Does anyone think this sounds incredibly hokey, or at least put together with a kazoo, a tambourine, and a toy piano? I'll admit I'm not a Webber fan (save for Evita, and some other songs), but the music, even in these short 30 second clips, isn't helping things at all.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
It sounds like a very eclectic ALW score. A mixture of so many of his sounds and styles from Evita to Phantom to Starlight Express and even By Jeeves! I do think the Coney Island Waltz sounds gorgeous, very Sunset Blvd to me. I'll give it a shot once the whole thing releases.
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Wow.......this is kinda intersting. After getting the free Coney Island Waltz a while back, this isn't what I expected. Also, I liked the old version of Till I Hear You Sing. The background orchestrations just aren't what I expected. They sound to modernish (like Young Frankenstein, Shrek etc.)
It sounds a lot like The Woman in White with random songs from The Beautiful Game thrown in that don't really fit with the rest of the score. The book and lyrics sound atrocious. I still want to like it though. I'm not going to give up until I've heard the entire thing.
The cover artwork is dreadful. Please tell me it was not Dewynters.
The few clips I listened to were not good at all. I was listening to Jesus Christ Superstar on my iPod on the way home from work today (love it!), and will be seeing Patti (and Mandy) this week and am looking forward to her Don't Cry For Me, Argentina. (Ergo, I like a lot of ALW's work.) But Love Never Dies does not sound promising.
Is the Entr'acte supposed to sound like Carousel?
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It is an extremely eclectic mix of music. I wish every song had the lush orchestrated feel that the Coney Island Waltz had, but oh well. I do agree that they picked terrible parts of the songs to preview.