What is the most beautiful song from a musical?- Page 4

[AddisonMizner]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 6:51am

Til' I Hear You Sing
Look With Your Heart
Beneath A Moonless Sky
Once Upon Another Time
Why Does She Love Me?
Love Never Dies

All from LOVE NEVER DIES (say what you will, but I LOVE that score! To me, it really is beautiful!)

However, If I had to pick just one from the list above, I would say "Til' I Hear You Sing"

[hmpeterson]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 7:44am

Most of the ones I would list have already been named but one that hasn't the I LOVE is

Climb Every Mountain - The Sound of Music

Also:
Say It Somehow and Fable - The Light in the Piazza

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 9:36am

I think it has to be a Jerome Kern melody, since Rodgers and Berlin and Porter and Gershwin all said that he was the first American composer to inject a sense of beauty into the American musical.

So I'll pick Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's "All the Things You Are" from Very Warm for May. Many people consider it (seriously!) not only the most beautiful song written for the American musical theater, but also the most beautiful song ever written. (Period!)



This version features the original vocal arrangement and orchestrations and the glorious voices of Judy Kaye, Cris Groendaal, Rebecca Luker, Davis Gaines and Brent Barrett.
Judy Kaye, Cris Groendaal, Rebecca Luker and Davis Gaines Sing 'All the Things You Are'

[bryan2]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 10:02am

Perfect Strangers-Drood it sounds like something from heavan
with Patti and Betty

[Sinfonia2001]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 2:05pm

"Hold back the night" from metropolis

[Marianne2]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 2:20pm

Meadowlark-The Baker's Wife
How Could I Ever Know?-The Secret Garden
Night Waltz-A Little Night Music

[evic]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 2:56pm

Is It Really Me 110 In The Shade
Her Face Carnival
Dreams Don't Die Metro
You'll Never Walk Alone Carousel
Far From The Home I Love Fiddler
Mama A Rainbow Minnie's Boys
Getting Tall Nine

[tazber]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:02pm

Meadowlark is another good one.

"Hold Back the Night" is also a great song. I think that "The Sun" from that show is even better.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:04pm

Forgot to mention another favorite - Around the World from Grey Gardens.

[broadwayrob]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:37pm

To the poster that mentioned "How Could I Ever Know" from Secret Garden, I'd up the ante and say about 85 percent of that cast album would be "most beautiful" to me. I would also like to throw in "The Proposal/The Night Was Alive" from Titanic. That song is as lush as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Perfect.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 9:09pm

"Hasa Diga Eebowai" – Book of Mormon

Posted: 7/20/12 at 9:47pm

I am currently enamored with "Learning to Let Go" from ELEGIES for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens....

A close second is "Louder Than Words" from Tick...Tick...Boom!

Both touch something inside me.

[maila]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 11:50pm

we kiss in a shadow- king & i
sunday- sunday in the park
loving you - passion
the butterfly - story of my life
unusual way- nine
bring him home - les mis
il mondo era vuoto - light in the piazza
being alive - company
gethsemane - jesus christ superstar
someone else's story - chess
on my own - les mis
someone like you - jekyl & hyde
as if we never said goodbye - sunset boulevard
if i love you - carousel

[missthemountains]

Posted: 7/21/12 at 1:53am

"On My Own" from Les Miz
"Lolita" and "Broken Promised Land of 15" from Lolita, My Love
"Without You" from Rent
"Being Alive" from Company
"No One Is Alone" from Into The Woods
"Send In The Clowns" from A Little Night Music
"Hold Back The Night" from Metropolis
"Losing My Mind" from Follies
"Beautiful City" from Godspell (the arrangement from the revival)

And while I don't know if I'd call it beautiful, but I think "If I Could've Been" from Working is an incredibly powerful song. That is my only memory from watching that show that really stands out.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 7/21/12 at 2:29am

Meadowlark - Baker's Wife
Home - The Wiz
Wheels of a Dream - Ragtime
The Light In The Piazza - The Light In The Piazza
As If We Never Said Goodbye - Sunset Boulevard
The Past Is Another Land - Aida
Stars - Les Miserables

[Myron]

Posted: 7/21/12 at 5:46am

I love this topic as Broadway shows have the most beautiful songs. On of my favorites was never mentioned, "This Is the Moment" from Jekyl and Hyde; I get goosebumps when I hear it performed. Also forgotten is the upbeat "The Best of Times" from La Cage. My next favorite is, "What I Did for Love" from A Chorus Line. I am sadly unfamiliar with Les Mis which seems to have many favorites. I also love: "You Are Beautiful/Love Look Away": Flower Drum Song, "A Wonderful Guy/Bali Hai" from South Pacific, "If Ever I Would Leave You": Camelot, "Sunrise,Sunset": Fiddler, "Neverland": Peter Pan, "Memory":Cats, "As Long As He Needs Me":Oliver, "Heather on the Hill: Brigadoon, "Make Believe" Showboat, and "Practically Perfect" from Mary Poppins. Surprisingly, nobody chose tunes from some of Broadway's longest runners like "Cats" and "Chicago". Lots of other beauties as well, but these are my favorites.

[Myron]

Posted: 7/21/12 at 10:31am

My sister's favorite is "Stranger in Paradise" from Kismet.

[canmark]

Posted: 7/21/12 at 6:38pm

Summertime - Porgy and Bess
I Have Dreamed - The King and I
On The Street Where You Live - My Fair Lady
Send In The Clows - A Little Night Music
I Gaze In Your Eyes - A Swell Party
Someone To Watch Over Me - Oh, Kay!
You'll Never Walk Alone - Carousel

Updated On: 7/22/12 at 06:38 PM

[castlestreet]

Posted: 7/21/12 at 10:50pm

Love To Me- Light In The Piazza
A Quiet Thing- Flora The Red Menace
When Did I Fall In Love- Fiorello

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

Posted: 7/21/12 at 11:31pm

THIS NEARLY WAS MINE...from SOUTH PACIFIC
JOANNA.................from SWEENEY TODD
NOT A DAY GOES BY......from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
STARTING HERE STARTING NOW..from STARTING HERE STARTING NOW
I HAVE DREAMED.........from THE KING AND I
MARIA..................from WEST SIDE STORY
A QUIET THING............from FLORA, THE RED MENACE

I can't just choose one "most beautiful"...sorry


i love these types of discussions...so many other great songs but those listed take me places emotionally that other songs don't...

Updated On: 7/21/12 at 11:31 PM

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 7/21/12 at 11:45pm

"You Are Love" from Show Boat
"Dear Friend" from She Loves Me
"New Music" from Ragtime
"On The Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady
"One More Kiss" from Follies
"It Never Was You" ~ I'm not sure where this is from, but it's Kurt Weill, so I'm guessing it's Broadway

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/22/12 at 12:26am

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown- the whole score (my favorite score of all time)
Tonight quintet, Somewhere - West Side Story
I Will Never Leave You - Side Show
Evita - the whole score (especially Buenos Aires)
Phantom - the whole score
Solidarity - Billy Elliot
Back to Before - Ragtime
Unusual Way, The Bells of Saint Sebastian - Nine
When I Look at You, Only Love, The Riddle - The Scarlet Pimpernel
Someone Like You, In His Eyes, Dangerous Game, A New Life - Jekyll and Hyde
Rise Above, Boy Falls from the Sky - Spider-Man

[broadwayfever]

Posted: 7/22/12 at 2:58am

#1 - For Good
#2 - Bring Him Home
#3 - I'm Here
#4 - Seasons of Love
#5 - I Dreamed a Dream
#6 - At the Ballet
#7 - Breathe
#8 - Dyin' Ain't so Bad
#9 - Fly, Fly Away
#10- Send In the Clowns

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 7/22/12 at 10:40am

After 50+ years of musical theatergoing, and an earlier 50 years of amazing songs, how can you pick one?
But I guess the one that meant the most to me was Anyone Can Whistle