http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=246&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody OnlineSoundtracks/Musicalsen720Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:20:24 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=246&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20758800&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Teen Beat Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:58 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.20758800 art.20758800 Demi Lovato art.20758800 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20758800&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20758800&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Camp Rock, right? No? OK, then you've at least watched Barney once or twice. You haven't? What are you, some kind of grown-up? Well, then, chances are you've yet to come in contact with young Ms. Demi Lovato, who got her start showing her gums on the purple dino's cute-fest at age six and her big break as a star of Disney's 2008 rock-camp-themed movie-musical. But you're going to be seeing a lot more of her: The Dallas, Tex., native stars in the Disney Channel series Sonny with a Chance and makes headlines for her BFF-ship with fellow Disney starlet Selena Gomez. And her buddies the Jonas Brothers (who also star in Camp Rock) worked with Lovato, a longtime singer-songwriter, to put together her debut album in 2008. For album two, 2009's Here I Go Again, she enlisted John Mayer as inspiration and collaborator. - Rachel Devitt]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39469&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Orchestral Scores Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:54 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39469 art.39469 John Williams art.39469 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39469&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39469&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Star Wars to Wagnerian attachment of themes to specific events and characters. Who can forget the dread evoked by the two note motive from Jaws, or Darth Vader's theme music? A multiple Academy Award winner, Williams has been nominated for the top prize over forty times so far -- and he has proven his ability to enhance the emotion of a scene with broad or subtle orchestral sweeps. - Jessy Terry]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3974&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Children's TV/Movies Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:38 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3974 art.3974 Disney art.3974 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3974&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3974&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Pirates of the Caribbean), Elton John (The Lion King), Celine Dion (Beauty and the Beast), Vanessa Williams (Pocahontas), Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) and Randy Newman (Toy Story) providing the fantastical soundtracks to these characters' timeless tales. - Stephanie Benson]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4528&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Vocal-Pop Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4528 art.4528 Barbra Streisand art.4528 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4528&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4528&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss What's Up Doc aged into the auteur who gave a supporting role to her fingernails in The Prince of Tides. If the cool mod chick with the purest pipes since Ella Fitzgerald evolved into an "artiste" with a questionable perm, at least Babs has always followed her own path. She remains an American institution who has won Oscars, Grammies, and countless Emmys and has also become a subcultural icon. Streisand was championed in the 1960s as the first female sex symbol with a shnozola and is now feted by the gay community. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3486&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:07:18 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3486 art.3486 Hans Zimmer art.3486 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3486&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3486&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Rain Man, As Good As It Gets, Gladiator, The Prince of Egypt and The Thin Red Line; he won for the score to The Lion King. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7165426&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Orchestral Scores Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:09 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7165426 art.7165426 Steve Jablonsky art.7165426 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7165426&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7165426&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61208&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:32 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61208 art.61208 Andrew Lloyd Webber art.61208 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61208&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61208&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Jesus Christ Superstar. The duo originally couldn't raise enough financing to mount a show, so they released a J.C. Superstar soundtrack album first and saw it instantly take off, and they were able to turn it into a stage musical. After that breakthrough success, Webber and Rice didn't have any problems finding money to put their shows together, and experienced even greater triumphs with Evita (which stands up as their greatest work) and Cats (which became one of the longest running shows in theater history). After these successes, it didn't seem as if Webber could get any bigger. But then he composed a light rock adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera using his then-wife Sarah Brightman as his muse. Phantom turned an even bigger number of young people raised on TV and the movies into theatergoers, and Webber has kept going from there. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4172&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Film Scores Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:15 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4172 art.4172 John Barry art.4172 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4172&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4172&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Austin Powers-style grooviness he's so often associated with. Besides winning numerous Academy Awards for scores to such movies as The Lion In Winter, Born Free and Dances With Wolves, he's developed a cult of female fans enraptured with his richly romantic scores to Out of Africa and, in particular, Somewhere in Time. Interestingly, Barry has said that he prefers these brooding pieces to the sweeping theme of Born Free, his most popular recording outside of the Bond theme (which was originally credited to another composer). Barry still makes modern classical and jazz music when he's not working on film scores. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16124&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:37:27 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.16124 art.16124 Stephen Schwartz art.16124 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16124&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16124&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Pippen and the film Godspell, and a run with Disney that yielded music for a number of animated hits, including the Academy Award-winning score to Pocahontas (remember "Have you ever seen the wolf cry to the blue horned moon"? -- yeah, that was him). He had already earned most major awards in his field when he struck gold in 2003 with the score to the massively popular Broadway musical Wicked. Schwartz continues to write for stage and screen, and enjoyed another big success with the 2007 Disney film Enchanted. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2263&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Film Scores Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:47:15 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2263 art.2263 Mark Knopfler art.2263 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2263&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2263&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Brothers in Arms, the group went on a leave from which they never fully re-emerged. Knopfler had already scored music for two films, 1983's Local Hero and 1984's Cal, and he threw himself into soundtrack and production work, most notably Tina Turner's Break Every Rule and The Princess Bride soundtrack. Around this time he formed country project the Notting Hillbillies with friend and collaborator Steve Phillips. In 1990 he collaborated with Chet Atkins on Neck and Neck, and a year later Dire Straits released their final studio album. Knopfler's solo career began in earnest with 1996's Golden Heart and has been sporadic since. He has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music: Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and perhaps most successfully with Emmylou Harris. Their All the Roadrunning (2006) was nominated for a Grammy and led to a world tour and live album, Real Live Roadrunning. Knopfler put out his seventh solo album, Kill to Get Crimson, in 2007. - Nate Baker]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15383073&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:14:30 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.15383073 art.15383073 Nicholas Hooper art.15383073 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15383073&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15383073&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2251&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:37:27 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2251 art.2251 Jonathan Larson art.2251 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2251&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2251&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Rent, with its glorious mash-up of musical styles and heartfelt lyricism, absolutely exploded on Broadway when it opened in 1996, earning a Pulitzer Prize, four Tonys and assorted other awards. Larson, who grew up in White Plains, NY, played tuba in high school and cherished aspirations of acting, but his mentor and hero Steven Sondheim convinced him to pursue composing instead. His early work includes "Tick, Tick...BOOM!" and "Suburbia," but Rent represents the fullest flowering of his talent. Larson first conceived of Rent when he and a friend decided to remake Puccini's La Boheme with modern characters set in New York. Larson ended up taking over the project, basing much of it on his own experiences as a poor, struggling artist living in downtown Manhattan. He transposed Puccini's characters into more modern types -- a punk, a videographer, an HIV positive woman -- and drew on rock, soul, salsa and pop to create the music. The night before Rent previews were set to open, Larson collapsed and died unexpectedly of an aortic aneurysm. His family gave the production their blessing to go on as scheduled, and the rest is history. The play was made into a film in 2005. - Sarah Bardeen]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7114&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Minimalism Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:56 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7114 art.7114 Philip Glass art.7114 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7114&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7114&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1082&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:40 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1082 art.1082 Henry Mancini art.1082 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1082&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1082&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Peter Gunn and film's The Pink Panther soundtracks, Big Band jazz and easy listening albums, and standards such as "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses."]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.76&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Singer-Songwriter Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:38:32 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.76 art.76 Randy Newman art.76 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.76&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.76&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Ragtime in 1981, Hollywood has paid his bills, and Newman has written a string of film scores, from The Natural to Toy Story. Song or musical suite, Newman's music offers snapshots of America -- some fawning, others unflattering. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4752&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Orchestral Scores Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:15 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4752 art.4752 Howard Shore art.4752 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4752&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4752&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Saturday Night Live's first musical director in 1980 (his theme song is still used to this day). Shore was highly respected for his work in horror, suspense and black comedy, making him a natural fit for extended collaborations with such maverick, free-thinking directors as David Cronenberg, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme and David Fincher. He has amassed a large, intriguing body of work over the decades and retained the regard of his Hollywood peers while gaining the admiration of hobbits, elves and wizards after he scored all the movies in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38044&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss New Age Electronic Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:48:00 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.38044 art.38044 Vangelis art.38044 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38044&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38044&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Chariots of Fire and 1982's Blade Runner. His numerous solo and studio albums date back to 1972's Fais que Ton Reve Soit Plus Long que la Nuit. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9939866&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks/Musicals Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:14:32 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9939866 art.9939866 Cast - High School Musical art.9939866 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9939866&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9939866&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss High School Musical is, we're gonna go out on a limb and assume you don't know any children. And yes, you could turn to the nearest tween for the answer and get an earful of names rattled off: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale; Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay. But what it really comes down to is that the cast of the Disney Channel's original-movie-turned-runaway-licensing-phenomenon are just a bunch of regular kids who came together over an afternoon spent in detention (and yes, there is a prom queen, a jock, and a brain -- but no freak or delinquent; come on, it's a Disney musical). After overcoming a few obstacles, they not only win the scholastic decathlon and the big game, they also discover a shared love (and talent) for, well, high school musicals and go on to stage two more of them in HSMs 2 and 3 (so far). - Rachel Devitt]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.52038&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks/Musicals Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:07:36 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.52038 art.52038 Sound Effects art.52038 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.52038&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.52038&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.559&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Vocal-Pop Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:21 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.559 art.559 Tom Jones art.559 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.559&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.559&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5466&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:11 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5466 art.5466 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein art.5466 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5466&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5466&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Oklahoma (1943) was more than a huge success, it was a joyous celebration of Americana. If you are unsettled by singing ranch hands, check out their next work, the darkly beautiful Carousel. South Pacific dealt with racial intolerance, while the effervescent The King and I made a star out of Yul Brynner, who also ruled the screen version with his masculine "I can kick your jock butt" singing and dancing. Another smash hit, The Sound of Music had their weakest score, but at least contained the ever-comforting "My Favorite Things." Rodgers and Hammerstein's strengths in crafting complex, whole works didn't leave them with a large numbers of songs that worked outside of a show's context. Regardless, they set the gold standard for the American musical. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3935&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Trance Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:56 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3935 art.3935 Paul Oakenfold art.3935 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3935&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3935&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61241&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Cabaret Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:55 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61241 art.61241 Judy Garland art.61241 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61241&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61241&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17730&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Film Scores Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:14 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.17730 art.17730 Danny Elfman art.17730 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17730&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17730&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss The Forbidden Zone and had asked Danny to provide a soundtrack. He formed a band called the Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo just for that purpose. The band engendered a cult following of new wave kids and cranked out some successful albums before Tim Burton hired Elfman to score his 1985 film, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Elfman went on to work with Burton as well as with various other soundtrack projects including the theme song for The Simpsons. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3304&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Film Scores Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:04 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3304 art.3304 Ennio Morricone art.3304 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3304&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3304&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Though most often identified for the grand, heroic gestures of this period, he certainly did not limit himself to this style. From the eerie electronics of The Thing to the cross-cultural orchestration of The Mission, Morricone has shown himself capable of an absolutely remarkable breadth of expression. His forays outside of film music, including trumpet work in seminal improvisation ensemble Nuova Consonanza as well as numerous Avant-Garde and experimental compositions, further entrench his place among this century's most fascinating and important composers. - Doug Russell]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16371913&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Metal Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:55:27 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.16371913 art.16371913 Dethklok art.16371913 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16371913&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16371913&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Metalocalypse. Created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha as a sardonic homage to metalheads and metal's longstanding cliches, the show follows the exploits of the band and the committee that wants to destroy them. Featuring the catchy death metal songs that soundtracked each episode of season 1, 2007's Dethalbum was revered by real metal heads everywhere. - Jen Guyre]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61211&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:16 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61211 art.61211 Stephen Sondheim art.61211 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61211&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61211&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss West Side Story (music by Leonard Bernstein), Gypsy (music by Jules Stein) and Do I Hear a Waltz (music by Richard Rodgers, the old working partner of Sondheim's theatre mentor, Oscar Hammerstein). While Sondheim would have entered the history books for his work on West Side Story alone, he started writing the music as well as words for musicals with the 1962 hit A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum. An old fashioned romp, Forum would be the last time that Sondheim would put out a crowd pleaser with broad audience appeal. His next success, Company (1970), was an impressionistic look at an isolated bachelor looking in on his married friends, all of whom were in various states of domestic distress. After this, Follies and A Little Night Music (which contained his biggest hit, "Send in the Clowns") continued to broaden the Broadway spectrum and win him widespread critical praise. In 1979, Sondheim released Sweeney Todd, one of his darkest works. Unrelentingly bleak, yet bitingly funny, Sweeney Todd is based on the classic tale of cannibalism for fun and profit. Todd's combination of bloody grand guignol, mordant comedy and tragic romance even came with an underlying metaphor about how even justifiable revenge can lead to madness and loss instead of closure and vindication. This perfect mix of horror, heart, tension, doomed love and comedy became Sondheim's biggest solo hit. Instead of repeating himself, Sondheim followed Todd with the twin triumphs of Sunday in the Park With George (1984) and Into the Woods (1987), both of which balanced unique theatrical experiences and personal insight with experimental structures that still managed to enrapture audiences. These two musicals would be the last of Sondheim first-run shows to be commercially successful, as Broadway turned more and more towards the kind of big, escapist entertainments that could pay back their Hollywood-sized investments. In this modern climate, Sondheim has refused to compromise, releasing pungent works such as Assassins (1991), a musical spotlighting the deluded, often insane souls who have killed (or pathetically, failed to kill) U.S. presidents. The fact that Sondheim marries such dark material to a theme about America's obsession with "being somebody" doesn't sit well with mainstream audiences who expect costumed cats or Abba songs when they go to a Broadway show. In these more modern times, Stephen Sondheim finds it increasingly difficult to get the funding to stage new works, but contradictorily, his old musicals (many of which were originally rejected by audiences) have been revived to ecstatic reviews and solid box office receipts. It seems that while Stephen Sondheim is often ahead of his audience, they always come around eventually. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68454&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Roots Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:50:51 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68454 art.68454 Ry Cooder art.68454 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68454&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68454&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Paris, Texas and The Long Riders. Cooder has most recently been active with world music, recording a very popular album with African guitarist Ali Farka Toure. His latest and most prominent role is that of producer for an ad hoc group of Cuban musicians on a recording called The Buena Vista Social Club, which has revived the careers of a number of musicians, as well as being massively popular critically and commercially. - Tom Heyman]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4192&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Orchestral Scores Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:07:04 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4192 art.4192 James Horner art.4192 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4192&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4192&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Humanoids From the Deep and Battle Beyond the Stars are fun and all, Horner soon went on to much bigger things -- the '80s found the composer to be a very hot commodity indeed. His scores to Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan and Aliens were huge successes, showcasing his bombastic dramatic sense and epic, sweeping style. Recent years have brought Braveheart as well as his most well-known score to date, Titanic. Critics often bash him for his notorious tendency to borrow from past works, something he does more than even, perhaps, John Williams. Originality aside, however, Horner's music has a knack for keeping the audience teetering on the edge of their seats, and that's something no one can complain about. - Doug Russell]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2886&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Film Soundtracks Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:07:36 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2886 art.2886 James Newton Howard art.2886 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2886&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2886&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss ER and the film The Prince of Tides, but he also writes progressive rock for friends like the band Toto, who bring fiery intensity to his synthesizer-driven experiments. - Jessy Terry]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20394850&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:37 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.20394850 art.20394850 The New Musical Cast art.20394850 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20394850&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20394850&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41939&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Orchestral Scores Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:26 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.41939 art.41939 Thomas Newman art.41939 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41939&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41939&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Less Than Zero and The Lost Boys, were primarily electronic. He started employing more standard orchestration in the '90s, and with the change came a long string of mega-hits, including but in no way limited to The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Scent of a Woman, Erin Brockovich, Finding Nemo, The Good German and WALL-E. Newman has also plied his trade to television, most notably Six Feet Under and Angels in America. Much of his work post-Shawshank sees the composer filtering traditional orchestral music through the unconventional: world music-inspired percussion, ambient minimalism and so on. To date, Newman has won both Emmys and Grammys, but no Oscars, although he's been nominated eight times. - Justin Farrar]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39609&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:31:15 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39609 art.39609 Alain Boublil art.39609 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39609&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39609&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Les Miserables and Miss Saigon. Les Mis debuted in Paris in the late 1970s and found its way to London by 1985, but it was only when it hit Broadway that Americans really took notice. Two Tony awards and one Grammy later, and Les Mis is ubiquitous. Drawn from the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo, the tale of unjust imprisonment and class stratification is as relevant now as it was in 19th century France. Miss Saigon similarly takes on a weighty topic, transforming the "Madame Butterfly" tale by placing it in Vietnam during the final days of the Vietnam war. Boublil and Shönberg are known for their wit and rock-influenced compositional style, no doubt a huge reason for their mainstream success. - Sarah Bardeen]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41168&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Film Scores Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:09 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.41168 art.41168 Harry Gregson-Williams art.41168 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41168&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41168&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8683559&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks/Musicals Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:14:16 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8683559 art.8683559 Jean-Yves Thibaudet art.8683559 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8683559&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8683559&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6123&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss West Coast Jazz Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:07:01 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6123 art.6123 Vince Guaraldi art.6123 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6123&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6123&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Peanuts cartoons. This San Francisco native added his hard hitting yet sensitive piano skills to Cal Tjader's Latin Jazz band after a stint with the great Woody Herman. Guaraldi's keyboard style mixed the beauty of Bill Evans' melodic explorations with Horace Silver or Ramsey Lewis' crowd pleasing funkiness. He formed his own trio and had a Top-40 hit with "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in 1963. His sublime work on the Peanuts television specials got no finer than on A Charlie Brown Christmas, which brings a touch of bittersweet tenderness to holiday cheer. Though he died young at the age of forty-seven in 1976, Guaraldi had already made his musical mark. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21655263&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks/Musicals Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:37:51 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.21655263 art.21655263 Amanda Seyfried art.21655263 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21655263&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21655263&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67284&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Teen Beat Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:29:28 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.67284 art.67284 The Cheetah Girls art.67284 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67284&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67284&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss other phenomenally successful movie-musical/cross-marketing cash cow, the Cheetah Girls have evolved from their humble -- OK, totally auspicious -- beginnings as the protagonists of a best-selling series of young-adult books about an all-girl pop band. In 2003, the Disney Channel made the very wise decision to turn the stories of Galleria, Chanel, Aquanetta and Dorinda into a made-for-TV movie starring tween princesses Raven-Symone, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan. Two more films (with a fourth promised in 2010), their incredibly lucrative soundtracks and a Christmas album followed. In 2006, the Cheetah Girls (sans Raven-Symone) went live, for real this time, becoming an actual touring act (opening for Vanessa Hudgens). In 2007, the trio released TCG, their first non-soundtrack, non-holiday studio album. - Rachel Devitt]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6658212&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Film Scores Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:39:48 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6658212 art.6658212 Joe Hisaishi art.6658212 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6658212&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6658212&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6742&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Non-Orchestral Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:27 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6742 art.6742 Mark Isham art.6742 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6742&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6742&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss and a first rate tunesmith (a rare combination -- refer to Gerry Mulligan and Horace Silver). During live performances, his tunes often depart wildly from their recorded versions, yet he never loses his West Coast cool. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10192&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:31:12 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.10192 art.10192 Alan Menken art.10192 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10192&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10192&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1190&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Teen Idols Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:16:19 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1190 art.1190 The Partridge Family art.1190 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1190&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1190&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20108112&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks/Musicals Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:09:33 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.20108112 art.20108112 Soundtrack & Theme Orchestra art.20108112 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20108112&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20108112&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5277&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Leftfield/IDM Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:32:54 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5277 art.5277 Amon Tobin art.5277 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5277&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5277&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13412515&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:41:16 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.13412515 art.13412515 Jon McLaughlin art.13412515 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13412515&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13412515&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Scrubs that broke open a career for the piano-playing songwriter. McLaughlin's work as a soundtrack artist continued to define him with subsequent placements in a string of films in the late 2000s, including "So Close," which was in Disney's live-action family movie Enchanted and got an Oscar nomination. His first major-label LP, OK Now, followed in 2008, a set of streamlined, piano-driven, soul-inflected pop. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9562&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:10:42 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9562 art.9562 John Kander and Fred Ebb art.9562 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9562&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9562&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Cabaret and Chicago. For Martin Scorsese, they penned "New York, New York," which has become the official theme song - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37403&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Americana Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:14:29 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.37403 art.37403 Soggy Bottom Boys art.37403 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37403&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37403&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss O Brother Where Art Thou?. Includes a bevy of Bluegrass talent, including singer Dan Tyminski, fiddler Stuart Duncan and Dobro player Jerry Douglas. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9326234&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:25 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9326234 art.9326234 Bruno Coulais art.9326234 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9326234&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9326234&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3246&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:08:23 -0700 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3246 art.3246 Charles Strouse art.3246 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3246&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3246&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Annie soundtrack, which is one of a only handful of musical soundtracks to go gold. He's won Tony awards for the music in Annie, Bye Bye Birdie and Applause, and left an indelible mark on American popular culture. He also co-wrote the theme song "Those Were the Days" for the '70s sitcom All in the Family. - Sarah Bardeen]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67181&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:10 -0800 Top Soundtracks/Musicals Artists on Rhapsody Online art.67181 art.67181 Klaus Badelt art.67181 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67181&variant=play&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67181&variant=data&rws=%2Fsoundtracks-musicals%2Fartist-chart.rss