Somebody far more clever than I can supply the song suggestions for:
**Pulp Fiction
Psycho
Escape From New York
Dirty Harry
True Grit**
Sir Rhosis
And don’t forget “Funny (Queer, not Ha Ha)”
Curses—beat me to the punch!
Anyway…how 'bout the original Godzilla, as an incredibly depressing opera? A few versions of the sad children’s chorus from the film, a few remixes of the classic Godzilla themes with brass and/or Gregorian chant style…maybe try to do something “artsy” for the depiction of Godzilla himself, like only showing the effects of his attacks, or a shadow-puppet sillouette, or you hear his roar (or a musical rendition of it) in the distance. This would be both to be pretentious and show off, but more importantly, to avoid having to hire David Prowse to put on a rubber suit and smash through a model railroad set in the middle of an Aria.
Okay, maybe that last part would be a LITTLE cool…
A musical based on King Kong might be interesting. There was actually a direct-to-video animated movie called The Mighty Kong which was a very faithful adaptation of the film featuring catchy Broadway-style showtunes composed by Walt Disney’s favorite composers, Richard and Robert Sherman. Although I’m sure you could go a different route. For some reason, I’m seeing a campy, Little Shop of Horrors-style take on it. Featuring the hit songs Women Are A Nuisance, Have You Ever Heard of Kong?, The Eighth Wonder of the World, and the show-stopping finale 'Twas Beauty Killed The Beast!
*Get on that plane
You must keep him sane
He needs you, the resistance needs him.
Where I must go
You cannot know.
Please hurry, the hour grows dim!
Shake off the fetters
And please take the letters
Don’t cry, or I will be embarrassed!
Our problems, they seem
Like a big hill of beans
Remember, we’ll always have Paris…*
They’ll be humming it on the ride home.
You could always give the song to Ron and have it be about Hermione, which would fit with the condensing necessary in making thousands of pages into one musical. (One of my best friends and I actually tried to figure out if all of Harry Potter could be condensed into one Les Mis-length musical- it didn’t work.)
(Also, I can’t tell what the Thestral Gavotte is a reference to- care to enlighten me?)
Follow that Bird, the awesome Sesame Street movie, should be made into a Broadway musical or more likely a touring show. But all the little kids would hate it because there is no Elmo in the movie, except waving out the window near the end. That I’m fine with keeping- the low levels of Snuffy, though, I’d want fixed, because he was my favorite. (The film was made right before Snuffy became “real.”)
I find this oddly compelling. 
What tune had you envisioned this being sung to, so I can hum it properly?
I was thinking Scarface, but all I get is Sweeney Todd songs. "Little Friend instead of “Old Friend,” for example. The opening could go like this:
Attend the tale of Tony Montana
He slung some coke and he went bananas
He came in the boatlift from Mariel
What happened before then he never would tell
I’d like to see a musical version of Death of a Salesman. The songs would include, “By God I Was Rich,” “A Shoeshine and a Smile,” “Whistling in the Elevator,” and a big production number at the end of Act I called “Hastings Refrigerator.”
The entire ouevre of David Lynch. Score and lyrics by Weird Al Yankovic.
Hmm…
Lord of the Flies: The Musical.
Marathon Man, including the musical smash hit, “Is It Safe?”
Children of a Lesser God, the musical?
And of course Boxing Helena.
-Can I play the piano anymore?
-Why, of course you can.
-Well, I couldn’t before.
Livin’ like a bug ain’t easy!
My old clothes don’t seem to fit me
I got little tiny bug feet
I don’t really know what bugs eat
Don’t want no one stepping on me
Now I’m sympathizing with fleas
Franz! Franz Kafka!
A warrior of words taking a stand!
My own suggestion:
A Clockwork Orange - it’s got some great music to work with already.
Something like
da-DA-da da-da
da-DA-da da-da
da-DA-da da-DA-da da-da-daaaa
Clearly, I need a Sullivan to my Gilbert.
Cool Hand Luke with it’s show stopping “Failure To Communicate.”
Midnight Cowboy featuring “Hey! I’m Walking Here!”
**Psycho **will leave audiences humming “A Boy, His Mom, … And a Knife”
He grew up very poor
He’s steel, it’s to the core
Born in 1883, died in 1924
He-is-Franz-Kaf-ka!
It starts out
When I was young
ein bad kleine kid,
Der Fuhrer noticed
funny things that I did…
…
WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE
Bathtime Duet
Gilbert: I thought you were gonna bathe yourself
that’s how it sounded
Arnie: Duh! I’m retarded bro,
and I coulda drownded!
Dinner with Mama
*Pass the ham
and the lamb
what’s that ma’am?
She wants the jam.
Try the chops
the taters are slop
Sister’s gonna mop
while I hang with pop… *
MIRACLE! (a musical version of The Miracle Worker)
HELEN (to the tune of STELLA from “Hey Streetcar!”)
Mother Keller: * Helen! Helen!
Don’t ya heah us yellin’?
If you do then you ain’t tellin’!
Say water I’d give you a whole melon!
HELEN!!! *
WATER
Annie (in drill sergeant cadence):
*Look out Helen here I come,
You’re blind and deaf but you ain’t dumb!
W, A, T, E, and R-
Say that word and you’ll go far!
Sound off! *
Helen: * [blank stare] *
Annie: * Sound off! *
Helen: * [blank stare] *
Annie (as cheerleader): * GIMME A WAH! *
Helen: * wwwwwaaaaaahhhhhh*
Annie: * GIMME A TER! *
Helen: * ttteeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrr*
Annie: * Whadda ya got? *
Helen: * Pakfa tok! *
ANNIE’S FLASHBACKS
Annie: * I was in the asylum with my brother…*
[offstage child’s voice]: * Annie… Annie….*
Annie: * Jimmy won’t ya hush! Be a good little fella! *
[offstage child’s voice]: * You were supposed to take care of me forever and forever! *
Annie: * Forgive me Jimmy! I had to go to school! *
[offstage voice- deeper]: * There is no Jimmy… only Zule….*
SHOWDOWN
Cap’n Keller: * Miss Sullivan you’re fired! *
Annie: * Like hell! I quit! *
Cap’n Keller: * Good! I’ve paid good money
And the gal ain’t said shit! *
Annie: * Teach her yourself
I’m not in the mood
Please pass me more
Of her “fav’rite foods!” *
Wah-Wah (to the tune of The Lee’s of Old Virginia
Everybody: * Cause it is H20, the one word you know
And it’s a word that’s gonna go with a lotta things! *
Maid: * There’s Holy-*
Helen: * Wah-Wah*
Jimmy: * Rain-*
Helen: * Wah-wah*
Mother Keller: * Senator Barry Gold-*
Helen: * Wah-wah*
Annie: * Bath-*
Helen: * Wah-wah*
Maid: * Cool-*
Helen: * Wah-wah*
Cap’n Keller: * New Dasani lemon flavored-*
Helen: * I just learned to talk and you’re wanting me to do product placement? Nah-ah! *
All: * It is H20, the one word she knows, and product placement blows, she knows lotsa things! *
Director’s Note: The program for this show will be a black field with a capital letter W in white and the words “The Wah-Wah” underneath.
There was actually a consp… thought of bringing The African Queen to the stage at one time, incidentally. I think with some Tommy Tune choreography for the leech’s dance, Nathan Lane as Charlie and Marin Mazzie as Rose (who enters by singing My Missionary Position with her brother [also played by Nathan Lane]) it could work, maybe with Little Richard as the chief of a tribe they encounter with a showstopping number claiming dreadnaught technology was copied from him.
Of course there was a pilot in the 70s to make it a series (based on the stunning success of Yul Brynner’s King & I sitcom), but without Nathan Lane it never stood a chance.
And I saw it last night and was blown away - the cast was incredible, and the staging was over the top, including some things that had me scratching my head going 'how the hell did they DO that (and I WORK in technical theatre). And Mel was there for curtain calls, and actually said a few words to the crowd. Of course, they threw in a few local jokes, such as an addendum to the “brandy? Warm milk? Ovaltine?” schtick…
Venti Soy Cafe Macchiato?
I am so glad to hear that! Was it the same cast as I’ve read (the guy from VAN HELSING as the Monster, Andrea Martin as Frau Blucher thunder, whinnies, and Megan Mullahy as Elizabeth)?