Most Beautiful Score you have ever heard

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:31pm

I would probably say Light in the Piazza or The Woman in White

[neomystyk29]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:34pm

It depends. I mean my favorite score is probably The Last 5 Years, but is that beautiful? I'd have to say Ragtime though. It's almost perfect for me.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:35pm

The Light in the Piazza

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:35pm

I know this is off topic, but I like the Ragtime Movie Score...

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:35pm

The Last 5 Years, Parade, and the Light in the Piazza are my top three.
Updated On: 9/2/06 at 09:35 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:39pm

The Most Happy Fella or Candide or Showboat...

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:44pm

RRRRRRRaaaaaggggttttttiiiiiimmmmmeeeee.

Updated On: 4/10/06 at 09:44 PM

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:44pm

The Wild Party (the real version by MJL) it is a dark beauty.
The Light In The Piazza
Nine

[C is for Company]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:46pm

Sorry for the threadjack, but I need this settled. I have heard talk of Ragtime since I first joined. However, I've wanted to buy it yet never have because I go to Tower Records and there are 2 versions of it. One looks newer with I think the Statue of Liberty on it? And the other looks very older. Now are they the same or different versions or one off broadway?
Sorry if it sounded stupid, I just was always interested and unsure of any differences or of which one to buy

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:46pm

A Little Night Music

[??]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:49pm

Wicked

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:52pm

For sheer beauty, The Light in the Piazza all the way.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:56pm

I have heard talk of Ragtime since I first joined. However, I've wanted to buy it yet never have because I go to Tower Records and there are 2 versions of it. One looks newer with I think the Statue of Liberty on it? And the other looks very older. Now are they the same or different versions or one off broadway?

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Ragtime is the two-disc one that has a blue background with the Statue of Liberty on it. There's a concept recording that has an offwhite background with the Statue of Liberty. Those are to my knowledge the only cast recordings of the musical (right?). Get the OBCR. "Ragtime" is also a musical genre, so I'm sure there are a lot of similarly-titled things, and maybe a soundtrack to the movie.

Anyway, my answer to the question is Ragtime. Updated On: 4/10/06 at 09:56 PM

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:57pm

Oh wait I was wrong...sorry Company

[mrkringas]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:59pm

You want to buy the 2 disc Original Broadway Cast with a blue sleeve witht the Statue of Liberty on the front.

There is another release called "Songs from Ragtime" which features almost the same cast but only one disc. Plus it lacks some of the numbers that were inserted between Toronto and Broadway.

There is also a film soundtrack if I recall? Thats not what you want to buy lol


Oh and my most beautiful score would have to be one of the following.....

A Little Night Music
The Light in the Piazza
Sunday in the Park with George
Updated On: 4/10/06 at 09:59 PM

[songbird21]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:01pm

A tie between West Side Story (my first love) and Light in the Piazza

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:01pm

CABARET

Chilling and heart-braking.

[Emcee4ever]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:10pm

Cabaret...

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:18pm

Aspects of Love
The Light in the Piazza
The Woman in White

Updated On: 4/10/06 at 10:18 PM

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:31pm

Donneybrook!, Rumple, Hazel Flagg, and Make a Wish

[C is for Company]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:32pm

Thank you all so much, yeah you hit it on the head, a faded white one which was the concept and the newer looking one with the Statue of Liberty on it.
Tomorrow I will head over there and buy the nice Audra/Marin/BSM 2 disc set :) Thanks everyone again!

And as for beautiful scores, I think that overall Sunday in the Park with George is just a gorgeous piece as a whole, some of Sweeney is very touching, more than I would expect judging from other parts.
Caroline or Change and Cabaret also have some hauntingly beautiful, yet dark stuff as well

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:34pm

Horrah! Everyone should own Ragtime. It's magnificent.

[guitarperson]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:35pm

Pacific Overtures

[Corine2]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:38pm

Carousel.
I also loved the score of A Chorus Line. La Cage Aux Folles.
Brigadoon.
Anything sung by Brent Barrett. Updated On: 4/10/06 at 10:38 PM

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 11:02pm

Carousel

Runner ups:
Sunday in the Park With George
Passion
Oklahoma!
The Light in the Piazza
Ragtime
Porgy and Bess
Les Miserables
Candide
The Most Happy Fella