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What genre is the music from Sweeney Todd?

ANd what is the instrumentation?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It would be tenchnicly be claasified as Broadway, but a more specific description is Sondheim (he wrote the music and lyrics for the show) since his music is very unique and you're usually able to tell what he's written by listening.

    Source(s): Loves Broadway and know my Sondheim shows
  • 1 decade ago

    Musical theater

    Sweeney Todd was originally a Broadway Musical so even though the movie sounds evil and some people think that the music is Gothic it is still classified as a musical. if you listen to the Broadway musical soundtrack it is the same story and lyrics but with different characters

  • 1 decade ago

    Gothic/ horror

    Orchestra

  • 1 decade ago

    It can also be considered a musical opera, depending on how it is performed. Sondheim considered it a "black operetta."

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  • 1 decade ago

    probably under soundtrack or broadway or something. but all i have to say is I LOVE SWEENEY TODD!!!!!! i was in it this spring and it was AMAZING!!!!!!

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    1 decade ago

    Sondheim is his own genre :)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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