In 2015, Billboard spoke with StephenSondheim about Lady Gaga, Radiohead, Disney, the revolutionary quality of 'Hamilton' and the art of making art
Oh, yeah, very much. Because, see, most pop music’s not about harmony, and for me all music is about harmony. Pop music is primarily about rhythm and sound, the combination. But if you listen to [Radiohead composer] Jonny Greenwood, it’s about the music as a whole. It isn’t “Oh, what a great tune” or “That’s a great rhythmic idea.”Was theater once more linked to pop culture?
Fans seem to react to you like you’re a singer-songwriter. They hear something personal in your music and recognize themselves in it. Yes, yes. But you don’t get a lot of those because, first of all, producers don’t take chances on new stuff. Most new stuff is new but not as skilled aswas the perfect example of a guy with one foot in the past, one foot in the present and a third foot in the future, but it’s mostly in the present. In other words, they’re not just into their own stylizing. And therefore they can write a good, fresh musical.
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