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| I've got to disagree... | |
| Posted by: Pashacar 03:55 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: Shout out: Will Van Dyke's music direction & orchestrations for LITTLE SHOP are freaking fantastic. - GrumpyMorningBoy 12:35 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| Funny you mention this, because I meant to post about it a few weeks back, and then forgot as things got crazy. The orchestrations happened to be the thing I liked the least about this revival. I understand they were going for a lower-budget feel, but to me they sounded thin at a lot of moments (worse in person than on the recording), and those references you mention didn't feel sufficiently subtle – like they were there more to show off than to augment the story. Maybe that's just my comfort with the source material speaking. Also, I know the Broadway revival's isn't the authoritative recording, but I do love its Act I Finale and was dismayed to see it shortened to something that felt like a sitcom button. Same goes for its Entre'acte. Of course, I respect the talent here and see where you're coming from. But the direction they took was not my cup of tea, to the point where it massively stood out to me while watching. To each their own.... |
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| A B movie score *should* sound cheap and subversive. It shouldn't sound like a MGM Hollywood movie musical orchestra. | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 05:09 pm EDT 04/24/20 | |
| In reply to: I've got to disagree... - Pashacar 03:55 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| It's a B movie. It really SHOULD sound like a creature feature at the drive in. And it should feel a wee bit subversive. Menken and Ashman absolutely understood this when they wrote it. - GMB, who cannot listen to LITTLE SHOP without being aghast at how not-meant-for-this-world talented Howard Ashman was |
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| re: I've got to disagree... | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 09:52 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:50 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: I've got to disagree... - Pashacar 03:55 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| Also, I know the Broadway revival's isn't the authoritative recording, but I do love its Act I Finale and was dismayed to see it shortened to something that felt like a sitcom button. Same goes for its Entre'acte. Indeed it's not authoritative. The original off-Broadway score had a much more abrupt, vaudeville-esqe Act I button, and there was no Entr'acte at all. :-) |
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