Songs That Sound Suspiciously Similar — Page 9

He gets away with it. It's the same composer. Sondheim recycles his melodies all the time.

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Here are some similarities that I've noticed recently. The title song from RAGTIME sounds suspiciously similar to 'Cellophane' from CHICAGO.

Here's a similarity I noticed between DREAMGIRLS and WEST SIDE STORY

And I'm Telling You:
No way I'm living without you.

Somewhere:
We'll find a new way of living.

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"Daddy left early, mamma was poor." in Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors and "...wasn't it scribner's, some magazine." in Every Movie's a Circus from Sunset Boulevard sound very simliar to me.

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Little Women : "The Fire Within Me"
and "My Heart Was Set On You" from Foster's "Wish"

I have no idea why, maybe because they're both sung by Sutton Foster, but I can't hear one without thinking of the other

"Love Will Stand When All Else Falls" from Memphis and "Hot Toxic Love" from Toxic Avenger sound completely identical at times. Both are David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, but this is actually ridiculous.

Updated On: 11/30/09 at 03:22 AM

"Les Poissons" - The Little Mermaid
and
"Be Our Guest" - Beauty And The Beast

Sondheim seems to keep writing and rewriting Variations on Another Hundred People.

Even though the whole of 'The Producers' makes fun of / blatantly steals elements of other shows, the line 'I see german soldiers dancing through france / played by chorus boys in very tight pants' is exactly the same as sections of 'La Cage Aux Folles'

Les Mis, Scarlet Pimpernel, and Tale of 2 Cities all sound very similar...though I love all 3 scores.

I feel like Les Mis and Scarlet Pimpernel really aren't that similar (though they are my two favorite musicals), because Les Mis is continuous music with more recitative, and every song in Scarlet Pimpernel has a traditional beginning, middle, and end, so the melodic structure is a bit different. The songs in Scarlet Pimpernel usually tell feelings or 'moments,' while Les Mis tells the story, as there is no dialogue to explain what's going on.

Les Mis also stays pretty consistent in style-- the songs flow into each other musically AND thematically-- while Scarlet Pimpernel uses very different styles-- "You Are My Home," "Prayer," "Creation of Man," "When I Look At You," "Falcon In The Dive," and "Where's the Girl," all sound like they come from totally different shows.

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For some reason "I could have danced all night" and "Do I hear a waltz" have always sounded similar in my head.

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"Love Will Stand When All Else Falls" from Memphis and "Hot Toxic Love" from Toxic Avenger sound completely identical at times. Both are David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, but this is actually ridiculous

To add, Memphis' She's My Sister sounds exactly like The Toxic Avenger's Kick Your Ass.

And the last two lines of "I Won't Send Roses" are very similar to the last two lines of "Colors of My Life" from BARNUM.