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Batman, The Musical Demo
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Many may recall the 2004 announcement of Batman, the Musical to be produced by Warner Brothers, with music and lyrics by Jim Steinman, book by David Ives and direction by Tim Burton. That project was placed in limbo-land by the unfortunate failure of Dance of the Vampires, and further abandoned with the reawakening of the Batman films. An at-first odd choice for a musical, the cast of potential stage characters and the backgrounds of creative team have put this show into the "I wonder what'd it'd sound like" category. A first glimpse was given at the recent The Dream Engine Steinman concerts in New York, which contained the beautiful (and still haunting me!) "Not Allowed to Love." Possessing one of the best new melodies that I've heard in years, it was to be in the show as a Batman/Catwoman love duet. A non-traditional pairing, but still a great song.
The new to the blogging world composer Jim Steinman unveiled a second tune this week on his blog - "Where Does He Get Those Toys?" to be sung by The Joker. The demo, performed by Steinman himself, is an insanely masterful patter song featuring rhymes (and a nod to Sondheim) that you simply have to hear to believe. Click here to tune in. Worth noting from his blog about the song is that "To me, most notable for the ending, which is ALL totally improvised, and as Steven Rinkoff will attest, I ad-libbed on first take and ended exactly as track ended. I thought it was pretty nifty." Here's hoping that more of this intriguing material is soon released for curious fans!
Posted on July 13, 2006 - by
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About the Author:Robert Diamond is the founder and editor-in-chief of BroadwayWorld.com, the premiere theater site on the net now receiving over 100,000 unique visitors a day. He is also the owner of Wisdom Digital Media - www.wisdomdigital.com - an award-winning leading designer of entertainment and technology web sites. He is also the lead producer on BroadwayWorld.com's consistently sold-out Joe's Pub concert series, and Standing Ovations benefit concerts. Diamond was also named one of the "Top thirty magazine industry executives under the age of 30" by Folio magazine. Robert holds a BS degree in information management and technology from the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. Visit his blog at www.robertdiamond.com.
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