spiderwort
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Post by spiderwort on May 9, 2019 16:37:07 GMT
There are thousands to choose from in my decades of viewing, but this has always been a particular favorite of mine:
"Somewhere" from West Side Story (1961)
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Post by mikef6 on May 9, 2019 16:49:05 GMT
Here is a Les Miz "Stars" cage match pitting Florida-born Norm Lewis (25th anniversary concert, 2010), Australian singer Philip Quast (10th anniversary concert, 1995), and Russell Crowe (2012 movie) against one another. You decide.
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Post by teleadm on May 9, 2019 17:08:53 GMT
A sort of anthem to the whole entertainment industry, and an old favorite of mine. "There's No Business Like Show Business" from Annie Get Your Gun 1950.
Picture quality isn't the best:
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Post by Doghouse6 on May 9, 2019 21:54:35 GMT
A Star Is Born (1954) The Man That Got Away (Harold Arlen/Ira Gershwin)
Everyone's heard it, a jazzy yet melancholy ballad of lost love, and seen it: sung by Judy Garland as band vocalist Esther Blodgett, after hours at a Sunset Strip club, displaying the sheer joy of performance, singing, as James Mason's Norman Maine puts it in the film, for herself and for the boys in the band...mainly for herself.
The number went through several changes of costume, scenic and lighting design and blocking/cinematography. So here it is again in a way that perhaps many have not seen it, assembled by YouTube user Lost Vocals into a comparative study of the various approaches and executions, and it's an interesting document of the creative process and its evolution, hinting also at the many ways in which the films we know so well might have been different ones but for untold experimentations, deliberations and decisions.
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Post by Sulla on May 10, 2019 0:44:13 GMT
Honestly, I'm not a big fan of musicals. But there are a few I like. Ever since childhood, this one held my memory. Louis Jourdan is just so cool.
"She is not thinking of me" from Gigi (1958)
(song begins at 2:30)
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Post by koskiewicz on May 12, 2019 15:23:16 GMT
"Shanghai Lil' from "Footlight Parade"
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on May 14, 2019 22:41:28 GMT
I still have ‘Do You Hear the People Sing?’ from Les Misérables (2012) playing in my head on a semi-regular basis. I really like that one and have listened to it repeatedly since I recently rewatched the movie.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on May 31, 2019 22:46:49 GMT
Please pick only one or two per post to save space for others.
This my favourite scene/song from The Sound of Music (1965).
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Post by kijii on Jun 1, 2019 3:07:14 GMT
"Love Is A Many-Splenderd Thing"
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 1, 2019 3:45:20 GMT
"Love Is A Many-Splenderd Thing" I love this song, kijii, but I don't think it's from a musical. Or is there a musical version I'm unaware of? That sounds like a good idea, now that I think about it.
From Wikipedia:
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 1, 2019 5:22:50 GMT
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 1, 2019 5:26:28 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 1, 2019 14:54:23 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Jun 1, 2019 15:32:05 GMT
In my later years of disco there was a disco beating song about a certain Officer whats-is-name.
Turned out to be from West Side Story.
It's stuck with me over the years and been a favourite for a long time, movie version:
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Post by kijii on Jun 2, 2019 2:50:58 GMT
I'm here to do my makeup for songs from MUSICALS: I like Carol Reed's Oliver! (1968) for a couple reasons: 1) I like Nancy's hopeful song about Bill Sikes, "As Long as He Needs Me" since she sings it with so much feeling and determination: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkXQqYa0wrw2) I like "Who Will Buy." It seems like one of those production songs that just slowly builds and builds and lasts for the longest time. It starts from one street vendor and ends up as something like a street circus. www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ftpjw |
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 2, 2019 4:46:18 GMT
I'm here to do my makeup for songs from MUSICALS: I like Carol Reed's Oliver! (1968) for a couple reasons: 1) I like Nancy's hopeful song about Bill Sikes, "As Long as He Needs Me" since she sings it with so much feeling and determination: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkXQqYa0wrw2) I like "Who Will Buy." It seems like one of those production songs that just slowly builds and builds and lasts for the longest time. It starts from one street vendor and ends up as something like a street circus. www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ftpjwYou just reminded me of my favourite song from the movie: What I always remember it for (apart from its catchiness), is that this seemingly 'fun' song seals poor Nancy's fate and comes just before a really dark/violent scene. It's almost like tonal whiplash.
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