Best Disney Lyricist (Post Howard Ashman)?

[thedisneyspirit]

Some of it is okay, other times it kinda goes on the generic route. I guess his lyrics try to sound more "natural", as if it's actual dialogue, over a big prose/piece of majestic poetry like other lyricists, but the lyrics really fall in some parts ("island" riming twice in HFIG, and some parts in Shiny are a little bizarre- even though that one is probably my second favorite song of the film).

EDIT: His stuff in Hamilton is leagues better in comparison, even though I don't think it's as "rich" as the critics tout it to be. Maybe he was restrained by Disney to follow the formula?

[Farerb]

Stephen Schwartz and Tim Rice.

[PatchofBlue]

From this list, I'd say its a tight race between Lopez, Schwartz, and Rice.

But I'd honestly put Miranda ahead of them. I know he's not as popular on this board, but I've enjoyed his work in and out of Disney. His lowest point was probably Mufasa, but I can think of other Disney songbooks with much lower scores in my book.