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"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

"Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for the #Disney animated feature film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). The film's #themeSong, the #Broadway-inspired #ballad was first recorded by British-American actress #AngelaLansbury in her role as the voice of the character #MrsPotts, and essentially describes the relationship between its two main characters #Belle and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeR38fkOPQg

"Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for the #Disney animated feature film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). The film's #themeSong, the #Broadway-inspired #ballad was first recorded by British-American actress #AngelaLansbury in her role as the voice of the character #MrsPotts, and essentially describes the relationship between its two main characters #Belle and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeR38fkOPQg

"Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for the #Disney animated feature film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). The film's #themeSong, the #Broadway-inspired #ballad was first recorded by British-American actress #AngelaLansbury in her role as the voice of the character #MrsPotts, and essentially describes the relationship between its two main characters #Belle and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeR38fkOPQg

"Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for the #Disney animated feature film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). The film's #themeSong, the #Broadway-inspired #ballad was first recorded by British-American actress #AngelaLansbury in her role as the voice of the character #MrsPotts, and essentially describes the relationship between its two main characters #Belle and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeR38fkOPQg

"Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for the #Disney animated feature film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). The film's #themeSong, the #Broadway-inspired #ballad was first recorded by British-American actress #AngelaLansbury in her role as the voice of the character #MrsPotts, and essentially describes the relationship between its two main characters #Belle and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeR38fkOPQg

"Be Our Guest" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). Recorded by American actor #JerryOrbach, English actress #AngelaLansbury, and the additional voice acting choir of the 1991 animated film. "Be Our Guest" is a large-scale #Broadway-inspired #musicalNumber that takes place during the first half of Beauty and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F29JppmaaQ

"Be Our Guest" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). Recorded by American actor #JerryOrbach, English actress #AngelaLansbury, and the additional voice acting choir of the 1991 animated film. "Be Our Guest" is a large-scale #Broadway-inspired #musicalNumber that takes place during the first half of Beauty and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F29JppmaaQ

"Be Our Guest" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). Recorded by American actor #JerryOrbach, English actress #AngelaLansbury, and the additional voice acting choir of the 1991 animated film. "Be Our Guest" is a large-scale #Broadway-inspired #musicalNumber that takes place during the first half of Beauty and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F29JppmaaQ

"Be Our Guest" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). Recorded by American actor #JerryOrbach, English actress #AngelaLansbury, and the additional voice acting choir of the 1991 animated film. "Be Our Guest" is a large-scale #Broadway-inspired #musicalNumber that takes place during the first half of Beauty and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F29JppmaaQ

"Be Our Guest" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #BeautyAndTheBeast (1991). Recorded by American actor #JerryOrbach, English actress #AngelaLansbury, and the additional voice acting choir of the 1991 animated film. "Be Our Guest" is a large-scale #Broadway-inspired #musicalNumber that takes place during the first half of Beauty and the Beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F29JppmaaQ

"Part of Your World" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #Disney's animated feature #film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Performed by American actress and singer #JodiBenson in the #titularRole as #Ariel, a mermaid princess, "Part of Your World" is a #powerBallad in which the main character expresses her strong desire to become human.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWTJkyLWgrk

"Part of Your World" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #Disney's animated feature #film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Performed by American actress and singer #JodiBenson in the #titularRole as #Ariel, a mermaid princess, "Part of Your World" is a #powerBallad in which the main character expresses her strong desire to become human.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWTJkyLWgrk

"Part of Your World" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #Disney's animated feature #film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Performed by American actress and singer #JodiBenson in the #titularRole as #Ariel, a mermaid princess, "Part of Your World" is a #powerBallad in which the main character expresses her strong desire to become human.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWTJkyLWgrk

"Part of Your World" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #Disney's animated feature #film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Performed by American actress and singer #JodiBenson in the #titularRole as #Ariel, a mermaid princess, "Part of Your World" is a #powerBallad in which the main character expresses her strong desire to become human.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWTJkyLWgrk

"Part of Your World" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #Disney's animated feature #film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Performed by American actress and singer #JodiBenson in the #titularRole as #Ariel, a mermaid princess, "Part of Your World" is a #powerBallad in which the main character expresses her strong desire to become human.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWTJkyLWgrk

"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

"Kiss the Girl" is a song written by lyricist #HowardAshman and composer #AlanMenken for #WaltDisneyPictures' animated film #TheLittleMermaid (1989). Originally recorded by American actor #SamuelWright in his film role as #Sebastian, "Kiss the Girl" is a romantic #calypso #loveSong; the song's lyrics encourages Prince Eric to kiss #Ariel before it's too late. "Kiss the Girl" had a mostly positive reception. The song was nominated for both an #Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNpW7cxzrw

You can learn more about Howard Ashman's Disney legacy by watching the 2009 documentary #WakingSleepingBeauty, available on Disney+ and other streaming outlets.

To learn about #HowardAshman and his life, the go-to is the 2018 documentary titled Howard, available on Disney+.

#HappyPride #PrideMonth #Pride2025 2/2

You can learn more about Howard Ashman's Disney legacy by watching the 2009 documentary #WakingSleepingBeauty, available on Disney+ and other streaming outlets.

To learn about #HowardAshman and his life, the go-to is the 2018 documentary titled Howard, available on Disney+.

#HappyPride #PrideMonth #Pride2025 2/2

You can learn more about Howard Ashman's Disney legacy by watching the 2009 documentary #WakingSleepingBeauty, available on Disney+ and other streaming outlets.

To learn about #HowardAshman and his life, the go-to is the 2018 documentary titled Howard, available on Disney+.

#HappyPride #PrideMonth #Pride2025 2/2

You can learn more about Howard Ashman's Disney legacy by watching the 2009 documentary #WakingSleepingBeauty, available on Disney+ and other streaming outlets.

To learn about #HowardAshman and his life, the go-to is the 2018 documentary titled Howard, available on Disney+.

#HappyPride #PrideMonth #Pride2025 2/2

#OnThisDay in 1950, #HowardAshman, American playwright and lyricist (Little Shop of Horrors: The Little Mermaid), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1991).
#RIP 🎗

#OnThisDay in 1950, #HowardAshman, American playwright and lyricist (Little Shop of Horrors: The Little Mermaid), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1991).
#RIP 🎗

#OnThisDay in 1950, #HowardAshman, American playwright and lyricist (Little Shop of Horrors: The Little Mermaid), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1991).
#RIP 🎗

#OnThisDay in 1950, #HowardAshman, American playwright and lyricist (Little Shop of Horrors: The Little Mermaid), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1991).
#RIP 🎗

#OnThisDay in 1950, #HowardAshman, American playwright and lyricist (Little Shop of Horrors: The Little Mermaid), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1991).
#RIP 🎗

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

The evening ended with a rendition of the title track from "Beauty and the Beast" from Darren Criss on the piano.

Thank you to everyone involved for an incredible evening. #HowardAshman #ASCAPFoundation #TheWallis #WallisAnnenbergCenterForThePerformingArts /6 end

The evening ended with a rendition of the title track from "Beauty and the Beast" from Darren Criss on the piano.

Thank you to everyone involved for an incredible evening. #HowardAshman #ASCAPFoundation #TheWallis #WallisAnnenbergCenterForThePerformingArts /6 end

The evening ended with a rendition of the title track from "Beauty and the Beast" from Darren Criss on the piano.

Thank you to everyone involved for an incredible evening. #HowardAshman #ASCAPFoundation #TheWallis #WallisAnnenbergCenterForThePerformingArts /6 end

The evening ended with a rendition of the title track from "Beauty and the Beast" from Darren Criss on the piano.

Thank you to everyone involved for an incredible evening. #HowardAshman #ASCAPFoundation #TheWallis #WallisAnnenbergCenterForThePerformingArts /6 end

I was very fortunate to be able to attend this tribute to #HowardAshman . What an amazing evening. And to top it off, they didn't pick this date for that reason, but today would have been Howard's 74th birthday.

The main guests were John Musker and Ron Clements, who, among other things, directed the animated films #TheLittleMermaid and #Aladdin, so they had a lot of stories to tell about Howard. /1

#ASCAPFoundation #TheWallis #WallisAnnenbergCenterForThePerformingArts

I was very fortunate to be able to attend this tribute to #HowardAshman . What an amazing evening. And to top it off, they didn't pick this date for that reason, but today would have been Howard's 74th birthday.

The main guests were John Musker and Ron Clements, who, among other things, directed the animated films #TheLittleMermaid and #Aladdin, so they had a lot of stories to tell about Howard. /1

#ASCAPFoundation #TheWallis #WallisAnnenbergCenterForThePerformingArts

I was very fortunate to be able to attend this tribute to #HowardAshman . What an amazing evening. And to top it off, they didn't pick this date for that reason, but today would have been Howard's 74th birthday.

The main guests were John Musker and Ron Clements, who, among other things, directed the animated films #TheLittleMermaid and #Aladdin, so they had a lot of stories to tell about Howard. /1

#ASCAPFoundation #TheWallis #WallisAnnenbergCenterForThePerformingArts

I was very fortunate to be able to attend this tribute to #HowardAshman . What an amazing evening. And to top it off, they didn't pick this date for that reason, but today would have been Howard's 74th birthday.

The main guests were John Musker and Ron Clements, who, among other things, directed the animated films #TheLittleMermaid and #Aladdin, so they had a lot of stories to tell about Howard. /1

#ASCAPFoundation #TheWallis #WallisAnnenbergCenterForThePerformingArts

ASCAP’s Musical Theater Fest Will Celebrate the Life and Music of Howard Ashman
#Variety #News #ASCAP #HowardAshman #MusicalTheaterFest

https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/ascap-musical-theater-fest-howard-ashman-1235973125/

ASCAP’s Musical Theater Fest Will Celebrate the Life and Music of Howard Ashman
#Variety #News #ASCAP #HowardAshman #MusicalTheaterFest

https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/ascap-musical-theater-fest-howard-ashman-1235973125/

ASCAP’s Musical Theater Fest Will Celebrate the Life and Music of Howard Ashman
#Variety #News #ASCAP #HowardAshman #MusicalTheaterFest

https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/ascap-musical-theater-fest-howard-ashman-1235973125/