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Inspirations

Theatre

I have around ~120 musicals in my spotify playlists, but here are some of my absolute favorites:

Inside
Hamilton
In The Heights
Something Rotten!
Six
Come From Away
Heathers
Be More Chill
Kinky Boots
Avenue Q
The Book of Mormon
Matilda
The Last Five Years
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Evita
Cats
Jesus Christ Superstar
RENT
tick, tick... BOOM!
Hair
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Marry Poppins
Prince of Egypt
Tarzan
Frozen
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
Company
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Little Mermaid
Little Shop of Horrors
Mass (Bernstein)
West Side Story
Guys and Dolls
Funny Girl
Steven Universe

Non-Theatre

Besides musical theatre, I also enjoy listening to a variety of other genres and mediums, from classical music to video game and film soundtracks to popular music. Here are some of my favorite artists and albums that are not musical theatre:

Jacob Collier
The Much Much How How and I
Infected Mushroom
Progressive / Nu Skool Rap
Miami Bass & Bounce
Golden Age Rap
Louie Zong
Fusion / Jazz Rock
ABBA
So There / Ben Folds
Emo Rock
The Smiths
One-Eyed Doll
Avril Lavigne
Epica
Nightwish
Glam / Hair / Shock Metal
Alice Cooper
Guns N' Roses
Power Metal
Progressive Metal
Progressive, Art & Symphonic Rock
Queen
Tommy / The Who
The Dark Side of the Moon / Pink Floyd
The Wall / Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
County Pop/Rock
The Beatles
J-Pop
Olivia Rodrigo
Anna Akana
Billie Eilish
Lilly Allen
Taylor Swift
Electropop
Kesha
Dance Pop
Bee Gees
Disco
Funk
Mother Earth's Plantasia
The War of The Worlds / J. Wayne
Downtempo Synth / Electronica
Muzak, Lounge & Space Age
Rock N' Roll!
Surf Rock
Cool & West Coast Jazz
Bebop Jazz
Bubblegum & Teenypop
Swing & Big Band
How I Met Your Mother
Phineas and Ferb
Undertale / T. Toby Fox
Celeste / L. Raine
Chiptune
Studio Ghibli / Joe Hisaishi
HUNTERxHUNTER
Amelie from Montmartre / Y. Tiersen
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Neverhood / T. S. Taylor
Up / M. Giacchino
Finding Nemo / T. Newman
Ice Age / D. Newman
How to Train Your Dragon / J. Powell
Hollow Knight / C. Larkin
Classic Video Games
Games of Thrones / R. Djwadi
Pirates of the Caribbean
Edward Scissorhands / D. Elfman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / D. Elfman
The Lord of the Rings / H. Shore
Harry Potter / J. Williams
Star Wars / J. Williams
George Gershwin
The Planets / G. Holst
Carmina Burana / C. Orff
I. Stravinsky
P.I. Tchaikovsky
F. Schubert
L.V. Beethoven
W.A. Mozart
The Four Seasons / Vivaldi