Clay Herzberg

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

One-Eyed Doll

Glam / Hair / Shock Metal

Progressive, Art & Symphonic Rock

Queen

Tommy / The Who

The Dark Side of the Moon / Pink Floyd

The Wall / Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

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