Top Ten Scores of All Time
Top Ten Scores of All Time
#1Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/6/07 at 11:59pm
A friend and I were thinking of our top ten favorite scores (not shows) and found that there were very few modern scores (post 1970) that we would include in our top ten. In our opinion, they just don't make them like they used to! What are yours?
These were mine, in no particular order:
West Side Story
Sweeney Todd
Gypsy
Carousel
Ragtime
Showboat
Guys & Dolls
My Fair Lady
Fiddler On The Roof
The King & I
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#2re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:06am
1. The Light in the Piazza
2. West Side Story
3. Into the Woods
BDavis0092
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#2re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:15am
The King and I??? Please tell me your kidding.
Les Mis would be on my list. Along with The Light in the Piazza and Company.
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#3re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:19am
WTF is wrong with THE KING AND I? It's a beautiful and legendary score.
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#4re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:22am
Shall we dance *bum bum bum*
Cabaret should be on there too
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#5re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:24amSorry. It's just every time I think of King and I, I hear Yul Brynner attempting to sing "A Puzzlement". And it makes me cringe.
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COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#6re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:30am
Ragtime
West Side Story
Chicago
Cabaret
Gypsy
Into the Woods
Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd
Miss Saigon
The Sound of Music or Carousel (I had to put something Oscar/Hammerstein)
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#7re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:32amNot kidding, it's my list. Make one of your own. The King & I has an amazing score and is probably one of the best by R&H.
The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.
#8re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:34am
Bdavis, Sorry TKAI isn't as cool as Spring Awakening or something.
Glorious score, in my eyes.
BDavis0092
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/06
#9re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:35am
1. Les Miserables
2. The Light in the Piazza
3. Company
4. Spring Awakening
5. West Side Story
6. Sweeney Todd
7. My Fair Lady
8. South Pacific
9. Show Boat
10. Into the Woods
In no particular order.
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#10re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:44am
My list would include West Side Story, Carousel, and South Pacific at the top. Not sure about the rest...
~Steven
Lizzya9
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/06
#11re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:44am
Beauty and the Beast
Chicago
A Chorus Line
Wicked
Aida
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Tarzan
Cabaret
The Drowsy Chaperone
Grease
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#12re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:49am
The Light In The Piazza
Passion
Ragtime
Les Mis
West Side Story
Into The Woods
Sweeney Todd
Gypsy
Follies
Cabaret
This is in no particular order.
Updated On: 4/7/07 at 12:49 AM
#13re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:52amRagtime and Caroline or Change would be in my top 10
#14re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 12:58am
Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd
Gypsy
Cabaret
Ragtime
Chicago
Company
West Side Story
Oklahoma!
Follies
Runner Ups:
Kiss Me, Kate
Grey Gardens
Babes in Arms
In no particular order.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
Updated On: 4/7/07 at 12:58 AM
#15re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 1:00am
Sunday in the Park with George
Caroline, or Change
Sweeney Todd
Passion
West Side Story
Candide
Follies
Carousel
Pacific Overtures
A Little Night Music
Once again, in no particular order :)
Updated On: 4/7/07 at 01:00 AM
#16re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 1:06am
I would choose, in no particular order:
Candide - especially for Glitter and Be Gay
On the Town - such a glorious score
My Fair Lady - an extraordinary mix of character song and musical score
Show Boat - such a rich musical text
Hello, Dolly! - such an enjoyable, entertaining score
Ragtime - fine mix of song and story
Porgy and Bess - the BEST Broadway Opera
South Pacific - magnificent, Hammerstein's greatest lyrics
Pal Joey - Dramatic musical text at its best
Irene - a masterpiece of the period
After thinking some more about this, I realized there are more than 10. I'd also have to include Guys & Dolls, Gypsy and She Loves Me
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Updated On: 4/7/07 at 01:06 AM
BDavis0092
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/06
#17re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 2:08amThis thread isn't about cool shows is it. It's about musical scores.
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#18re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 2:18am
Les Mise$%&*#$
Whew, sorry. I was laughing too hard at Lizzya9's list to type.
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#19re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 2:19am
The King and I
Camelot
South Pacific
Carousel
West Side Story
Fiddler on the Roof
Sweeney Todd
Les Miserable
The Sound of Music
Mame
#20re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 3:23am
Some of these choices are frightening...
1. Carousel
2. Sunday in the Park with George
3. Sweeney Todd
4. Follies
5. West Side Story
6. The King and I
7. Gypsy
8. My Fair Lady
9. South Pacific
10. Fiddler on the Roof
Honorable mentions:
Into the Woods
Cabaret
Nine
Company
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neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#21re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 4:00am
In no order:
Guys and Dolls
Follies
Company
Chicago
Les Miz
Hello Dolly!
The Wiz
Oliver!
The Sound of Music
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
#22re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 4:19am
Again, in no particular order =]
RENT
Miss Saigon
Les Miserables
Piece: the Musical
Westside Story
Caroline, or Change
Songs For a New World
Cabaret
Into The Woods
Evita
Now all I see are cute boys with short haircuts in a maze of their own...
#23re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 4:34am
Lets see.... (no particular order)
1. The Light in the Piazza - undeniably just beautiful
2. Nine - incredibly varied songs with not a clunker in the bunch
3. West Side Story - classic, emotional, stirring
4. Dreamgirls - captures a place, time, and people perfectly
5. South Pacific - my favorite R&H, underrated I think
6. Sunday in the Park with George - there's simply nothing else like it. period.
7. Side Show - Best moments greatly make up for the few missteps, beyond emotionally involving
8. Sweet Charity - a perfect/simple musical comedy score. Fantastic dance music.
9. Evita - I just love it
10. Miss Saigon - Epic in the best sense, just lovely
Theres more, but hey thats my ten
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#24re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 4/7/07 at 4:43am
1) Cabaret
2) Caroline or Change
3) Follies
4) Sweeney Todd
5) Nine
6) The Light in the Piazza
7) Sunday in the Park with George 
West Side Story
9) Chicago
10) Ragtime
All listed in no preferred order
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