I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
I was definitely going to start this thread!! I love his version fo "Dividing Day" with the strings and everything. He has such a great voice. I am in LOVE with The Light in the Piazza.
The interview with him on that same page is also illuminating...no pun intended. He really is a brilliant man who thinks on many levels and strives to create a score that grows with exposure but has an immediate impact as well.
dividing day without words is so bizarre lol. Love that melody though. I think he has a decent voice.... i dont think it is amazing though. What a great composer though....snaps for him.
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it stopped as victoria was singing FABLE for me (or the beauty is reprise... i forget which one it was). I love the insight he provides... seems like a really thorough and brilliant guy who is still down to earth. I could listen to him play the piano on those songs for days... you dont even need any voices to hear how beautiful this music is!
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I think it has a lot to do with the way they compose. Sondheim thinks about the message of the song, the character's motivation, and the wordplay to get that message across, while Guettel thinks of the emotion of the moment, the musical vernacular that character would use, and he adds lyrics after the rest of the song is composed. Thus, Sondheim is fun to listen to talk about how a song came about, and Guettel is more fun to listen to immersing himself in that musical moment.