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Stephen Sondheim sat down for an interview to discuss the forthcoming film version of his musical masterpiece Sweeney Todd. Over the next few days, leading up to the December 18 release of the film's soundtrack, the Nonesuch Journal will bring you exclusive video footage of the composer's candid take on Tim Burton's adaptation of his beloved work. In this first segment, Sondheim comments on the ins and outs of putting this "slasher musical" on screen. "Unlike all other movies of stage musicals that I know," he says, "this really is an attempt to take the material of the stage musical and completely transform it into a movie."

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Stephen Sondheim recently sat down for an interview to discuss the forthcoming film version of his 1979 musical masterpiece, Sweeney Todd. Over the next few days, leading up to the December 18 Nonesuch Records release of the film's soundtrack, the Nonesuch Journal will bring you exclusive video footage of the composer's candid take on Tim Burton's adaptation of his beloved (and very bloody) work.

In this first segment, Sondheim comments on the ins and outs of putting this "slasher musical" on screen. "Unlike all other movies of stage musicals that I know," he says, "this really is an attempt to take the material of the stage musical and completely transform it into a movie."


Stay tuned to the Nonesuch Journal in the coming days for exclusive clips from this interview with Stephen Sondheim.

You can also get a feel for the blood in the film's crimson-soaked opening credit sequence now playing at broadwayworld.com.

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Stephen Sondheim: "Sweeney Todd" film soundtrack [cover]
  • Tuesday, December 11, 2007
    Video: Sondheim Talks "Sweeney" in Nonesuch Journal Exclusive

    Stephen Sondheim recently sat down for an interview to discuss the forthcoming film version of his 1979 musical masterpiece, Sweeney Todd. Over the next few days, leading up to the December 18 Nonesuch Records release of the film's soundtrack, the Nonesuch Journal will bring you exclusive video footage of the composer's candid take on Tim Burton's adaptation of his beloved (and very bloody) work.

    In this first segment, Sondheim comments on the ins and outs of putting this "slasher musical" on screen. "Unlike all other movies of stage musicals that I know," he says, "this really is an attempt to take the material of the stage musical and completely transform it into a movie."


    Stay tuned to the Nonesuch Journal in the coming days for exclusive clips from this interview with Stephen Sondheim.

    You can also get a feel for the blood in the film's crimson-soaked opening credit sequence now playing at broadwayworld.com.

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