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Venom 02:35 am UTC 04/08/07 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - rockfenris2005 10:38 am UTC 04/07/07 |
| You're right. He's alive lol It was his collaborator Howard Ashman that died after "Beauty and The Beast" and halfway through "Aladdin". "Lion King" was a collaboration between Elton John and Tim Rice of "Jesus Christ Superstar" fame. They later collaborated again during "Aida". The big musical trend these days seems to take iconic Rock groups and turn their songs into a musical. For example, ABBA's "Mama Mia", Billy Joel's "Movin' Out", and Queen's "We Will Rock You". If anything , this is the right time for Steinman to release "Bat out of Hell" the musical. > > > > The last big musical success I believe was "Wicked". I > > haven't seen or heard it, so I can't really give a > > personal opinion. > > I have the CD of "Wicked" but I've never heard it. The > cast album went platinum so that was great. > > I do think most of Disney's musicals and > > animated movies have failed since the death of Alan > > Menkin. From "Little Shop of Horrors" to Disney's > > "Aladdin", his songs were very catchy. > > I didn't really care for "The Lion King", save for the > visuals which look amazing, or "Aida". Alan Menken is > still alive, working on the Broadway musical of "The > Little Mermaid" which premieres at the Lunt-Fontanne > Theatre this year (replacing "Beauty And The Beast"). I > liked the music I heard on the demo but it didn't touch > the music from the film. It'll be interesting to see how > it goes. Menken is also working on "Leap Of Faith" which, > if I'm not mistaken, is based on the film that contains > "Paradise By The Dashboard Light". He just premiered > "Sister Act: The Musical" in Pasadena which threw out the > Motown sound of the movie (and Marc Shaiman's beautiful > compositions) as opposed to a 70s Disco-sounding score > completely done by Menken. How lame. Shaiman should have > done it with the movie's songs included. > > Musicals have always been an enormous risk but lately it's > gotten really hard and no one's really getting anywhere. > It'll be interesting to see, in the light of "The Pirate > Queen" and "The Woman In White", how Phantom 2 will go. > > | |
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