How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Kyirin
Chorus Member Joined: 9/10/05
#0How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 2:06amOk.....so.....I saw the show and thought it was okay, but remembered how much i loved the music. I was just listening to the cd today...and couldnt help but think, HOW WAS THIS MUSIC NOT NOMINATED??? It is absolutely gorgeous. Im sorry, ill agree that shakalaka baby can be annoying etc, but if you listen to the rhythms and the infusion of indian instruments such as the sitar to create a pop sounding score its amazing....the wedding song is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT alont with many others....this show was robbed on many levels, particularly for its composer. Perhaps the not so brilliant lyricist killed it?
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#1re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 2:11amI hear a show must have AT LEAST two Q Flats to be nominated.
Kyirin
Chorus Member Joined: 9/10/05
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#3re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 2:13am
Then maybe it needs 5.
Updated On: 9/22/05 at 02:13 AM
#4re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 2:14amYou beat me to it, man.
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#5re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 2:36amThats how I feel about Little Women's score. Grrr.
#6re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 2:40am
I listened to it twice and gave it away. Only to go to New York and pass the theatre to hear and see Shakalaka Baby more than I wanted to. It was funny...I was leaving the David Letterman show and passed the Broadway Theatre as people were going in for the "opening" of Bombay...had a slice of pizza and went to see "Assassins".
Thank God for Sondheim....
#7re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:15am"Bombay Dreams" was excellent...just because you passed by the theatre doesn't mean you should make comments about a show you haven't seen.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#8re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:19am
So many people didn't GET Bombay Dreams. If you're not a fan of Bollywood, of COURSE you wouldn't appreciate it. And, most of all, if you've never even HEARD OF or SEEN a Bollywood film, how in the WORLD could you appreciate this?
This was like a live Bollywood film. What it went for it got. PERFECTLY.
#9re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:23amthe score was indian pop songs. most weren't written especially for the show. my friends from mumbai sat there and sang along, they knew the music so well. does that make a difference if the music was written for another medium?
#10re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:35amI didn't even know "Bollywood" existed and loved the show.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#11re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:35amSometimes, yeah. I just don't think enough people knew enough about the show to recognize it for anything.
#12re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 3:18pmi guess so.
#13re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 3:43pmI'm not sure if it was eligible for a Tony, since it wasn't completely original.
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#14re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 5:06pm
...Although "Millie"'s score was nominated, and that wasn't completely original either. Blows my theory.
Maybe the nominating committee just didn't like it. 
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Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#15re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 5:22pm
I assume it was not nominated because the nominating committee actually listened to it...
Updated On: 9/24/05 at 05:22 PM
#16re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 6:00pm
"If you're not a fan of Bollywood, of COURSE you wouldn't appreciate it."
I am and didn't.
"And, most of all, if you've never even HEARD OF or SEEN a Bollywood film, how in the WORLD could you appreciate this?"
I have and didn't.
"This was like a live Bollywood film. What it went for it got. PERFECTLY."
uh . . . . no, I don't think so.
Thesbijean, I agree with you.
I'm not saying it was BAD show. It did have its moments but, IMO, a) it was not worth $100 to see and b) the music did not deserve a Tony nomination.
#17re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 7:44pmIt was worlds better in London. The Broadway production is the worst thing I've ever seen in New York. Just dreadful. I loved it in London. It was spectacular. Better cast too.
#18re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 8:58pmI thought it wasn't eligible because it wasn't original? Hadn't the show been open in London for at least a year?
--Aristotle
#19re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:08pm
BOMBAY DREAMS was absolutely eligible for a best score nomination, and it was completely original. All of the material was written directly for the show and nothing else.
Your friend might have known some of the songs, because in certain areas of high Indian population, they released some songs on the radio as singles - that's why they had an Indian pop star sing "Shakalaka Baby" for use in both the West End and Broadway productions of the show.
The show had been in London for atleast a year before. That has nothing to do with whether a score is original or not.
Zoran: Really? I thought it was pitiful in London. Absolutely terrible. I thought the cast was better in NY, the sets were better, the arrangements were better, the costumes were better, and the book was better.
Seriously, the score was not nominated because there was actual competition that year. And, Andrew Lloyd Webber isn't exactly favored by any big wigs.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#20re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:14pm
"I thought it wasn't eligible because it wasn't original? Hadn't the show been open in London for at least a year? "
The fact that a show has run a year or 5 years in London has absolutely no effect on it's eligibility for a Tony. Lots of shows that went on the be nominated or win for Best Musical had run for two or three years in London first.
#21re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:17pmThe shows that beat BOMBAY DREAMS out for a score nod were CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, AVENUE Q, TABOO, and WICKED - all of which had better scores than that of BOMBAY DREAMS. BOMBAY DREAMS was, however, nominated for their Orchestrations which were a VAST improvement on the London orchestrations and were, in my opinion, stunning.
#22re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:36pmThen why wasn't LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS eligible? Because it was deemed a "Revival"?
--Aristotle
Born2cthelightsofbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/04
#23re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:39pm
How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Because it wasn't good?
jczelyph
Broadway Star Joined: 10/21/04
#24re: How was Bombay Dreams score NOT nominated?
Posted: 9/24/05 at 9:46pmMunkustrap, slight correction...the song 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' was not original for Bombay Dreams. It is from a Bollywood Movie called 'Dil Se' and is a massively popular Hindu song around the world. A lot of A.R.Rahman's orchestrations are derived form his work on movies too. Watch a few Bollywood movies and you'll hear a lot of Bombay Dreams in them.
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