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* In Béla Bartók's one-act opera ''Theatre/DukeBluebeardsCastle'', the opening of the fifth door reveals the full extent of Bluebeard's wealth as a landowner. [[https://youtu.be/qc1d16jREhU The accompanying power chords]] are so overwhelmingly awesome.

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* In Béla Bartók's one-act opera ''Theatre/DukeBluebeardsCastle'', the opening of the fifth door reveals the full extent of Bluebeard's wealth as a landowner. [[https://youtu.be/qc1d16jREhU The accompanying power chords]] chords are so overwhelmingly awesome. awesome and are played by a pipe organ at full volume alongside the entire brass orchestra.
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* In Béla Bartók's one-act opera ''Duke Bluebeard's Castle'', the opening of the fifth door reveals the full extent of Bluebeard's wealth as a landowner. [[https://youtu.be/qc1d16jREhU The accompanying power chords]] are so overwhelmingly awesome.

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* In Béla Bartók's one-act opera ''Duke Bluebeard's Castle'', ''Theatre/DukeBluebeardsCastle'', the opening of the fifth door reveals the full extent of Bluebeard's wealth as a landowner. [[https://youtu.be/qc1d16jREhU The accompanying power chords]] are so overwhelmingly awesome.
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* ''Theatre/{{Parade}}'', for which Jason Robert Brown won a Tony.

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* ''Theatre/{{Parade}}'', ''Theatre/{{Parade|1998}}'', for which Jason Robert Brown won a Tony.
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** [[Film/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]] sings "Johnny B Goode" to Film/TheBreakfastClub.

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** [[Film/BackToTheFuture [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 Marty McFly]] sings "Johnny B Goode" to Film/TheBreakfastClub.

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* ''AwesomeMusic/AChorusLine''



* ''Theatre/AChorusLine'' won a double armload of Tonys and a Pulitzer and set a (since broken) record for longest run on Broadway for many reasons, one of which is its awesome score.
** A MinskyPickup and choreographer Zach yelling "AGAIN!" cues the outstanding opening number, "I Hope I Get It". As well as introducing multiple {{Recurring Riff}}s, the song sets the tone of the musical as the dancers express their anxiety over the chorus line audition; several of them mention that they are desperate for work, any work, while they all angst over mistakes in the various dance combinations and are convinced they've already blown their chances. But eventually, seventeen of them are chosen for the next phase of the audition, and the "I really need this job" melody takes centre stage, now sounding much more hopeful.
** "At the Ballet" sees Sheila, Maggie, and Bebe reminiscing over their unhappy childhoods, and how ballet allowed them to escape into a world away from parents who were some combination of emotionally abusive, absent, or serially adulterous. Maggie in particular gets to strut her stuff as a singer; if she really nails the high E, the applause is always thunderous.
** "Montage" (AKA "Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love") gives us a series of rapid-fire character portraits of every dancer except Paul (who instead gets an extended monologue about three-quarters of the way through the play) in a masterpiece of counterpoint and vocal back-and-forth, with the spotlight shining for just long enough on each dancer to give us an idea of who they are and what drives them.
** "Dance: Ten; Looks: Three", AKA "Tits and Ass", is the play's comedy highlight, as Val proudly boasts about how much better her career and sex life have been since she had surgery on her... well, the clue is in the title.
** "One" may be deliberately stylistically at odds with the rest of the score, as it is the only number intended for the ShowWithinAShow, and it may reduce the wonderfully unique individual dancers we have come to know over two hours to interchangeable smiling faces in identical shiny gold suits and hats, but it's such a high-energy number that it's hard to resist its charm as the chorus members talk up how the (never seen) female lead lights up a room from the moment she walks into it, especially when the cast gathers on stage for the finale to show us how talented they really are.
** "What I Did for Love" sees the dancers, rattled by Paul's aggravation of a potential CareerEndingInjury, dodging the question of what they will do with their lives when they can no longer dance. Instead, they focus on the hard work and sacrifice they have undertaken, all for the love of dancing, once again shining a light on how all of the dancers on a stage, even the anonymous chorus members, have their own stories to tell about how hard they have worked to be where they are.

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* ''AwesomeMusic/TheFantasticks''



* ''Theatre/TheFantasticks'' didn't just enjoy an off-Broadway run of over four decades because of its modest production costs; it also has some outstanding songs.
** The opening number, "Try to Remember", sets the nostalgic yet self-aware tone. We know we're entering a world of fantasy, but through it, we may learn something about ourselves, and should reflect on our own lives and loves as we watch the events on stage. For added awesome, listen to [[https://youtu.be/lZQRiQCKfTM a rendition by the original El Gallo,]] Creator/JerryOrbach.
** The young lovers, Luisa and Matt, each enter with a song that establishes their characters immediately. Luisa's "Much More" is an IWantSong that portrays her as a girl with big dreams who has read a few too many romance novels, while Matt's "Metaphor", less an IAmSong than a "You Are" Song, is full of hilarious PurpleProse as he goes over the top in finding the right way to tell a swooning Luisa how loving her makes him feel.
** "It Depends on What You Pay" may have problems with increasing ValuesDissonance over its casual use of the word "rape" as a (largely archaic) synonym for "abduction", leading various productions to edit the lyrics accordingly, but it's still a showstopper ''par excellence''.
** "Soon It's Gonna Rain" is a charming love duet/dance sequence for Matt and Luisa, and a nice island of calm between El Gallo and his past-their-prime actors, Henry and Mortimer, making their plans for Luisa's fake abduction and then carrying them out.
** After Matt and Luisa fall out at the beginning of Act II, each gets a spectacular duet with El Gallo.
*** Matt's is "I Can See It", in which his [[WideEyedIdealist idealistic view]] of a world of adventure and excitement contrasts with El Gallo's more cynical view of a world of schemers and misery; it receives a DarkReprise when he returns from his adventures a sadder and wiser man and tries to stop El Gallo from breaking Luisa's heart.
*** Luisa's is "Round and Round", in which El Gallo takes her on a fantasy journey, the music gradually building in intensity (with a series of [[TruckDriversGearChange upward key changes]]) as they "tour" Venice, Greece, and India, in each place seeing Henry and Mortimer beating the stuffing out of a hapless Matt (not that El Gallo lets Luisa process these scenes).

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* ''AwesomeMusic/ThePiratesOfPenzance''



* Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'':
** "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" is easily the most famous song in the play, and has been referenced so many times [[MajorGeneralSong it had to be given its own page on this site]]. The song itself is a silly, catchy tune about the Major General noting his many academic capabilities, [[ModernMajorGeneral none of which actually have anything to do with being a Major General]], while a choir stands nearby impressed. A handful of versions of the play, the film version included, even have a short bit where the General sings ''the entire song again'' really, really fast.
** "With Cat-Like Tread", which involves the pirates sneaking around. By sneaking we mean [[WithCatlikeTread screaming their lungs off, stomping around, and generally being extremely loud]]. It's hilarious to watch and a treat to listen to, as this is the most bombastic the actors get to be within the play. Even funnier is that they're [[FailedASpotCheck not actually noticed until the end of the song]].
** "When a Foeman Bares His Steel" (AKA the Policemen's Song). The song is separated into three parts: the first segment involves the Sergeant motivating himself and his crew as they are about to enter combat with the pirates despite their fear. The second segment involves Mabel and her sisters unwittingly crushing this optimism entirely, giving us the immortal line "GoYeHeroesGoAndDie". The last bit involves the captain trying to get his terrified men back in order and to march on, only for all of them to keep trying to run away. The entire thing is just plain funny, and it's pretty catchy too.
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* On the note of German musicals, the awesome that is ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}''. As with ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire'', pretty much the entire soundtrack is made of awesome.
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* ''AwesomeMusic/PhantomOfTheAuditorium''
* ''AwesomeMusic/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''



* ''AwesomeMusic/PhantomOfTheAuditorium''



* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''[='=]s signature organ chords (whether lifted from Music/PinkFloyd or not, it is still awesome). Also the five-chord progression that concludes "Music of the Night" and later the show itself.
** Christine's cadenza at the end of the title song. Even when it sounds like she's singing her vocal cord out, she goes even HIGHER on the next go at the melody, ending in a high E that sounds like a scream.
** The huge "BEEE!" and ethereal "soar" also from "Music of the Night" certainly deserve recognition.
** "Notes I", "Notes II", "Prima Donna", and the "Point of No Return" are also exceptional standouts.
** "You will curse the day you did not doooooooo all that the Phantom asked of youuuuuuuu!!" And using that single line to transition seamlessly from the tune of Christine and Raoul's love theme to a crashing rendition of the Phantom's theme.
** In the film's cut edition, Gerard Butler's Phantom sings a song called "No One Would Listen" to the same tune as "Learn to be Lonely". Say what you may of the film and Butler's singing skills, but that man sold the song like Creator/BillyMays sold Oxiclean.
** The sequel, ''Love Never Dies'', is largely ignored for good reason, but the music... [[https://youtu.be/FRYDylWDkV0 "The Beauty Underneath"]] is a [[RuleOfCool rock song in a musical]], and [[https://youtu.be/FRYDylWDkV0 both]] [[https://youtu.be/DZORcO94ScE versions]] of "Devil Take the Hindmost" are just fantastic.

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* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''[='=]s signature organ chords (whether lifted from Music/PinkFloyd or not, it is still awesome). Also the five-chord progression that concludes "Music of the Night" and later the show itself.
** Christine's cadenza at the end of the title song. Even when it sounds like she's singing her vocal cord out, she goes even HIGHER on the next go at the melody, ending in a high E that sounds like a scream.
** The huge "BEEE!" and ethereal "soar" also from "Music of the Night" certainly deserve recognition.
** "Notes I", "Notes II", "Prima Donna", and the "Point of No Return" are also exceptional standouts.
** "You will curse the day you did not doooooooo all that the Phantom asked of youuuuuuuu!!" And using that single line to transition seamlessly from the tune of Christine and Raoul's love theme to a crashing rendition of the Phantom's theme.
** In the film's cut edition, Gerard Butler's Phantom sings a song called "No One Would Listen" to the same tune as "Learn to be Lonely". Say what you may of the film and Butler's singing skills, but that man sold the song like Creator/BillyMays sold Oxiclean.
** The sequel, ''Love Never Dies'',
''Theatre/LoveNeverDies'' is largely ignored for good reason, but the music... [[https://youtu.be/FRYDylWDkV0 "The Beauty Underneath"]] is a [[RuleOfCool rock song in a musical]], and [[https://youtu.be/FRYDylWDkV0 both]] [[https://youtu.be/DZORcO94ScE versions]] of "Devil Take the Hindmost" are just fantastic.

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* ''AwesomeMusic/LesMiserables''



* ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' in its entirety.
** "One Day More" vindicates all the earlier, simpler songs in the musical by having them play ''at the same time.'' Why was the melody of "Master of the House" so simple and straightforward? So that it would ''work as counterpoint'' with "I Dreamed a Dream" ''and'' "Look Down"!
*** Not to mention Valjean's belting of "One Day More!" as each part comes together near the end. Then the ''entire cast'' comes together again to sing the final lines in unison. There's a reason it's one of the most famous Act I finales in musical theater.
*** "Morgen Schon", the German translation of "One Day More" on the Viennese cast recording, may be even more gorgeous than any English recording.
** "Javert's [[spoiler:Suicide]]". The recitative before the song: [[https://youtu.be/v8XQ913KMtA The man of mercy comes again, then talks of justice!/Our time is running short! Look down, Javert, he's standing in his grave...]]. The callback to "Look Down". The stezza on "justice". Chills. Every time. And as for the actual song... Well, where do you start? "...The world I have known is lost in shadows..." The lyrics, oh the lyrics! Stunning. And the last part... [[spoiler: the way Javert's descent off the railing of the bridge is timed with the held sung-screamed last note will make anyone emotional.]]
** The reprise of "Do You Hear the People Sing" in the 10th Anniversary Concert. [[https://youtu.be/R4924xJl38E Seventeen Valjeans]] singing in their native languages. There's SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic and a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in one. The one in the regular show isn't anything to sneeze at either.
** [[https://youtu.be/ROr4vdRZxpU Stars]] is knock-you-backwards amazing. The staging - perfect! The melody - beautiful! And the lyrics! How anyone can perfectly show all sides of a character as complex as Javert in about three minutes defies description. It takes real talent to show how someone is a submissive servant of justice, a shining-with-self-righteous-zealotry KnightTemplar, a {{Determinator}} hunter of that darn fugitive who keeps slipping through his fingers, and a WellIntentionedExtremist who truly wants to do what's right but just goes way, way too far just through one song. And applause for the brilliantly chosen symbolism and imagery.
** "I Dreamed A Dream". Angst has never sounded so fucking awesome.
** [[https://youtu.be/SFPsEwV38Q0 Master Of The House]] is insanely catchy, funny, is the most cheerful song in the musical despite being a villain song and is just a whole lot of fun.
** "Bring Him Home". Especially if the singer switches to a faint falsetto for the last two notes.
** Every single note Enjolras sings. He even makes dying at the barricades sound AWESOME.
** "Little People". Both the [[https://youtu.be/nSSQ3ml_7oY short version]] and the [[https://youtu.be/CQna-WyNp7c original.]]
** The [[https://youtu.be/GS4pKd7_Cc4 transition]] from the end of 'Waltz of Treachery' into 'Look Down'. The shift in tone of the scene is so incredibly effective and spine-chilling.
** Same with the very short theme playing when Valjean lifts the cart off Monsieur Fauchelevent in 'The Runaway Cart'.
%%** "Red! The blood of angry men! Black! The dark of ages past! Red! A world about to dawn! Black! The night that ends at last!"

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%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2p7c3a2Jfg "Is Anybody There?"]] from ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXsXej9FloA "Molasses to Rum".]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh6DJEn2J9o "He Plays the Violin".]]

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%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2p7c3a2Jfg [[https://youtu.be/M2p7c3a2Jfg "Is Anybody There?"]] from ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXsXej9FloA [[https://youtu.be/lXsXej9FloA "Molasses to Rum".]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh6DJEn2J9o [[https://youtu.be/dh6DJEn2J9o "He Plays the Violin".]]



*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDMhQ6ANrbQ "Kunya Sobe" from the same show.]] Actually, THE WHOLE SOUNDTRACK.

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*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDMhQ6ANrbQ [[https://youtu.be/xDMhQ6ANrbQ "Kunya Sobe" from the same show.]] Actually, THE WHOLE SOUNDTRACK.



*** The techno-rock tune during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYyvPKfdx_0 Otaku Double Dutchers]]' opening act, which unfortunately did not get a soundtrack release.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Yj4tDzgns "Man Craft"]], an Music/{{Enya}}-esque NewAge vocalise during the second part of Waz's acro lamp act.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ib4ROHkfmA "The Bee and the Wind"]], a [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] [[PlayingTheHeartStrings violin]] and [[OneWomanWail choral]] piece played during the flashback to young Waz BMX flatland riding while his mother dances along. The sounds of childish laughter make it even more heart-rending.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uxHm_iK6ik "The Change"]], from the Swiss rings and bungees act at the show's halfway point, has one hell of an chorus that will get the audience singing along.
*** The [[MeaningfulName aptly named]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qQEax7msNw "To the Stars"]] complements the Acrobatic Ladders act kicking off the show's second half.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DYHzHLczU "Modern Jungle"]], a [[GenreMashup neoclassical synth-funk]] tune to which the Freespirits dive though a rotating stack of hexagonal hoops in improbable positions.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG8gCM_BxSU "Globetrotters"]], sadly not available on the soundtrack album, is a punchy industrial hip-hop track, originally used for the trial bike act during the show's Canadian run, then repurposed for the baton juggling act later in the US tour.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWq84G3tJcE "Elevation"]], the song for the [[TheCenterpieceSpectacular hair suspension act]], begins with a Music/{{Vangelis}}-style symphonic electronica intro, before morphing into a Music/DeadCanDance pastiche, complete with Music/LisaGerrard-esque {{scatting}} vocals by Camilla Bäckman.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ0hPfnykSk "Battle of the Man"]], an OrchestralBombing piece played in the Hall of Equals, where a group of Asian drummers are suspended from the rafters while either a baton twirler or an aerial strap duo perform and Waz is initiated into the Freespirits tribe.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J82Fk6Y9BsI "Like Kids"]] is a fitting [[DrumAndBass drum 'n]] [[TrapMusic trap]] number for the BMX finale ultimo.
** ''Crystal'' is their first non-artist-specific show to use covers of pop hits, which are surprisingly well-executed and integrated into the story. Exhibit A: Ariane Moffatt's rendition of Music/{{Sia}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD8lXciUUSY "Chandelier"]] during the swinging trapeze number.

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*** The techno-rock tune during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYyvPKfdx_0 [[https://youtu.be/HYyvPKfdx_0 Otaku Double Dutchers]]' opening act, which unfortunately did not get a soundtrack release.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Yj4tDzgns [[https://youtu.be/v8Yj4tDzgns "Man Craft"]], an Music/{{Enya}}-esque NewAge vocalise during the second part of Waz's acro lamp act.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ib4ROHkfmA [[https://youtu.be/-ib4ROHkfmA "The Bee and the Wind"]], a [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] [[PlayingTheHeartStrings violin]] and [[OneWomanWail choral]] piece played during the flashback to young Waz BMX flatland riding while his mother dances along. The sounds of childish laughter make it even more heart-rending.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uxHm_iK6ik [[https://youtu.be/8uxHm_iK6ik "The Change"]], from the Swiss rings and bungees act at the show's halfway point, has one hell of an chorus that will get the audience singing along.
*** The [[MeaningfulName aptly named]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qQEax7msNw [[https://youtu.be/1qQEax7msNw "To the Stars"]] complements the Acrobatic Ladders act kicking off the show's second half.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DYHzHLczU [[https://youtu.be/U4DYHzHLczU "Modern Jungle"]], a [[GenreMashup neoclassical synth-funk]] tune to which the Freespirits dive though a rotating stack of hexagonal hoops in improbable positions.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG8gCM_BxSU [[https://youtu.be/cG8gCM_BxSU "Globetrotters"]], sadly not available on the soundtrack album, is a punchy industrial hip-hop track, originally used for the trial bike act during the show's Canadian run, then repurposed for the baton juggling act later in the US tour.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWq84G3tJcE [[https://youtu.be/PWq84G3tJcE "Elevation"]], the song for the [[TheCenterpieceSpectacular hair suspension act]], begins with a Music/{{Vangelis}}-style symphonic electronica intro, before morphing into a Music/DeadCanDance pastiche, complete with Music/LisaGerrard-esque {{scatting}} vocals by Camilla Bäckman.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ0hPfnykSk [[https://youtu.be/VQ0hPfnykSk "Battle of the Man"]], an OrchestralBombing piece played in the Hall of Equals, where a group of Asian drummers are suspended from the rafters while either a baton twirler or an aerial strap duo perform and Waz is initiated into the Freespirits tribe.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J82Fk6Y9BsI [[https://youtu.be/J82Fk6Y9BsI "Like Kids"]] is a fitting [[DrumAndBass drum 'n]] [[TrapMusic trap]] number for the BMX finale ultimo.
** ''Crystal'' is their first non-artist-specific show to use covers of pop hits, which are surprisingly well-executed and integrated into the story. Exhibit A: Ariane Moffatt's rendition of Music/{{Sia}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD8lXciUUSY [[https://youtu.be/SD8lXciUUSY "Chandelier"]] during the swinging trapeze number.



%%*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKnsvcp4Mdc "Pokinoi"]] (interlude, formerly used for the retired Spanish web act)
%%*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKZmIv7TfjQ The title song.]]
%%** From ''KA'', [["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS2aMQpDqaE Pursuit"]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC7qHSAAW0k Rain One]] (''Varekai'')
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9J4cVMmp6c BAN-QUETE!!!!!! -catchy samba music ensues-]] (''Theatre/{{OVO}}'')

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%%*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKnsvcp4Mdc [[https://youtu.be/MKnsvcp4Mdc "Pokinoi"]] (interlude, formerly used for the retired Spanish web act)
%%*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKZmIv7TfjQ [[https://youtu.be/pKZmIv7TfjQ The title song.]]
%%** From ''KA'', [["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS2aMQpDqaE [["https://youtu.be/HS2aMQpDqaE Pursuit"]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC7qHSAAW0k [[https://youtu.be/pC7qHSAAW0k Rain One]] (''Varekai'')
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9J4cVMmp6c [[https://youtu.be/h9J4cVMmp6c BAN-QUETE!!!!!! -catchy samba music ensues-]] (''Theatre/{{OVO}}'')



* Speaking of Creator/StephenSchwartz... "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX6tBAyy6IU Rivers belong where they can ramble... eagles belong where they can fly...]]"

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* Speaking of Creator/StephenSchwartz... "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX6tBAyy6IU "[[https://youtu.be/qX6tBAyy6IU Rivers belong where they can ramble... eagles belong where they can fly...]]"



* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Musical'' has the enviable position of having music that is very nearly as (or, in limited cases, ''more'') epic than the film, especially in the underscores "Flight to the Ford", and "The Battle of Minas Tirith". The actual songs are very good too, with standouts being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeiugAnby4M "Lothlorien"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gC4dcu_CvA "The Road Goes On"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX45a1wMmN8 "Wonder".]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odazGzmf_7w "Now And For Always"]] and [[VillainSong Smeagol's reprise of the same]] are... well, they don't have quite the same caliber of "epic" but are indeed ''very, very good''.

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* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Musical'' has the enviable position of having music that is very nearly as (or, in limited cases, ''more'') epic than the film, especially in the underscores "Flight to the Ford", and "The Battle of Minas Tirith". The actual songs are very good too, with standouts being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeiugAnby4M [[https://youtu.be/zeiugAnby4M "Lothlorien"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gC4dcu_CvA [[https://youtu.be/3gC4dcu_CvA "The Road Goes On"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX45a1wMmN8 [[https://youtu.be/mX45a1wMmN8 "Wonder".]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odazGzmf_7w [[https://youtu.be/odazGzmf_7w "Now And For Always"]] and [[VillainSong Smeagol's reprise of the same]] are... well, they don't have quite the same caliber of "epic" but are indeed ''very, very good''.



** "Have you heard of the [[TitleDrop All-American Prophet]]? The blonde-haired, blue-eyed voice of God! [[EagleLand He didn't come from the Middle East like those other holy men.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixvi4sQx-aA No, God's favorite prophet was All-American!]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuhSq7Tn1iE Spooky Mormon Helldream]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdmMCaxixro Baptize Me]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BO46-7jymA Hello!]]"... Let's face it, practically every song is gold.

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** "Have you heard of the [[TitleDrop All-American Prophet]]? The blonde-haired, blue-eyed voice of God! [[EagleLand He didn't come from the Middle East like those other holy men.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixvi4sQx-aA [[https://youtu.be/ixvi4sQx-aA No, God's favorite prophet was All-American!]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuhSq7Tn1iE "[[https://youtu.be/IuhSq7Tn1iE Spooky Mormon Helldream]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdmMCaxixro "[[https://youtu.be/zdmMCaxixro Baptize Me]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BO46-7jymA "[[https://youtu.be/-BO46-7jymA Hello!]]"... Let's face it, practically every song is gold.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C26tjbwyw1s "And now it's up to me, and it's time to man up! Jesus had his time ta, now it's mine ta MAN UP!"]] Elder Cunningham's self-pep talk is hilarious and surprisingly motivating.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C26tjbwyw1s [[https://youtu.be/C26tjbwyw1s "And now it's up to me, and it's time to man up! Jesus had his time ta, now it's mine ta MAN UP!"]] Elder Cunningham's self-pep talk is hilarious and surprisingly motivating.



** The sequel, ''Love Never Dies'', is largely ignored for good reason, but the music... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRYDylWDkV0 "The Beauty Underneath"]] is a [[RuleOfCool rock song in a musical]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRYDylWDkV0 both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZORcO94ScE versions]] of "Devil Take the Hindmost" are just fantastic.

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** The sequel, ''Love Never Dies'', is largely ignored for good reason, but the music... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRYDylWDkV0 [[https://youtu.be/FRYDylWDkV0 "The Beauty Underneath"]] is a [[RuleOfCool rock song in a musical]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRYDylWDkV0 [[https://youtu.be/FRYDylWDkV0 both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZORcO94ScE [[https://youtu.be/DZORcO94ScE versions]] of "Devil Take the Hindmost" are just fantastic.



** "Javert's [[spoiler:Suicide]]". The recitative before the song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8XQ913KMtA The man of mercy comes again, then talks of justice!/Our time is running short! Look down, Javert, he's standing in his grave...]]. The callback to "Look Down". The stezza on "justice". Chills. Every time. And as for the actual song... Well, where do you start? "...The world I have known is lost in shadows..." The lyrics, oh the lyrics! Stunning. And the last part... [[spoiler: the way Javert's descent off the railing of the bridge is timed with the held sung-screamed last note will make anyone emotional.]]
** The reprise of "Do You Hear the People Sing" in the 10th Anniversary Concert. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4924xJl38E Seventeen Valjeans]] singing in their native languages. There's SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic and a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in one. The one in the regular show isn't anything to sneeze at either.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROr4vdRZxpU Stars]] is knock-you-backwards amazing. The staging - perfect! The melody - beautiful! And the lyrics! How anyone can perfectly show all sides of a character as complex as Javert in about three minutes defies description. It takes real talent to show how someone is a submissive servant of justice, a shining-with-self-righteous-zealotry KnightTemplar, a {{Determinator}} hunter of that darn fugitive who keeps slipping through his fingers, and a WellIntentionedExtremist who truly wants to do what's right but just goes way, way too far just through one song. And applause for the brilliantly chosen symbolism and imagery.

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** "Javert's [[spoiler:Suicide]]". The recitative before the song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8XQ913KMtA [[https://youtu.be/v8XQ913KMtA The man of mercy comes again, then talks of justice!/Our time is running short! Look down, Javert, he's standing in his grave...]]. The callback to "Look Down". The stezza on "justice". Chills. Every time. And as for the actual song... Well, where do you start? "...The world I have known is lost in shadows..." The lyrics, oh the lyrics! Stunning. And the last part... [[spoiler: the way Javert's descent off the railing of the bridge is timed with the held sung-screamed last note will make anyone emotional.]]
** The reprise of "Do You Hear the People Sing" in the 10th Anniversary Concert. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4924xJl38E [[https://youtu.be/R4924xJl38E Seventeen Valjeans]] singing in their native languages. There's SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic and a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in one. The one in the regular show isn't anything to sneeze at either.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROr4vdRZxpU [[https://youtu.be/ROr4vdRZxpU Stars]] is knock-you-backwards amazing. The staging - perfect! The melody - beautiful! And the lyrics! How anyone can perfectly show all sides of a character as complex as Javert in about three minutes defies description. It takes real talent to show how someone is a submissive servant of justice, a shining-with-self-righteous-zealotry KnightTemplar, a {{Determinator}} hunter of that darn fugitive who keeps slipping through his fingers, and a WellIntentionedExtremist who truly wants to do what's right but just goes way, way too far just through one song. And applause for the brilliantly chosen symbolism and imagery.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFPsEwV38Q0 Master Of The House]] is insanely catchy, funny, is the most cheerful song in the musical despite being a villain song and is just a whole lot of fun.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFPsEwV38Q0 [[https://youtu.be/SFPsEwV38Q0 Master Of The House]] is insanely catchy, funny, is the most cheerful song in the musical despite being a villain song and is just a whole lot of fun.



** "Little People". Both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSSQ3ml_7oY short version]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQna-WyNp7c original.]]
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS4pKd7_Cc4 transition]] from the end of 'Waltz of Treachery' into 'Look Down'. The shift in tone of the scene is so incredibly effective and spine-chilling.

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** "Little People". Both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSSQ3ml_7oY [[https://youtu.be/nSSQ3ml_7oY short version]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQna-WyNp7c [[https://youtu.be/CQna-WyNp7c original.]]
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS4pKd7_Cc4 [[https://youtu.be/GS4pKd7_Cc4 transition]] from the end of 'Waltz of Treachery' into 'Look Down'. The shift in tone of the scene is so incredibly effective and spine-chilling.



** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCZEmfnE-M Cell Block Tango]]". GallowsHumor at its finest ("You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic...").
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn5-VN3SH1o Razzle Dazzle]]" is one long paean to getting away with ''anything'' [[RefugeInAudacity through sheer sleazy awesomeness]].
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg0oy53kpUw All That Jazz]]", a song ''so awesome'' that Creator/CatherineZetaJones, originally approached for the leading role of Roxie Hart, asked to play Velma Kelly instead -- ''just so she could sing that song''.
%%* Music/LeonardBernstein. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QffCZs-bg West]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpaS2v-r7cE Side]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGJsv6ZNlo Story]].

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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCZEmfnE-M "[[https://youtu.be/GoCZEmfnE-M Cell Block Tango]]". GallowsHumor at its finest ("You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic...").
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn5-VN3SH1o "[[https://youtu.be/Rn5-VN3SH1o Razzle Dazzle]]" is one long paean to getting away with ''anything'' [[RefugeInAudacity through sheer sleazy awesomeness]].
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg0oy53kpUw "[[https://youtu.be/zg0oy53kpUw All That Jazz]]", a song ''so awesome'' that Creator/CatherineZetaJones, originally approached for the leading role of Roxie Hart, asked to play Velma Kelly instead -- ''just so she could sing that song''.
%%* Music/LeonardBernstein. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QffCZs-bg [[https://youtu.be/5_QffCZs-bg West]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpaS2v-r7cE [[https://youtu.be/QpaS2v-r7cE Side]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGJsv6ZNlo [[https://youtu.be/exGJsv6ZNlo Story]].



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55NgPsOaJqg You Won't Succeed On Broadway]] If You Don't Have Any Jews! Well, saying that you're Jewish isn't really the sort of thing you say to a heavily armed Christian...

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55NgPsOaJqg [[https://youtu.be/55NgPsOaJqg You Won't Succeed On Broadway]] If You Don't Have Any Jews! Well, saying that you're Jewish isn't really the sort of thing you say to a heavily armed Christian...



** Though it was written for the movie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPs8SZZTg68 "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space"]] is occasionally readded to the show, and it's DEFINITELY this. The best part, though, is the end of the song, which wasn't present in the movie, as Audrey II eats Seymour. The CutSong that it replaced, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECJebJgzPd0 "Bad"]], is also pretty awesome.

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** Though it was written for the movie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPs8SZZTg68 [[https://youtu.be/VPs8SZZTg68 "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space"]] is occasionally readded to the show, and it's DEFINITELY this. The best part, though, is the end of the song, which wasn't present in the movie, as Audrey II eats Seymour. The CutSong that it replaced, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECJebJgzPd0 [[https://youtu.be/ECJebJgzPd0 "Bad"]], is also pretty awesome.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM Dentist]] is a VillainSong and one of the most memorable songs.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM [[https://youtu.be/bOtMizMQ6oM Dentist]] is a VillainSong and one of the most memorable songs.



%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7SkrYF8lCU "Feed Me Seymour" ...]]

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%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7SkrYF8lCU [[https://youtu.be/L7SkrYF8lCU "Feed Me Seymour" ...]]



%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0kSBiu1IGk "Skid Row"]].
* "Rent, rent, rent, rent, rent! We're not gonna pay rent! 'Cause everything is Theatre/{{RENT}}!" The movie version is ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjbMKO6hOOk even more epic]]'', because they're able to BURN THEIR EVICTION NOTICES.
** Try to listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czJHTEeEJmU "La Vie Boheme"]] and not sing along.

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%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0kSBiu1IGk [[https://youtu.be/z0kSBiu1IGk "Skid Row"]].
* "Rent, rent, rent, rent, rent! We're not gonna pay rent! 'Cause everything is Theatre/{{RENT}}!" The movie version is ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjbMKO6hOOk ''[[https://youtu.be/fjbMKO6hOOk even more epic]]'', because they're able to BURN THEIR EVICTION NOTICES.
** Try to listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czJHTEeEJmU [[https://youtu.be/czJHTEeEJmU "La Vie Boheme"]] and not sing along.



** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgQq8TTty9A Will I]]". Two-line stanza in canon. TearJerker.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNzpl3vz5Y Take Me Or Leave Me]]". Idina Menzel belting her mouth off is always awesome, but this song has an epic battle between two lesbians. Needless to say, [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome awesomeness ensues]].

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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgQq8TTty9A "[[https://youtu.be/wgQq8TTty9A Will I]]". Two-line stanza in canon. TearJerker.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNzpl3vz5Y "[[https://youtu.be/MlNzpl3vz5Y Take Me Or Leave Me]]". Idina Menzel belting her mouth off is always awesome, but this song has an epic battle between two lesbians. Needless to say, [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome awesomeness ensues]].



%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y3kGgVwWu4 Tango Maureen]]

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%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y3kGgVwWu4 [[https://youtu.be/-Y3kGgVwWu4 Tango Maureen]]



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MNxrzvG96I "I Can Wait"]] which was cut from the movie.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLF0ittXS0 "I Know Where I've Been"]] is the best song in the entire show.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MNxrzvG96I [[https://youtu.be/8MNxrzvG96I "I Can Wait"]] which was cut from the movie.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLF0ittXS0 [[https://youtu.be/LeLF0ittXS0 "I Know Where I've Been"]] is the best song in the entire show.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3mC4485Ue0 Without You]], probably one of the most epic {{Take That}}s in musicals.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDsLeVxOaU Till There Was You.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XE-vFyGKu0 Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat]] from ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDQ6d3VRWm0 Luck be a Lady]] also counts.
%%* From ''Theatre/YoungFrankenstein'', "Frederick's Soliloquy". And "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXLKA-OGIU Life, Life]]", especially the incredibly epic ending.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3mC4485Ue0 [[https://youtu.be/t3mC4485Ue0 Without You]], probably one of the most epic {{Take That}}s in musicals.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDsLeVxOaU [[https://youtu.be/JLDsLeVxOaU Till There Was You.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XE-vFyGKu0 [[https://youtu.be/4XE-vFyGKu0 Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat]] from ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDQ6d3VRWm0 [[https://youtu.be/BDQ6d3VRWm0 Luck be a Lady]] also counts.
%%* From ''Theatre/YoungFrankenstein'', "Frederick's Soliloquy". And "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXLKA-OGIU "[[https://youtu.be/kXXLKA-OGIU Life, Life]]", especially the incredibly epic ending.



** Depending on the singers, Dangerous Game has the potential to be either this or incredibly {{narm}}y. However, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr7mu5RUNyk Robert Cucciolli and Linda Eder]] version is most definitely Awesome Music.

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** Depending on the singers, Dangerous Game has the potential to be either this or incredibly {{narm}}y. However, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr7mu5RUNyk [[https://youtu.be/hr7mu5RUNyk Robert Cucciolli and Linda Eder]] version is most definitely Awesome Music.



** A superb instrumental can be found in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh_u2EUng-w Car Chase]]".

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** A superb instrumental can be found in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh_u2EUng-w "[[https://youtu.be/eh_u2EUng-w Car Chase]]".



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Rd7Cpx-Ss "96,000".]] Warning: clicking on the link may result in spontaneous dancing and singing the song to yourself for weeks on end.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVVNAksMfs "Blackout"]] explains just why it won an award for "Best Musical".
** Look no further than the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEx9h0dqbUo opening song.]]
** For a more [[TearJerker emotional awesome]] (warning: '''spoilers'''), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfdFA_KQrI "Alabanza".]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhYBLEvejDU "When my eyes darken"]] from the Israeli play "Funeral". it's a very depressing song about a dead newborn baby who miss his living mother, but it's also kind of awesome in his on way.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Rd7Cpx-Ss [[https://youtu.be/B2Rd7Cpx-Ss "96,000".]] Warning: clicking on the link may result in spontaneous dancing and singing the song to yourself for weeks on end.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVVNAksMfs [[https://youtu.be/SFVVNAksMfs "Blackout"]] explains just why it won an award for "Best Musical".
** Look no further than the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEx9h0dqbUo [[https://youtu.be/rEx9h0dqbUo opening song.]]
** For a more [[TearJerker emotional awesome]] (warning: '''spoilers'''), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfdFA_KQrI [[https://youtu.be/chfdFA_KQrI "Alabanza".]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhYBLEvejDU [[https://youtu.be/vhYBLEvejDU "When my eyes darken"]] from the Israeli play "Funeral". it's a very depressing song about a dead newborn baby who miss his living mother, but it's also kind of awesome in his on way.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2cCuadivpE "Gethsemane"]]. CallingTheOldManOut can be awesome enough on its own, but when it's the ''Son of God'' doing it...
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3vtAjHvhHA Heaven on their Minds]], the very first song. One word: [[SayMyName JEEESUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSS!!!!]]
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9pdWQT1_8E overture]] is made of solid awesome as is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvVr2uks0C8 Theme Song.]] And from the movie, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEzuDKaFGFI Then We Are Decided]]''.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2cCuadivpE [[https://youtu.be/O2cCuadivpE "Gethsemane"]]. CallingTheOldManOut can be awesome enough on its own, but when it's the ''Son of God'' doing it...
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3vtAjHvhHA [[https://youtu.be/H3vtAjHvhHA Heaven on their Minds]], the very first song. One word: [[SayMyName JEEESUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSS!!!!]]
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9pdWQT1_8E [[https://youtu.be/w9pdWQT1_8E overture]] is made of solid awesome as is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvVr2uks0C8 [[https://youtu.be/IvVr2uks0C8 Theme Song.]] And from the movie, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEzuDKaFGFI ''[[https://youtu.be/xEzuDKaFGFI Then We Are Decided]]''.



** "I Don't Know How To Love Him" is generally considered a paint-by-numbers Webber power ballad, and Melanie Chisholm is best remembered as one of the Music/SpiceGirls. But boy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8azdnR2fQus can she take that song and make it something special.]]

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** "I Don't Know How To Love Him" is generally considered a paint-by-numbers Webber power ballad, and Melanie Chisholm is best remembered as one of the Music/SpiceGirls. But boy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8azdnR2fQus [[https://youtu.be/8azdnR2fQus can she take that song and make it something special.]]



%%* Adam Guettel. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iob_JngT2Y For example...]]

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%%* Adam Guettel. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iob_JngT2Y [[https://youtu.be/4Iob_JngT2Y For example...]]



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPJzPI0lqiE "The Flesh Failures/Let The Sunshine In"]], the show's tearjerking finale. The pounding rhythm and poetic lyrics make it one of the more powerful songs in the musical.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y74CraC9GlY "I Got Life"]], an upbeat number in which the main character tries to explain to his parents that he doesn't need much, so long as he's got life. By listing off all of his body parts in rapid succession. [[SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds It's more awesome than it sounds.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFeNopYqthE "Hair"]], the title song, where the hippies explain their long-haired way of life.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPJzPI0lqiE [[https://youtu.be/JPJzPI0lqiE "The Flesh Failures/Let The Sunshine In"]], the show's tearjerking finale. The pounding rhythm and poetic lyrics make it one of the more powerful songs in the musical.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y74CraC9GlY [[https://youtu.be/Y74CraC9GlY "I Got Life"]], an upbeat number in which the main character tries to explain to his parents that he doesn't need much, so long as he's got life. By listing off all of his body parts in rapid succession. [[SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds It's more awesome than it sounds.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFeNopYqthE [[https://youtu.be/QFeNopYqthE "Hair"]], the title song, where the hippies explain their long-haired way of life.



** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71jLkmG1ebg Bless the Lord]]" as done by Shoshana Bean in the 2000 off-Broadway revival.

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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71jLkmG1ebg "[[https://youtu.be/71jLkmG1ebg Bless the Lord]]" as done by Shoshana Bean in the 2000 off-Broadway revival.



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DDdM66_nSI "Die, Vampire, Die!"]] from ''Theatre/TitleOfShow''. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGq7V9Z7PlY A Way Back To Then]]. Nostalgia never sounded so awesome!

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DDdM66_nSI [[https://youtu.be/9DDdM66_nSI "Die, Vampire, Die!"]] from ''Theatre/TitleOfShow''. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGq7V9Z7PlY [[https://youtu.be/bGq7V9Z7PlY A Way Back To Then]]. Nostalgia never sounded so awesome!



* In Béla Bartók's one-act opera ''Duke Bluebeard's Castle'', the opening of the fifth door reveals the full extent of Bluebeard's wealth as a landowner. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc1d16jREhU The accompanying power chords]] are so overwhelmingly awesome.
* Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera'' gave us "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife"), but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_B2Dbsppvo "Zuhälterballade"]] ("Pimp's Ballad") is also awesome. What a beautiful, slow tango. They had some amazing music in their works. All you have to do is get past the rather depressing stories. Or enjoy them together, as you really should.

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* In Béla Bartók's one-act opera ''Duke Bluebeard's Castle'', the opening of the fifth door reveals the full extent of Bluebeard's wealth as a landowner. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc1d16jREhU [[https://youtu.be/qc1d16jREhU The accompanying power chords]] are so overwhelmingly awesome.
* Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera'' gave us "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife"), but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_B2Dbsppvo [[https://youtu.be/4_B2Dbsppvo "Zuhälterballade"]] ("Pimp's Ballad") is also awesome. What a beautiful, slow tango. They had some amazing music in their works. All you have to do is get past the rather depressing stories. Or enjoy them together, as you really should.



* "Rose's Turn" from ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' is probably the greatest SanitySlippageSong ever, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qVhAtaAyMA no]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6mGCngYChs matter]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLbToMyrpvo who]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9_8Av7OCVw it's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_eD1btsIAE performed]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv1p1Vea0iY by.]] Also from ''Gypsy'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXl10a9gJwA "Everything's Coming Up Roses"]] basically consists of the starring diva chewing up the scenery for four solid minutes.

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* "Rose's Turn" from ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' is probably the greatest SanitySlippageSong ever, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qVhAtaAyMA [[https://youtu.be/7qVhAtaAyMA no]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6mGCngYChs [[https://youtu.be/a6mGCngYChs matter]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLbToMyrpvo [[https://youtu.be/PLbToMyrpvo who]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9_8Av7OCVw [[https://youtu.be/w9_8Av7OCVw it's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_eD1btsIAE [[https://youtu.be/4_eD1btsIAE performed]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv1p1Vea0iY [[https://youtu.be/rv1p1Vea0iY by.]] Also from ''Gypsy'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXl10a9gJwA [[https://youtu.be/LXl10a9gJwA "Everything's Coming Up Roses"]] basically consists of the starring diva chewing up the scenery for four solid minutes.



** "My Husband Makes Movies". Marion Cotillard's version was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvGooAuW28g simply gorgeous.]]
** And speaking of Marion Cotillard, the sadness and neglect implicit in "My Husband Makes Movies" comes to a crescendo of bitterness and thoroughly justified rage in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLX-Ko7XMis "Take It All".]] Her character's suffering at the hands of her cheating husband, who only knows how to take and not to give, is expressed via a fantasy cabaret scene in which her husband sits and watches as she performs for a club full of men who tear her clothes off. Intense, poignant scene with awesome music to boot.

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** "My Husband Makes Movies". Marion Cotillard's version was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvGooAuW28g [[https://youtu.be/fvGooAuW28g simply gorgeous.]]
** And speaking of Marion Cotillard, the sadness and neglect implicit in "My Husband Makes Movies" comes to a crescendo of bitterness and thoroughly justified rage in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLX-Ko7XMis [[https://youtu.be/WLX-Ko7XMis "Take It All".]] Her character's suffering at the hands of her cheating husband, who only knows how to take and not to give, is expressed via a fantasy cabaret scene in which her husband sits and watches as she performs for a club full of men who tear her clothes off. Intense, poignant scene with awesome music to boot.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPqYpwHRDkg "Hey There, Beautiful"]], the intro of the Theatre Works version and the second song of the Pasadena version, [[CutSong dropped afterwards.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwM-toAsrvs "Cute Boys with Short Haircuts"]], the first major TearJerker of the show.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOKnqq6oXpk "An Organized Life (1974)"]], the heart-wrenching DarkReprise.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eoMAgYmNh0 "Friendship Isn't What it Used to Be"]], the show's DarkestHour.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPqYpwHRDkg [[https://youtu.be/pPqYpwHRDkg "Hey There, Beautiful"]], the intro of the Theatre Works version and the second song of the Pasadena version, [[CutSong dropped afterwards.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwM-toAsrvs [[https://youtu.be/wwM-toAsrvs "Cute Boys with Short Haircuts"]], the first major TearJerker of the show.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOKnqq6oXpk [[https://youtu.be/QOKnqq6oXpk "An Organized Life (1974)"]], the heart-wrenching DarkReprise.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eoMAgYmNh0 [[https://youtu.be/-eoMAgYmNh0 "Friendship Isn't What it Used to Be"]], the show's DarkestHour.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=317uQH1YoC0 "Looking Good"]], the AwardBaitSong used for the 2006 and 2009 versions' finales; is sure to [[TearJerker bring forth the waterworks.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h8CH8AAE2w "We're Gonna Be Okay"]], another CutSong.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPM5z5dU0rQ "Open Up Your Mind"]], unfortunately [[CutSong not heard]] since the 2006 Theatre Works world premiere. Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lz2hzhwcI4 "Let Life Happen"]], the song that replaced it.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOeQASqFmQI "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing".]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNAY-HqK1T0 "Fly Into The Future".]]

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=317uQH1YoC0 [[https://youtu.be/317uQH1YoC0 "Looking Good"]], the AwardBaitSong used for the 2006 and 2009 versions' finales; is sure to [[TearJerker bring forth the waterworks.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h8CH8AAE2w [[https://youtu.be/7h8CH8AAE2w "We're Gonna Be Okay"]], another CutSong.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPM5z5dU0rQ [[https://youtu.be/fPM5z5dU0rQ "Open Up Your Mind"]], unfortunately [[CutSong not heard]] since the 2006 Theatre Works world premiere. Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lz2hzhwcI4 [[https://youtu.be/-Lz2hzhwcI4 "Let Life Happen"]], the song that replaced it.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOeQASqFmQI [[https://youtu.be/KOeQASqFmQI "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing".]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNAY-HqK1T0 [[https://youtu.be/TNAY-HqK1T0 "Fly Into The Future".]]



* Yes, it flopped on Broadway. But that doesn't mean that ''[[Theatre/{{Lestat}} Lestat: The Musical]]'' didn't have any awesome songs. Listen to [[EnfantTerrible Claudia's]] song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT4vD0USEMM I Want More]]".

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* Yes, it flopped on Broadway. But that doesn't mean that ''[[Theatre/{{Lestat}} Lestat: The Musical]]'' didn't have any awesome songs. Listen to [[EnfantTerrible Claudia's]] song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT4vD0USEMM "[[https://youtu.be/eT4vD0USEMM I Want More]]".



* "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)" from ''Dreamgirls''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtnKI3ztz9w Only when Jennifer Holliday sings it]], though -- 'cause once you've gone Holliday, you ain't never going back.

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* "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)" from ''Dreamgirls''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtnKI3ztz9w [[https://youtu.be/rtnKI3ztz9w Only when Jennifer Holliday sings it]], though -- 'cause once you've gone Holliday, you ain't never going back.



*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tVdA4OGPY4 "Invisible"]] from ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTV0TGELff8 "Meadowlark"]] from ''The Baker's Wife''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0yUKLKj9g "I Dreamed A Dream"]] from ''Les Miserables''.
*** Plus several that have become staples in her repertoire: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXl10a9gJwA "Everything's Coming Up Roses"]] from ''Gypsy'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d01NpclvlE "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"]] from ''Evita'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eZ8Lvg3skw "Being Alive"]] from ''Company'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW_sd4GYsR4 the title song]] from ''Anything Goes''.

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*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tVdA4OGPY4 [[https://youtu.be/9tVdA4OGPY4 "Invisible"]] from ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTV0TGELff8 [[https://youtu.be/yTV0TGELff8 "Meadowlark"]] from ''The Baker's Wife''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0yUKLKj9g [[https://youtu.be/Bl0yUKLKj9g "I Dreamed A Dream"]] from ''Les Miserables''.
*** Plus several that have become staples in her repertoire: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXl10a9gJwA [[https://youtu.be/LXl10a9gJwA "Everything's Coming Up Roses"]] from ''Gypsy'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d01NpclvlE [[https://youtu.be/0d01NpclvlE "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"]] from ''Evita'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eZ8Lvg3skw [[https://youtu.be/0eZ8Lvg3skw "Being Alive"]] from ''Company'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW_sd4GYsR4 [[https://youtu.be/qW_sd4GYsR4 the title song]] from ''Anything Goes''.



*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gey1PtXYwLI "Children Will Listen"]] from ''Into the Woods''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MCVsMSsIJU "Move On"]] from ''Sunday in the Park With George''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MHxPuWld5o "Time Heals Everything"]] from ''Mack and Mabel''.
*** And whether they were written for her or not, Ms. Peters is indelibly linked with such songs as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMlQgyz834 "Not a Day Goes By"]] from ''Merrily We Roll Along'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk6Pv6lO2Yw "Rose's Turn"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSbfSXHLAxs "Some People"]] from ''Gypsy''.
** Dorothy Loudon was a brilliant actress and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Sp_ig4YXA comedienne]], which led to her originating songs like:
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVS0RgApwmk "Easy]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdpbUX0CTkQ Street"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoNk_-IaAeo "Little Girls"]] from ''Annie''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2zJNUhWi8 "Fifty Percent""]] from ''Ballroom''.

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*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gey1PtXYwLI [[https://youtu.be/Gey1PtXYwLI "Children Will Listen"]] from ''Into the Woods''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MCVsMSsIJU [[https://youtu.be/4MCVsMSsIJU "Move On"]] from ''Sunday in the Park With George''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MHxPuWld5o [[https://youtu.be/3MHxPuWld5o "Time Heals Everything"]] from ''Mack and Mabel''.
*** And whether they were written for her or not, Ms. Peters is indelibly linked with such songs as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMlQgyz834 [[https://youtu.be/5kMlQgyz834 "Not a Day Goes By"]] from ''Merrily We Roll Along'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk6Pv6lO2Yw [[https://youtu.be/lk6Pv6lO2Yw "Rose's Turn"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSbfSXHLAxs [[https://youtu.be/LSbfSXHLAxs "Some People"]] from ''Gypsy''.
** Dorothy Loudon was a brilliant actress and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Sp_ig4YXA [[https://youtu.be/M6Sp_ig4YXA comedienne]], which led to her originating songs like:
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVS0RgApwmk [[https://youtu.be/oVS0RgApwmk "Easy]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdpbUX0CTkQ [[https://youtu.be/GdpbUX0CTkQ Street"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoNk_-IaAeo [[https://youtu.be/GoNk_-IaAeo "Little Girls"]] from ''Annie''.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2zJNUhWi8 [[https://youtu.be/6D2zJNUhWi8 "Fifty Percent""]] from ''Ballroom''.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG1NE9EWK8g Changing my Major,]] a song depicting the main character Allison's sexual awakening as a lesbian. Even if it's a slow song, The message that it conveys to the audience about what it actually ''feels'' like to sexually awaken for some people whether it be the mixed emotions of joy and fear. Allison, who's only 20 during the song, was so scared and bottled up all her feelings about what gender she really shows attraction towards. And how flipping '''ecstatic''' she is after her first time with her roommate. The feelings she has when she figures out she's not alone. The shear joy, unsureness, and overall satisfaction with herself is truely what makes this song so kickass, especially for LGBT+ theatre fans.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iYDjKB4zrE Ring of Keys,]] as well as being an amazing song, was a showstopper at the 2015 Tony Awards. That's right, a ''twelve year old girl'' was a Tony awards show stopper. '''Bad. Ass.'''

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG1NE9EWK8g [[https://youtu.be/wG1NE9EWK8g Changing my Major,]] a song depicting the main character Allison's sexual awakening as a lesbian. Even if it's a slow song, The message that it conveys to the audience about what it actually ''feels'' like to sexually awaken for some people whether it be the mixed emotions of joy and fear. Allison, who's only 20 during the song, was so scared and bottled up all her feelings about what gender she really shows attraction towards. And how flipping '''ecstatic''' she is after her first time with her roommate. The feelings she has when she figures out she's not alone. The shear joy, unsureness, and overall satisfaction with herself is truely what makes this song so kickass, especially for LGBT+ theatre fans.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iYDjKB4zrE [[https://youtu.be/1iYDjKB4zrE Ring of Keys,]] as well as being an amazing song, was a showstopper at the 2015 Tony Awards. That's right, a ''twelve year old girl'' was a Tony awards show stopper. '''Bad. Ass.'''



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4WGYraOD1Y Flying Away (Finale),]] just... ''wow.'' (Listen to it with headphones, seriously do it.)

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4WGYraOD1Y [[https://youtu.be/G4WGYraOD1Y Flying Away (Finale),]] just... ''wow.'' (Listen to it with headphones, seriously do it.)



* The musical adaptation of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFQgkMlVkVw A Small Umbrella in the Rain]]", which has to be one of the most charming, adorable {{Final Love Duet}}s in all of musical theatre. It just perfectly encapsulates the whole of Jo and Bhaer's relationship.
* ''Theatre/ComeFromAway'' kicks things off with the thundering SettingIntroductionSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAa3ncDQxYI Welcome to the Rock]]".

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* The musical adaptation of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFQgkMlVkVw "[[https://youtu.be/IFQgkMlVkVw A Small Umbrella in the Rain]]", which has to be one of the most charming, adorable {{Final Love Duet}}s in all of musical theatre. It just perfectly encapsulates the whole of Jo and Bhaer's relationship.
* ''Theatre/ComeFromAway'' kicks things off with the thundering SettingIntroductionSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAa3ncDQxYI "[[https://youtu.be/JAa3ncDQxYI Welcome to the Rock]]".



** The opening number, "Try to Remember", sets the nostalgic yet self-aware tone. We know we're entering a world of fantasy, but through it, we may learn something about ourselves, and should reflect on our own lives and loves as we watch the events on stage. For added awesome, listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZQRiQCKfTM a rendition by the original El Gallo,]] Creator/JerryOrbach.

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** The opening number, "Try to Remember", sets the nostalgic yet self-aware tone. We know we're entering a world of fantasy, but through it, we may learn something about ourselves, and should reflect on our own lives and loves as we watch the events on stage. For added awesome, listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZQRiQCKfTM [[https://youtu.be/lZQRiQCKfTM a rendition by the original El Gallo,]] Creator/JerryOrbach.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w5StZKqft4 "I Know I Have A Heart"]] is a soaring, powerful, classically-ALW power ballad with some absolutely gut-wrenching lyrics.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7vumHX0Lxw "Only You, Lonely You"]] is a wistful, plaintive, heartwarming love song destined to be sung by every wide-eyed TenorBoy at every high school theatre audition. Bonus points for being just about the only song in the whole show without a single element of tongue-in-cheek {{lampshade hanging}}.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w5StZKqft4 [[https://youtu.be/_w5StZKqft4 "I Know I Have A Heart"]] is a soaring, powerful, classically-ALW power ballad with some absolutely gut-wrenching lyrics.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7vumHX0Lxw [[https://youtu.be/u7vumHX0Lxw "Only You, Lonely You"]] is a wistful, plaintive, heartwarming love song destined to be sung by every wide-eyed TenorBoy at every high school theatre audition. Bonus points for being just about the only song in the whole show without a single element of tongue-in-cheek {{lampshade hanging}}.



* Long before she became known for singing for animated princesses, a girl named Liz Callaway earned a Tony nomination at just twenty-three years old for her role as Lizzie in a musical called ''Baby''. The showstopping one-act closer was called "The Story Goes On", and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnq1t0fwH2E it brought the house down.]]

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* Long before she became known for singing for animated princesses, a girl named Liz Callaway earned a Tony nomination at just twenty-three years old for her role as Lizzie in a musical called ''Baby''. The showstopping one-act closer was called "The Story Goes On", and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnq1t0fwH2E [[https://youtu.be/Lnq1t0fwH2E it brought the house down.]]
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* Creator/AndrewLloydWebber's FracturedFairyTale version of ''Franchise/{{Cinderella}}'', as you would expect from ALW, has some ''fantastic'' songs:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w5StZKqft4 "I Know I Have A Heart"]] is an amazing, powerful, classically-ALW power ballad with some absolutely gut-wrenching lyrics.

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* Creator/AndrewLloydWebber's FracturedFairyTale version of ''Franchise/{{Cinderella}}'', ''[[Theatre/CinderellaLloydWebber Cinderella]]'', as you would expect from ALW, has some ''fantastic'' songs:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w5StZKqft4 "I Know I Have A Heart"]] is an amazing, a soaring, powerful, classically-ALW power ballad with some absolutely gut-wrenching lyrics.
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* ''AwesomeMusic/Hair''

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* ''AwesomeMusic/Hair''''AwesomeMusic/{{Hair}}''
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