New Generation of Composers/Lyricists

[Theatre1]

Posted: 12/15/07 at 2:39am

Hey everyone... we all know about JRB, Lippa, LaChiusa, Kitt, etc etc... but there's a whole generation beyond those guys that are doing some incredible work. Just came across the music of Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen - it's incredible!! At the fear of sounding cheesy, I can honestly say that these guys are the future of musical theatre. Check out their their music at myspace.com/millerandtysen

Who are some other writing teams out there? J. Oconer Navarro? Pete Mills? Peter Foley? Brian Lowdermilk? I'm sure there are many more... anxious to hear some feedback!!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/15/07 at 2:49am

www.myspace.com/falsetto1900

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/15/07 at 2:53am

Aw, Peter Foley!

Pasek and Paul, too.

[TulitaPepsi]

Posted: 12/15/07 at 8:48am

Jeff Blumankrantz. Steven Lutvak. David and Joe Zellnik.

[squeakyfromme82]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:23pm

Steven Jamail and Ryann Ferguson. Saw Byzantium at Fringe in 2005... weird production, but great score.
Also saw a workshop of Clarissa, which was awesome.
Newest thing, VOTE!, apparently is super well funded and getting a lot of interest.
www.votethemusical.com

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:25pm

Lots of people over at BMI. Andy Karl, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Mark Janas, Peter Nepolitano...

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:34pm

Jeff Bowen

Updated On: 12/17/07 at 01:34 PM

[SahDu]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 3:44pm

I would love to hear demos and recordings these people, if anyone has or knows where to find them. I love listening to stuff like that. And, I'm going to agree with Pasek and Paul. They are fantastic.

Jeff

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 3:47pm

http://www.kerrigan-lowdermilk.com/

Some really good stuff.

[catstagestud]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 3:49pm

I'm a huge fan of Kerrigan & Lowdermilk's music and am starting to enjoy Scott Alan's work too.

Cheers,

Christopher

[squeakyfromme82]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 3:51pm

http://www.votethemusical.com

[i*heart*fame]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 4:00pm

Barbara Anselmi

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 4:02pm

Kerrigan & Lowdermilk are okay. You should look up Our Lady J. She's amazing.

[246012]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 12:36am

I've heard selections from the "Vote!" score...SO cute! It sounds really fun! I can't wait to see where it goes! I second the vote for Steven Jamail and Ryann Ferguson.
Updated On: 1/13/08 at 12:36 AM

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 1:10am

Scott Alan.

[BroadwayBound86]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 1:54am

Definately Pasek and Paul!

Scott Alan's latest CD is amazing as well.

EDIT: Link now available...

Pasek and Paul Updated On: 1/13/08 at 01:54 AM

[Nick Plasia]

Posted: 2/5/08 at 6:07pm

Pasek and Paul are pretty bad--I walked out of
their show in Albany.

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 2/5/08 at 6:39pm

Too often the writing is generic and untheatrical.





Lola Delaney
A Midwestern City
Updated On: 4/29/08 at 06:39 PM

[musicow]

Posted: 2/5/08 at 8:40pm

And who really hears any of this new theatre music? HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL and HANNAH MONTANA are going silver platinum because they target a specific market. Broadway has championed a generation of rather listless,generic composer/lyricists. Funny enough, the commerical viablity of a Broadway score has all but disappeared. Ask a real record producer in Nashville or L.A.if he/she is familiar with Andrew Lippa or Peter Mills. This music has nothing to do with what is happening in the amazing techno revolution of digital music and does nothing to attract new listeners. And very sadly, there is less and less interest in the product. At least Alan Menken and Elton John undertand the concept of constructed "SONG", with an actual hook. It's all very sad. No wonder Disney so easily cornered the marketplace.

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 2/5/08 at 10:48pm

Ryan Cunningham and Joshua Salzman of "I Love You Because" fame. Really, really talented.

Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen of [title of show]. (Hunter doesn't compose, but writes the book and the two work hand in hand.)

I really like Tom Kitt, of "Next to Normal" and "High Fidelity." Dude's got talent.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 2/5/08 at 11:28pm

Ricky. Ian. Gordon.

seriously that man makes me so happy. His music is brilliant and so beautiful.

[A NeW Musical BRaIN]

Posted: 2/6/08 at 1:49am

I'm gonna second Pasek and Paul. Also, have you heard of Thomson and Mann? www.myspace.com/thomsonandmann

Also, Beck and May. They're writing the myspace musical "Top 8"

they have a myspace page too. www.myspace.com/beckandmay

[B3TA07]

Posted: 2/6/08 at 1:51am

I ABHOR Ricky Ian Gordon's work.

[dramarama2]

Posted: 2/6/08 at 2:55am

I've heard nothing but good things about that new writing team...um...what are they called...Adgate & D'Arcy? lol B3...

[B3TA07]

Posted: 2/6/08 at 3:21am

Yes...I love shilling my own music...


www.myspace.com/falsetto1900

Our only collaboration song is "Room To Grow." The rest I wrote alone