Licensing Company: TRW
Ghost (School Edition)
“Ghost the Musical,” an adaptation from the hit film written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin, follows a young couple, Sam and Molly, whose future takes an uncertain turn after Sam’s untimely death. Trapped between two worlds, Sam refuses to leave Molly when he learns she is in danger. Desperate to communicate with her, he turns to a storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, who helps him protect Molly and avenge his death.
Ghost (School Edition)
PROGRAMMED INSTRUMENTS
Keyboard 1
Keyboard 2
$275.00
“Ghost the Musical,” an adaptation from the hit film written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin, follows a young couple, Sam and Molly, whose future takes an uncertain turn after Sam’s untimely death. Trapped between two worlds, Sam refuses to leave Molly when he learns she is in danger. Desperate to communicate with her, he turns to a storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, who helps him protect Molly and avenge his death.
PROGRAMMING NOTES
This licensed version of the orchestration is based on an amalgamation of the 2011 West End Production, the 2012 Original Broadway Production, and the National Tour. There is no difference in the musical score for the school version or the original.
This show is orchestrated to be stick conducted from the podium with 2 separate keyboard books, both with programming.
ORIGINAL MUSIC TEAM
Book by: Bruce Joel Rubin
Music by: Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard
Lyrics by: Bruce Joel Rubin, Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard
Musical Director: David Holcenberg
Music arranged by: Christopher Nightingale
Music orchestrated by: Christopher Nightingale
Based on the Paramount Pictures film written by: Bruce Joel Rubin
“Unchained Melody” written by: Hy Zaret and Alex North
Musical Supervisor: Christopher Nightingale
Original 2012 Broadway Orchestra
Conducted by: David Holcenberg
Associate Conductor: Andy Grobengieser
Keyboard 1: Deborah Abramson
Keyboard 2: Andy Grobengieser
Guitars: Eric B. Davis and JJ McGeehan
Bass: Randy Landau
Drums: Howard Joines
Trumpet: John Reid
Trombone: Bruce Eidem
Woodwinds: Hideaki Aomori
Horn: Zohar Schondorf
Concert Master: Elizabeth Lim-Dutton
Violins: Cenovia Cummins, Jim Tsao and Robin Zeh
Violin/Viola: Jonathan Dinklage and Hiroko Taguchi
Cello: Jeanne LeBlanc
Music Copying: Emily Grishman Music Preparation/Emily Grishman, Katharine Edmonds
Musical Coordinator: Howard Joines
SHOW DESCRIPTION
GHOST THE MUSICAL School Edition is a slightly reworked version of the National Tour script. The School Edition has been carefully edited, with additional director’s notes throughout, to make the show more producible for high school groups. In some cases problematic language has been changed, while in others an alternate choice is offered at the discretion of the director.
Adapted from the hit film by its Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Bruce Joel Rubin, GHOST THE MUSICAL follows Sam and Molly, a young couple whose connection takes a shocking turn after Sam’s untimely death. The bond of love transcends the boundaries of life itself to grow stronger and more fully realized. Trapped between two worlds, Sam refuses to leave Molly when he learns she is in grave danger. Desperate to communicate with her, he turns to a storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, who helps him protect Molly and avenge his death. GHOST THE MUSICAL is a poignant romance that builds comedy, suspense, and deeply felt emotion to an ethereal climax that audiences will never forget.