#26
Posted: 9/1/04 at 12:44am
Sondheim. No one else. Just Sondheim.
Favourite modern composer/lyricist ? — Page 2
#27
Posted: 9/1/04 at 12:50am
ALW
Tim Rice
JRB
R&H
Rogers and Hart
Kander & Ebb
Gershwin
Menken
Tim Rice
JRB
R&H
Rogers and Hart
Kander & Ebb
Gershwin
Menken
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#28
Posted: 9/1/04 at 1:00am
Adam Guettel makes me cry. "The Riddle Song" and "The Dream" from Floyd Collins are so overwhelming.
"I am the sound of distant thunder, the color of flame."
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#29
Posted: 9/1/04 at 1:06am
is Floyd collins better than Myth and Hymns, because while I like a few songs, I thought it was bad all around.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#30
Posted: 9/1/04 at 1:18am
Tesori, Bernstein, Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown
I also really like what I've heard from Lippa.
I also really like what I've heard from Lippa.
#31
Posted: 9/1/04 at 1:28am
Sondheim, Ashman/Menken, Kanders/Ebb, Loewe/Lerner, Jason Robert Brown.
I don't know i think schwartz and sondheim are a tie!
I enjoyed Pippin, and some other stuff Mr. Schwartz has done, but I can't imagine Sondheim and Schwartz being on the same level as one another.
I don't know i think schwartz and sondheim are a tie!
I enjoyed Pippin, and some other stuff Mr. Schwartz has done, but I can't imagine Sondheim and Schwartz being on the same level as one another.
Updated On: 9/1/04 at 01:28 AM
#33
Posted: 9/1/04 at 2:43am
Ashman/Menken
Flahrety/Ahrens
Shaiman/Whittman
Jason Robert Brown
Akiva
Flahrety/Ahrens
Shaiman/Whittman
Jason Robert Brown
Akiva
#34
Posted: 9/1/04 at 2:44am
I really like Tim Rice's lyrics in the original concept album of Chess, but as far as modern goes, I would have to take Sondheim for $500, Alex.
#35
Posted: 9/1/04 at 2:52am
Sondheim and Schwartz are not in the same league. Not today, not yesterday not ever. Mr. Sondheim is so far above most of the composers and lyricists mentioned in this thread. His lyrics alone are incredible, then add to that his body of music and there's no comparison. That's just my humble opinion.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#36
Posted: 9/1/04 at 3:00am
People need to realize that Sondheim doesn't appeal to everyone though. I personally enjoy a few of his works, but can easily see why people don't. He come off as pretentious sometimes, as if he is trying too hard to be witty and clever. Sometimes his overuse of rhyming is hideous, and sometimes his refusal to rhyme is just as annoying. He is good, but I am not quite sure if he deserves AS much praise as people give him in the theatre community. He delivers intellectual stimulation, but often fails on an emotional level. I think Into the Woods is brilliant becuase he manages both at once, without being too pretentious (except for "Steps of the palace" and "Your fault")
Akiva
Akiva
#37
Posted: 9/1/04 at 3:15am
Sure, there is some of his work that does not appeal to everyone. I prefer some pieces to others myself and there are a few songs that I don't really care that much about. I'm looking at his entire body of work. If you judge him on two or three shows then you don't really know his work. People who look at what has been done in the past five or ten years are missing some great stuff. I can't think of anyone who has written better lyrics going all the way back to West Side Story and Sweeny Todd is pure genius (music AND lyrics).
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#38
Posted: 9/1/04 at 3:18am
I'll agree that his West Side Story lyrics are quite amazing. A true landmark show in the history of musical theatre.
Akiva
Akiva
#39
Posted: 9/1/04 at 8:58am
It makes me so happy, Possums, to see that so many of you chose Sondheim as your number one composer/lyricist. It's true - no one holds a candle to him in my opinion (especially Schwartz)...I am pretty much in agreement with Margo - her choices are always prime.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#40
Posted: 9/1/04 at 9:08am
Sondheim. 'Nuff said.
Everybody goes down well with beer.
#41
Posted: 9/1/04 at 1:05pm
Cole Porter
Rogers/Hart
Menken
Sondheim
Guettel
Lippa
JR Brown
Tessori
R and H
All of the above just don't make many compositional mistakes.
Rogers/Hart
Menken
Sondheim
Guettel
Lippa
JR Brown
Tessori
R and H
All of the above just don't make many compositional mistakes.
#42
Posted: 9/1/04 at 1:16pm
"I think Into the Woods is brilliant becuase he manages both at once, without being too pretentious (except for "Steps of the palace" and "Your fault")"
Are you saying that you think "Steps of the Palace" and "Your Fault" are pretentious? In my opinion they are the two most clever and interesting songs in the show!
Are you saying that you think "Steps of the Palace" and "Your Fault" are pretentious? In my opinion they are the two most clever and interesting songs in the show!
#43
Posted: 9/1/04 at 4:55pm
Simply, Sondheim.
Tesori is becoming a new favorite.
Tesori is becoming a new favorite.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#44
Posted: 9/1/04 at 4:58pm
Does anyone notice how little Boubil and Schonberg get credit for?
So: Boubil and Schonberg
followed by Webber, (guy who did J&H, can't remember name), Schwartz
So: Boubil and Schonberg
followed by Webber, (guy who did J&H, can't remember name), Schwartz
#45
Posted: 9/1/04 at 5:25pm
Jekyll and Hyde was composed by Frank Wildhorn.
my faves are Sondheim and Tesori.
-d.b.j-
my faves are Sondheim and Tesori.
-d.b.j-
Vary My Days.
#46
Posted: 9/1/04 at 5:30pm
It's extremely hard to judge some of these newcomers, most of which have a few shows under their belts, and try to compare them to composers who have written 10-15 shows - but I will try to examine the work itself - the work on paper. It's hard to draw the line between what I enjoy the most and what is the best written. But since it says favorite, I'll try (for once) not to examine too deeply.
So, basing my opinion on srictly the material...top 10
Stephen Sondheim
Adam Guettel
Richard Rodgers with both Oscar Hammerstein II and Lorenz Hart
John Kander and Fred Ebb
Leonard Bernstein with Comden/Green or Sondheim
Jeanine Tesori
George and Ira Gershwin
Cole Porter
Jason Robert Brown
William Finn
honorable mentions in no order:
Jule Styne with Comden/Green or Sondheim
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Michael John Lachiusa
Kurt Weill
Jerome Kern with Hammerstein II
So, basing my opinion on srictly the material...top 10
Stephen Sondheim
Adam Guettel
Richard Rodgers with both Oscar Hammerstein II and Lorenz Hart
John Kander and Fred Ebb
Leonard Bernstein with Comden/Green or Sondheim
Jeanine Tesori
George and Ira Gershwin
Cole Porter
Jason Robert Brown
William Finn
honorable mentions in no order:
Jule Styne with Comden/Green or Sondheim
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Michael John Lachiusa
Kurt Weill
Jerome Kern with Hammerstein II
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