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How much caffeine went into Time is of the Essence? Also, how's the pace when working on projects like Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure compared to Galavant?

So much caffeine! Not just for that song, but in general. If I accidentally cut myself shaving, coffee grounds come out.

How does the Disney songwriting experience differ from writing for stage musicals or other production companies? Or say, compared with Galavant?

As you can see from some of the other answers I've been giving, the main difference is a) just how collaborative the process is for animation - for stage musicals, the songwriters are for the most part calling the shots, in film, we're just one cog in the machine, and... b) just how long and arduous the process is, as opposed to television, which is super-fast. For "Galavant", we had to write 35 songs in 2 months...and then again for season 2 That's practically a song every other day...so, no time for even a second draft, let alone 20.

That is impressive, especially because each Galavant song turned out to be a little jewel! Some of them are still my favourite earworms, and listening to them always makes me feel better whenever I'm anxious or stressed out. So, thank you very much for all this!

We were operating on pure adrenaline. The deadlines were so tight - but sometimes those restrictions give you the push you need...

We had to get King Richard's Season 1 final ballad out the door at 1 pm on a Friday, and at noon I still didn't have anything because I couldn't figure out how to make it funny. As the clock kept ticking, Alan finally said, "don't make its funny, just write a simple lullaby"...

Something clicked, and twenty minutes later I handed Alan the lyric for "Goodnight My Friend". We got the demo in just under deadline. Still not quite sure where it came from - but somehow, despite operating in a blind frenzy, every word feels right.

They wrote "Goodnight, My Friend" in less than an hour... I think I need a lie-down. (And then Timothy Omundson sent it into the stratosphere.)

Well...its a bit of a fudge. The melody already existed. In fact, we had used it for a comedy song between Galavant and Sid in Ep 3! Which we cut. When we needed the lullaby, Alan went back to the melody...which I my mind was an mid-tempo comedy duet! But he was convinced that it would work better as a ballad. Moral of the story: ignore Alan Menken's musical instincts at your own peril! He's almost always right!

So what are the chances & how soon could we expect Galavant the broadway musical, cuz that seems like a has-to-be. I'd love a revival of the series too, cuz it is a beautiful, wondrous event that we need more of.

We all talk about it, all the time! The bottleneck is on the Disney end - we can't do it without them, and...apparently it's not a huge priority for them at the moment. We can't even get it onto Disney+, let alone Broadway!

Alan Menken wrote:I was talking to Dan Fogelman about maybe doing a continuation of [Galavant].

Sotiris wrote:Maybe now that This Is Us is ending, it can actually happen.

Alan Menken wrote:I was talking to Dan Fogelman about maybe doing a continuation of [Galavant].

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqerkG3fNqo

blackcauldron85 wrote:That's interesting; "The Mysterious Benedict Society" is a Disney+ show in the US.