Musicals!
How many musical/musical movie soundtracks do you own, and what are your top ten favorites? Disney doesn't count.
La! I'm ever so glad you asked. Though I think Disney should count. :p
Aida, Annie, Annie Get Your Gun, Anyone Can Whistle, Anything Goes, Aspects of Love, Barnum, Big River, The Boys from Syracuse, Brigadoon, Bring in the Noise Bring in the Funk, The Buddy Holly Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret, Call Me Madame, Camelot, Candide, Cats, Carousel, Chess, Chicago, Chorus Line, Closer than Ever, Company, Crazy for You, Damn Yankees, Do I Hear a Waltz, Do Re Mi, Dreamgirls, EFX, Evita, Falsettoland, Fame, The Fantasticks, Fiddler on the Roof, Finian's Rainbow, Flower Jung Song, Follies, 42nd Street, Funny Girl, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, George M., Gigi, Grease, Grease II, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Hair, Hello Dolly, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, I Do I Do, Into the Woods, Jekyll and Hyde, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The King and I, Kiss Me Kate, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, La Cage Aux Folles, Les Miserables, Little Mary Sunshine, A Little Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors, Lunch, Mame, Man of La Mancha, March of the Falsettos, Meet Me in St. Louis, Merrily We Roll Along, Miss Saigon, The Most Happy Fella, Moulin Rouge, The Music Man, My Fair Lady, Nunsense, Nunsense II, Oklahoma, Oliver, On this Island, On the Town, The Pajama Game, Pal Joey, Phantom of the Opera, Pippin, Porgy and Bess, The Producers, Ragtime, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Rothchilds, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Secret Garden, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1776, Shampoo, She Loves Me, Showboat, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singing in the Rain, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Song and Dance, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Titanic, Tommy, Two by Two, Victor/Victoria, West Side Story, Will Rogers Follies, Wings, The Wiz, Yentl, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Zorba
Top Ten (this week). Yep, there's at least one meaningful story associated with every musical I own, but I won't bore you with them all. Not enough room here for them anyway.
1. Phantom of the Opera. "Did I not instruct that Box Five was to be kept EMPTY?!" Ah, the Phantom tantrums. Phantom will always hold a special place in my heart for being the first musical I ever saw live. It was such a magical night that I was hooked on musicals for life. Now that I think of it, The Phantom should be added to my list of favorite villains.
2. Secret Garden. When I first borrowed the tape from the library, I popped it into my car's tape player, intending to listen on the way home. Instead, I sat spellbound in the parking lot for an hour.
3. Kiss of the Spiderwoman
4. Rent
5. Porgy and Bess
6. Miss Saigon
7. Chess
8. West Side Story
9. Jekyll and Hyde
10. Two by Two (tee-hee)
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More proof of my dubious taste in movies: I have only seen half the movies on Time's 100 Best Movies List, and half of those wouldn't be on my top 100 list. Someday I really will have to rent Blade Runner again, to discover what all the hype is supposed to be about.
Aguirre: the Wrath of God (1972) The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959) The Awful Truth (1937) Baby Face (1933) Bande à part (1964) Barry Lyndon (1975) Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) Blade Runner (1982) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Brazil (1985) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Camille (1936) Casablanca (1942) Charade (1963) Children of Paradise (1945) Chinatown (1974) Chungking Express (1994) Citizen Kane (1941) City Lights (1931) City of God (2002) Closely Watched Trains (1966) The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936) The Crowd (1928) Day for Night (1973) The Decalogue (1989) Detour (1945) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Dodsworth (1936) Double Indemnity (1944) Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Drunken Master II (1994) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 8 1/2 (1963) The 400 Blows (1959) Farewell My Concubine (1993) Finding Nemo (2003) The Fly (1986) The Godfather, Parts I and II (1972, 1974) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966) Goodfellas (1990) A Hard Day's Night (1964) His Girl Friday (1940) Ikiru (1952) In A Lonely Place (1950) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) It's A Gift (1934) It's A Wonderful Life (1946) Kandahar (2001) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) King Kong (1933) The Lady Eve (1941) The Last Command (1928) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Léolo (1992) The Lord of the Rings (2001-03) The Man With a Camera (1929) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Metropolis (1927) Miller's Crossing (1990) Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980) Mouchette (1967) Nayakan (1987) Ninotchka (1939) Notorious (1946) Olympia, Parts 1 and 2 (1938) On the Waterfront (1954) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Out of the Past (1947) Persona (1966) Pinocchio (1940) Psycho (1960) Pulp Fiction (1994) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Pyaasa (1957) Raging Bull (1980) Schindler's List (1993) The Searchers (1956) Sherlock, Jr. (1924) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Singin' in the Rain (1952) The Singing Detective (1986) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Some Like It Hot (1959) Star Wars (1977) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Sunrise (1927) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Swing Time (1936) Talk to Her (2002) Taxi Driver (1976) Tokyo Story (1953) A Touch of Zen (1971) Ugetsu (1953) Ulysses' Gaze (1995) Umberto D (1952) Unforgiven (1992) White Heat (1949) Wings of Desire (1987) Yojimbo (1961)
La! I'm ever so glad you asked. Though I think Disney should count. :p
Aida, Annie, Annie Get Your Gun, Anyone Can Whistle, Anything Goes, Aspects of Love, Barnum, Big River, The Boys from Syracuse, Brigadoon, Bring in the Noise Bring in the Funk, The Buddy Holly Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret, Call Me Madame, Camelot, Candide, Cats, Carousel, Chess, Chicago, Chorus Line, Closer than Ever, Company, Crazy for You, Damn Yankees, Do I Hear a Waltz, Do Re Mi, Dreamgirls, EFX, Evita, Falsettoland, Fame, The Fantasticks, Fiddler on the Roof, Finian's Rainbow, Flower Jung Song, Follies, 42nd Street, Funny Girl, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, George M., Gigi, Grease, Grease II, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Hair, Hello Dolly, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, I Do I Do, Into the Woods, Jekyll and Hyde, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The King and I, Kiss Me Kate, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, La Cage Aux Folles, Les Miserables, Little Mary Sunshine, A Little Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors, Lunch, Mame, Man of La Mancha, March of the Falsettos, Meet Me in St. Louis, Merrily We Roll Along, Miss Saigon, The Most Happy Fella, Moulin Rouge, The Music Man, My Fair Lady, Nunsense, Nunsense II, Oklahoma, Oliver, On this Island, On the Town, The Pajama Game, Pal Joey, Phantom of the Opera, Pippin, Porgy and Bess, The Producers, Ragtime, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Rothchilds, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Secret Garden, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1776, Shampoo, She Loves Me, Showboat, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singing in the Rain, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Song and Dance, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Titanic, Tommy, Two by Two, Victor/Victoria, West Side Story, Will Rogers Follies, Wings, The Wiz, Yentl, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Zorba
Top Ten (this week). Yep, there's at least one meaningful story associated with every musical I own, but I won't bore you with them all. Not enough room here for them anyway.
1. Phantom of the Opera. "Did I not instruct that Box Five was to be kept EMPTY?!" Ah, the Phantom tantrums. Phantom will always hold a special place in my heart for being the first musical I ever saw live. It was such a magical night that I was hooked on musicals for life. Now that I think of it, The Phantom should be added to my list of favorite villains.
2. Secret Garden. When I first borrowed the tape from the library, I popped it into my car's tape player, intending to listen on the way home. Instead, I sat spellbound in the parking lot for an hour.
3. Kiss of the Spiderwoman
4. Rent
5. Porgy and Bess
6. Miss Saigon
7. Chess
8. West Side Story
9. Jekyll and Hyde
10. Two by Two (tee-hee)
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More proof of my dubious taste in movies: I have only seen half the movies on Time's 100 Best Movies List, and half of those wouldn't be on my top 100 list. Someday I really will have to rent Blade Runner again, to discover what all the hype is supposed to be about.
Aguirre: the Wrath of God (1972) The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959) The Awful Truth (1937) Baby Face (1933) Bande à part (1964) Barry Lyndon (1975) Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) Blade Runner (1982) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Brazil (1985) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Camille (1936) Casablanca (1942) Charade (1963) Children of Paradise (1945) Chinatown (1974) Chungking Express (1994) Citizen Kane (1941) City Lights (1931) City of God (2002) Closely Watched Trains (1966) The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936) The Crowd (1928) Day for Night (1973) The Decalogue (1989) Detour (1945) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Dodsworth (1936) Double Indemnity (1944) Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Drunken Master II (1994) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 8 1/2 (1963) The 400 Blows (1959) Farewell My Concubine (1993) Finding Nemo (2003) The Fly (1986) The Godfather, Parts I and II (1972, 1974) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966) Goodfellas (1990) A Hard Day's Night (1964) His Girl Friday (1940) Ikiru (1952) In A Lonely Place (1950) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) It's A Gift (1934) It's A Wonderful Life (1946) Kandahar (2001) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) King Kong (1933) The Lady Eve (1941) The Last Command (1928) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Léolo (1992) The Lord of the Rings (2001-03) The Man With a Camera (1929) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Metropolis (1927) Miller's Crossing (1990) Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980) Mouchette (1967) Nayakan (1987) Ninotchka (1939) Notorious (1946) Olympia, Parts 1 and 2 (1938) On the Waterfront (1954) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Out of the Past (1947) Persona (1966) Pinocchio (1940) Psycho (1960) Pulp Fiction (1994) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Pyaasa (1957) Raging Bull (1980) Schindler's List (1993) The Searchers (1956) Sherlock, Jr. (1924) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Singin' in the Rain (1952) The Singing Detective (1986) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Some Like It Hot (1959) Star Wars (1977) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Sunrise (1927) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Swing Time (1936) Talk to Her (2002) Taxi Driver (1976) Tokyo Story (1953) A Touch of Zen (1971) Ugetsu (1953) Ulysses' Gaze (1995) Umberto D (1952) Unforgiven (1992) White Heat (1949) Wings of Desire (1987) Yojimbo (1961)