Top Ten Scores of All Time
BroadwayLovesTARDIS
Swing Joined: 2/25/15
#100re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/25/15 at 7:42am
In no particular order:
Into the woods
Godspell
Wicked
Pippin
Company
The Last Five Years
Cabaret
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Sweeney Todd
In the Heights
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#101re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/25/15 at 4:47pm
In no particular order:
Company
Sunday in the Park...
West Side Story
Les Mis
On the Town
A Little Night Music
Music Man
My Fair Lady
South Pacific
Rent
#102re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/25/15 at 7:23pm
1. Sunday in the Park with George
2. Sweeney Todd
3. Follies
4. The Last Five Years
5. Into the Woods
6. Passion
7. Cabaret
8. Nine
9. Carousel
10. Once (sorry I find the score beautiful, but the show... meh.)
#103re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/25/15 at 7:56pm
GYPSY
SHOW BOAT
FOLLIES
A CHORUS LINE
CANDIDE
GUYS AND DOLLS
OKLAHOMA
HAIR
PORGY & BESS
ANYTHING GOES
Updated On: 2/26/15 at 07:56 PM
#104re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/25/15 at 8:07pm
"Bdavis, Sorry TKAI isn't as cool as Spring Awakening or something.
Glorious score, in my eyes."
For as much as I enjoyed it, you won't be seeing big revivals of SPRING AWAKENING in 30, 40 or 50 years... You won't.
Updated On: 2/25/15 at 08:07 PM
#105re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/25/15 at 8:10pm
"Bdavis, Sorry TKAI isn't as cool as Spring Awakening or something.
Glorious score, in my eyes."
For as much as I enjoyed it, you won't be seeing big revivals of SPRING AWAKENING in 30, 40 or 50 years... You won't.
Updated On: 2/25/15 at 08:10 PM
SantiagoE
Swing Joined: 7/14/11
#106re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:19pm
In no particular order:
Sweeney Todd
Porgy and Bess
The King and I
Gypsy
The Threepenny Opera
Follies
A Little Night Music
Carousel
Show Boat
My Fair Lady
#107re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 1:28pm
In this particular order:
1: Gypsy
2: Carousel
3: Show Boat
4: Guys & Dolls
5: The Music Man
6: The Light in the Piazza
7: Chicago
8: Follies
9: Nine
10. She Loves Me
Just kidding, that's in no particular order (except Gypsy)
Starship
Broadway Star Joined: 7/29/12
#108re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 1:31pmwhatever the score is gonna be for spongebob: the musical!
#109re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 1:55pm
Guys and Dolls
Hello Dolly
Next to Normal
Ragtime
Carousel
Into The Woods
Evita
My Fair Lady
Fiddler on The Roof
Caroline or Change
#110re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 1:59pm
In no particular order, and trying to represent as many composers as possible...
1. Show Boat
2. Sweeney Todd
3. Company
4. Gypsy
5. Kiss Me Kate
6. Carousel
7. South Pacific
8. West Side Story
9. Follies
10. The Music Man
#111re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 3:34pm
In no particular order:
Tanz der Vampire
Elisabeth
Les Misérables
Next to Normal
My Fair Lady
Into the Woods
CATS (Poke fun all you want, but it's got some catchy tunes.)
Cinderella
Jekyll & Hyde
The Phantom of the Opera
Not exactly the most "mature" taste, but it is what it is.
#112re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:49pm
WEST SIDE STORY
GYPSY
A CHORUS LINE
COMPANY
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
HAIR
RENT
MISS SAIGON
LES MISERABLES
CAROUSEL
FOLLIES
I cheated... 12 scores...
#113re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 9:34pm
OKLAHOMA
GYPSY
SOUND OF MUSIC
A FUNNY THING...
FANTASTICKS
BOYFRIEND
SWEET CHARITY
42ND ST.
RAGTIME
PIPPIN
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#114re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 10:38pm
West Side Story
Carousel
South Pacific
My Fair Lady
Hair
Show Boat
She Loves Me
Follies
Cabaret
Kiss Me, Kate
Updated On: 2/27/15 at 10:38 PM
#115re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:15pm
Sunset Boulevard
Miss Saigon
Evita
Kinky Boots
Gypsy
Rent
West Side Story
Bare
Wicked
A Chorus Line
I Listed shows that I can hear the entire cast recording.. not just certain songs.
#116re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/28/15 at 12:13am
Gee, the one score I'm surprised no-one has mentioned is:
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Since that's easily my favorite of the last 5 years, maybe I should try to limit my top scores to one each decade.
2000's: A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
1990's: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
1980's: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
1970's: PACIFIC OVERTURES
1960's: 110 IN THE SHADE
1950's: WEST SIDE STORY
1940's: FINIAN'S RAINBOW
Only 2 left? Jeez, I can't do this without revisiting the
1970's: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, and
1940's: CAROUSEL
#117re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/28/15 at 1:01am
I love reading this thread because it shows such an interesting disparity of viewpoints. West Side Story, Carousel, and Sweeney Todd seem to be the most often occurring on these lists. I would personally disagree with the last choice, but that is aside from the point. I am surprised Porgy and Bess doesn't show up more often on these lists, because for my money, nothing even comes close to beating it in terms of sophistication and for a deeply American feel.
Updated On: 2/28/15 at 01:01 AM
#118re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/28/15 at 4:12am
Since this thread began in 2007, "Love Never Dies" opened and closed. Regardless of the show's numerous flaws, many of which remained even in the rewritten Australian version, the score is lush. One critic specifically fell in love with the beautiful waltzes.
The show itself is glorified Fan Fiction, with the standard fanfic flaw that many of the characters act inconsistently with the show on which the fanfic is based. (For those three readers that may not know, LND is a sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera.") Nevertheless, the music is incredible.
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#119re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/28/15 at 6:40am
"Gee, the one score I'm surprised no-one has mentioned is:
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY"
I came close. It just hasn't been with me for as long. It is a beauty, though.
#120re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/28/15 at 7:05am
Sweeney Todd
Porgy & Bess
The Most Happy Fella
The Light in the Piazza
Brigadoon
Ragtime
The Sound of Music
The Music Man
Guys and Dolls
Sunday in the Park With George
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#121re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/28/15 at 10:51am
Elfubuh your list is legend.
LND is getting a Hamburg version so there is life in the old girl yet.
cbcgirl4life
Chorus Member Joined: 12/30/12
#122re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/28/15 at 11:50am
my top 10 scores (no particular order of course):
Sound of Music
Gypsy
Next to Normal
Last Five Years
Matilda
Spring Awakening
Into the Woods
Violet
Side Show
Bonnie and Clyde (judge all you want but I've never gotten tired of it!)
Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#123re: Top Ten Scores of All Time
Posted: 2/28/15 at 12:45pm
This is a cruel and evil thread...I can't even decide, and this list is sure to change. Right now, I really enjoy (in no particular order):
Into the Woods
Follies
Sunday in the Park With George
Chicago
Gypsy
The Sound of Music
My Fair Lady
West Side Story
Les Miserables (I can't really differ a few of the songs, but Look Down, I Dreamed a Dream, At the End of the Day, and Do You Hear the People Sing alone, put gave Les Mis a spot in my list)
Mary Poppins (what can I say? I love it!)
And there are many, many more!
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