Hey guys - can you help me out with something....I am trying to find composers that create music similar to that of Stephen Schwartz - primarily music similar to Wicked - orchestrational and big. Any help would be appreciated. Updated On: 2/19/08 at 01:43 PM
the sound of Wicked isn't really due to Schwartz alone. It sounds like you are interested in big, dramatic orchestrations. In that case:
Alan Boublil - Les Mis, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, etc.
Webber - specifically Evita, Sunset Blvd.,
Lawrence O'keefe - Composer of "Legally Blonde", though "Bat Boy" is more similar to that style than Blonde is. also, look for a recording of "3hree" his is the first show- "The Mice"- has some really nice gems in it.
hope that helps
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"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
There's a part of "One Short Day" that sounds just like "All The Livelong Day" from Working.
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I know everybody's just joking, but people always complain that Wicked fans make no effort to broaden their horizons. Here's a fan who is sorta trying and even he or she can't catch a break! haha
im sorry, but i dont think there is anyone you can compare stephen schwartz to and i mean that in the negative way. so webber & boublil are not similar or equatiable to stephen schwartz, post wicked at least because they are pretty amazing (not as amazing as sondheim though haha) and schwartz just doesnt really cut it for me... btw- i am finally REALLY happy to find people who realize there are way better musicals than wicked and that its not even that good
although the sound of a synthesized toilet flushing would be a great replacement for schwartz haha