Tarzan - But how is the SCORE?

I love the new songs. "For the First Time", "Waiting for this Moment", "Different", "Who Better than Me", and "Everything that I Am" are my new favorites from the show, along with the old "Strangers like Me" from the movie.

Mediocre, at best....just like the whole show itself.


Songlist Review:
Two Worlds, You'll Be In My Heart, Son of Man, Strangers Like Me, Trashin' the Camp --> great songs, memorable, you'll come out singing

Jungle Funk --> unnecessary

Who Better Than Me --> the only good "non-movie" song

No Other Way, I Need to Know, Waiting for This Moment, Sure As Sun Turns to Moon, Different, Like No Man I've Ever Seen, For The First Time, Everything That I Am --> dreck. Too many soaring power ballads. Absolutely unexciting and disappointing.

Updated On: 4/2/06 at 07:15 AM

I respect Phil Collins, but I have never really been a big fan of his scores. I didn't think Tarzan was anything special. The power of it comes from the spectacle and the acting.

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I like Phil Collins and I LOVE Strangers Like Me but the rest is crap.

If you like soaring pop power-ballads, TARZAN is the show for you. If you like real theatrical music, see something else. But the effects are great.

I haven't seen it yet (the lotto hasn't been my friend)... but I'm going to hazard a guess that your opinion of the score and the show in general is going to hinge a lot on your opinion of the original film. I, for one, adored the original movie (one of the last even semi-decent animated films Disney's come out with lately) and enjoyed the music for the most part (though I'm not the biggest fan of Phil Collins in the world, I thought it worked for the movie). I have a feeling this is going to be one of those "love it or hate it" shows.

I'd say see the show and decide for yourself (though the lotto is a little crazy right now... if I loose one more time I'm going to punt that stupid gold spinny thing into the middle of 46th street).

Not sure what my musical tastes are. They're ever evolving and changing. Never thought I'd like Jane Eyre, but I do. But also love Sweeney Todd and Company. So who knows. I probably won't see this, at least not for another year.

If they had any doubt in this show, they wouldn't have had a cold opening on Broadway. They would have done like "on the record" and toured it or something.

And tickets for previews top out at $75.