Sentences with phrase «contemporary pop songs»

The conceit for this musical, of course, is that all the songs are contemporary pop songs: The theme from The Sound Of Music, Queen's The Show Must Go On, The Police's Roxanne, and Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.

For every poignant moment, there is another pointless montage set to a contemporary pop song, or a dance - off, or some other silliness.

It was thrilling for them to discover the connections of a contemporary pop song and a poem written more than 500 years ago, with a message that all of them could understand: love makes people beautiful.

Not exact matches

In hindsight, the 1984 hit Footloose — starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Herbert Ross — along with its contemporary Flashdance, can be seen as the link between the old Hollywood model of a let's - put - on - a-show musical, based on original songs brought to life in elaborate choreographed numbers, and the later Hollywood model of youth films, perfected in the»80s by John Hughes and terminally calcified over the decades to follow, in which a contemporary pop music soundtrack serves as both a structural backbone to the film itself and an ancillary product that can outgross and outlive the film that spawned it.

The Dolby 5.1 soundtrack, which heavily samples unfamiliar contemporary pop (song list at bottom of review), may not have a tremendous presence, but it also doesn't disappoint.

The Greatest Showman, with a great boost from Oscar - winning La La Land lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, is a sensational celebration of a beloved movie staple with new twists and a massive song score that bridges contemporary pop with Broadway.

His work takes inspiration from song lyrics and the pop culture that surrounds contemporary music and art rock.

Not without a touch of irony, the title alludes to the famous pop song by the British group Queen and underscores how very important performativity is in contemporary art.

Surrealism and «l'amour fou», from André Breton to Henrik Olesen 1920s to now Love is so often linked to popular culture, from cinema and television to media or pop songs, but it has always been inherent to modern and contemporary art.

Double Fly Art Center's video, Contemporary Business (2010), is a tongue - in - cheek parody of a hit Mandarin pop song, Love Business (Ai Qing Mai Mai).

The a cappella music group from Harvard University will perform contemporary pop hits as well as jazz, country, and indie / rock alternative songs.