 1962 (straight play with a title song)
SKYSCRAPER, 1965
WALKING HAPPY, 1966
LOOK TO THE LILIES, 1970
WORDS AND MUSIC, 1974 (revue starring Mr. Cahn, himself)
Several more revues followed including JEROME ROBBINS BROADWAY
Last musical with Cahn contributions was THOROUGLY MODERN MILLIE

You Cahn find Sammy on Broadway already.

[Forester]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 1:37pm

Tori Amos can write beautiful scores. Get Robert Hunter to write the lyric and you'll have a very deep philosophical musical.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 1:41pm

Definitely Howard Shore.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 2:00pm

I'd like Harry Connick Jnr to have another go, with a better book.

Weirdly, I suspect George Michael could write an interesting original score, too.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/12/05 at 2:13pm

Lautrec flopped in London. I have a love recording of the show somewhere. John Williams also wrote a London flop musical called Thomas and the King. There is a CD available, but the music is instantly forgettable.

I woud also love to hear a musical score by Howard Shore and Danny Elfman. Add Rachel Portman to the list (though she now has an opera under her belt) and John Corigliano.

[Forester]

Posted: 5/29/05 at 3:35am

John Linnell and John Flansburgh (other wise known as They Might Be Giants)would do wonders in creating kid's friendly musical.

[Pinguin]

Posted: 5/29/05 at 3:53am

I had a conversation with my best friend the other day about how Ben Folds should definetely write a musical :0)

[another sloe eyed vamp]

Posted: 5/29/05 at 6:06pm

Joe Jackson, for all the same reasons as Ben Folds.

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 5/29/05 at 6:13pm

Ben Folds, Danny Elfman and Howard Shore. All musical geniuses!

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 5/30/05 at 7:33pm

Damn you all have great taste. I wanted to be quick and pop on Ben Folds, but y'all beat me to it. He's soooooo talented.

Rufus, too. ::dreamy sigh::

[Forester]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 7:16am

Lisa Gerrard and her partner in crime Brendan Perry can write amazing music. They could write epic musicals easily. Go and buy Dead Can Dance cds.

[bill mobley]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 9:18am

A christian artist by the name of Nicole C. Mullens. Her song, "When I call on Jesus" was sort of a metaphor, comparing her relationship to Jesus with that of Superman. It was done so subtle till I didn't really get the comparison until she revealed it in an interview. Then I went, "Yes, that's what it sounds like." She's a great song writer.

Janis Ian (probably the most underrated writer around)

Ludacris and Sondheim (A Musical version of "Six Degrees of Separation" maybe)?

[bill mobley]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 9:18am

A christian artist by the name of Nicole C. Mullens. Her song, "When I call on Jesus" was sort of a metaphor, comparing her relationship to Jesus with that of Superman. It was done so subtle till I didn't really get the comparison until she revealed it in an interview. Then I went, "Yes, that's what it sounds like." She's a great song writer.

Janis Ian (probably the most underrated writer around)

Ludacris and Sondheim (A Musical version of "Six Degrees of Separation" maybe)?

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 9:46am

I saw Lautrec, and apart from a couple of numbers found Aznavors (sp?) score quite dull. Can't remember any of it, in fact.

Danny Elfman (when are they going to make something out of The Nightmare before Christmas?!?)
Thomas Newman

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:24am

Would love Bacharach to take another stab...but never gonna happen.

Agree about Philip Glass - Akhnaten is gorgeous...

and...Rupert Holmes...surprised he hasnt been back since Drood...great composer.

[grizzabella]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 1:05am

Howard Shore and Danny Elfman, yes! I would also like to see Paul Simon take a shot at a musical; or Carole King or Judy Collins.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 1:21am

Ooo, Rufus Wainwright!
I love Jim Brickman, but if he wrote a musical, I'm afraid the score would only contain ballads, ha.

~Steven