music with HP connection

[allison_m_otto]

Sort of.

Hi, everyone, I've been on the main list and movie list for a while, 
and just found my way over here.

Anyway, I checked the archive and it doesn't look like anyone has 
posted this here before.  

I highly recommend - especially if you tend to like musicals or 
opera/etta - the soundtrack for the Broadway musical 'The Secret 
Garden,' which came out around 1991-2.  I'm sure most of you know the 
story, which sticks closely to the classic children's book.  I was 
listening to it this morning, and I was struck by how many of the 
songs made me think of HP - mostly because a number of the songs are 
about people pining for the dead aunt/mother (who appears as a ghost 
in the musical) and the rest are about helping a child overcome 
adversity.  It's a bit eerie, actually.

Plus, this really isn't just a "children's" musical - the music is 
beautiful and well-written, and some of my favorite Broadway 
actors/singers perform it.  

Even if it doesn't trigger your HP radar, the song "Lily's Eyes" is, 
IMO, one of the best songs written for a musical ever.  If it does 
trigger your radar - especially if you're of the Snape-was-in-love-
with-Lily or Remus-was-in-love-with-Lily persuasion - well, it gives 
me chills.  Despite the fact that the child they're singing about is 
a girl.

Anyway, especially in light of the renewed post-movie discussions of 
the importance of Harry having Lily's eyes, that song in particular 
reminded me that I should point you all toward this CD!

-Allison

The info:

The Secret Garden (1991 Original Broadway Cast)
Music by Lucy Simon, Marsha Norman
Starring Daisy Eagan, Mandy Patinkin, Rebecca Luker, Alison Fraser, 
John Cameron Mitchell, Robert Westenberg