Film Composers and musicals

[POLisPOL]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:36am

I was thinking of Film composers which has worked on musicals and I found these ones:

-Ennio Morricone (cinema paradiso) made a musical version of aida for an italian movie called aida degli albieri

-John Williams (superman) made one year before star wars "thomas and the king" a very classical musical, I don't like a lot, but is nice to hear.
Also he has two cd's with the boston pops featuring broadway music. The first, Music of the night, includes suites from Gypsy, into the woods, les miserables, miss saigon, cats and of course, phantom of the opera. all arranged by williams himself.

-Hans Zimmer (last samurai) worked in "lion king", and "prince of egypt" with stephen "wicked" Schwartz. Also, zimmer provide additional music to the Muppet Treasure Island songs.

-Marc Shaiman (american president) how can I say about him? Hairspray, South park the movie...

-Danny Elfman (batman) made that masterpiece calle "nightmare before christmas"... also he sings in the soundtrack!

now it's your turn! I'm sure that I forgot a lot of people and musicals... add it!

Updated On: 8/2/04 at 12:36 AM

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:38am

Stephen Shwartz wrote Pochantas and Prince of Egypt
Alan Menken wrote Beauty and the Best
Elton John wrote The Lion King

[POLisPOL]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:39am

yes....
but stephen schwartz it's the inverse! it's a musical composer which makes songs for a movie...
alan menken the same
and elton john is a pop singer... and he only made a "score" in "the muse" (that awful movie with sharon stone)

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:43am

Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin wrote the score for the Garland A STAR IS BORN and wrote for Broadway...ah, but you've no idea. It pains me to even mention their names in the same thread with what you've posted so far.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:48am

Harold Arlen also wrote that little ditty for a movie back in '39 called...gee, I forgot the name. Something about happy little bluebirds flying beyond a rainbow and why can't I...but I digress because it seems you have no faith

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:54am

Yes, that one! LOL

But don't even bother its wasted in this thread.

[POLisPOL]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 1:00am

I only have the max steiner version of star is born... but... Ira Gershwin wasn't a lyricist? so... he made this work as a composer?
or was just the work of harold arlen?
in other hand, I was asking the other way: film composers on musicals....
But we can do it this way too:
we have andrew lloyd webber making the soundtrack (not songs) of Odessa File and Gumshoe.
alan menken making the underscore (without a song in the cd) of the tv series lincoln...

[MusicMan]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 2:57am

Um, Elmer Bernstein, a film composer, also composed HOW NOW, DOW JONES and MERLIN, Broadway musicals.

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 6:37am

once again, Jose aka 'Broadway Bulldog' proves himself to be 'Broadway Bitchthra'...POL was clearly (even in his broken English) asking about film composers (as in: underscore for films-Elmer Bernstein, etc..) who also found their way to Broadway...NOT songwriters (legendary as they be) who were mainstays of both Hollywood and The Broadway Musical

Marvin Hamlisch is probably the all time 'crossover' king...he started on Broadway as a pianist/dance arranger, found great success in Hollywood, winning 3 Oscars on the same night for "The Sting" (best adaptation) and "The Way We Were" (best score and best song), and then returning to The Great White Way to compose the music for the classic "A CHORUS LINE"

so Jose, if it 'pains' you to post (so patronizingly) in a thread that mentions such heavyweight emotional composers as Morricone, Williams, Elfman, et al, how 'bout you take your 'pain' elsewhere and stop causing the one you're giving me Updated On: 8/2/04 at 06:37 AM

[Jon]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 8:46am

Although I really should let Mr. Shaiman have the last word, I must add this:

Based on the icon and the broken English, is it possible that "POLisPOL" is really Antonio Banderas?

We could say something about Melanie's performance in CHICAGO and see if he takes the bait...

[TorontoBoy]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 10:41am

Bernard Herrmann (Psycho) and Nino Rota (La Strada) come to mind. Both are brilliant. Danny Elfman has said that both of these composers have had an influence on him.

[Craig]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 11:53am

Would we throw Henry Mancini into this mix as well?

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 11:55am

well, Totonto Boy, neither of those two masters wrote a musical (as far as I know) but one did indirectly...Nino Rota's Fellini scores were unmistakeably an inspiration for Maury Yeston's lovely score for NINE...

Updated On: 8/2/04 at 11:55 AM

[TorontoBoy]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 11:58am

Thats true Marc...........things like this happen when I dont read the thread properly or start reading before having coffee

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:01pm

Toronto Boy, with those icons of yours, feel free to stutter!!

[JimVukovich]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:02pm

AMEN TO THAT

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:11pm

At a recent symphony concert in Chicago I learned that classical composer John Corigliano (also composed the score for The Red Violin) is currently working on a musical.

[Caravaggio]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:14pm

Alfred Newman and Ray Heindorf make my nipples hard.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:16pm

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 12:19pm

imagine if the god-like Carl Stallings (classic composer for all the old Warner Bros. cartoons) had written for musicals...oh my God!!

Posted: 8/2/04 at 1:01pm

Shaiman, I'm not a physician but you might want to see one to inquire whether that pain you are experiencing and are attributing to me isn't in fact caused the the collected number of noses of certain bww.com posters that seem to be all congregating in that one place.

I read your unupdated post earlier this morning while it was on the OT board and on second thought I decided you did merit a response from me.

Cheers!


Updated On: 8/2/04 at 01:01 PM

Posted: 8/2/04 at 1:53pm

"imagine if the god-like Carl Stallings (classic composer for all the old Warner Bros. cartoons) had written for musicals...oh my God!!"

AMAZING! I so have to agree with you with that idea. That would definitely be classified as a religious experience.

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 2:14pm

yes Jose, it's SO shocking that a number of people who enjoy film music, concerts and musicals take a second to make comments to someone like myself who has led a blessed life and also enjoys being part of this community

and DAMN those synchophants who also know the absurd joy of making up silly songs and such about pets...what a blight on society!

I noticed you didn't mention how your posts in this thread were both off the mark...Toronto Boy has class!! (and better icons!)

Well Josey, I'm off to film a segment for Rick McKays next documentary...I'll be SURE to mention you!


Updated On: 8/2/04 at 02:14 PM

[Caravaggio]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 2:19pm

Warner Brothers cartoons are chock full of interpolated great songs, mostly the classic Warren-Dubin numbers previously heard in all those great Berkeley films, but there are also some real oddities from other composers like "Singin' in the Bathtub" (from THE SHOW OF SHOWS of 1929 - sung by the delicious Winnie Lightner) and "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips" from GOLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY of the same year (sung by Nick Lucas).

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 8/2/04 at 2:33pm

well, I'm both embarrased and happy to say most of my classical and "show biz timing" training came from watching and LISTENING to Warner Bros. cartoons...