Very often in Musical Theatre we know the shows, even the characters and the stars who perform the role. Who we don't always know are the Songwriters, those lyricists and composers who create their masterpieces and many times remain unknown to us all, even if their soaring melodies and memorable lyrics may be second nature to us. Over these pages we aim to shed a little light on those, without whom, there would be no melodies or words - The Songwriters.
[Pictured : Sir Tim Rice, Alan Menken, Frank Wildhorn, Howard Ashman, Stephen Schwartz]
Each of these songwriters have at least one audition song featured on The Accompanist albums as Piano Accompaniments
Adam Guettel
Adam Schlesinger
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (Adele)
Al Shuckburgh
Alain Boublil
Alan Menken
Alan Jay Lerner
Alicia Augello-Cook
Andrew Lippa
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Wyatt
Angele Hunte
Anthony Drewe
Ari Levine
Barry Mann
Benny Andersson
Bernie Taupin
Billie Joe
Bjorn Ulvaeus
Brian Lowdermilk
Brian May
Brian Yorkey
Burt Keys
Charles Hart
Charles Strouse
Christopher Hampton
Chuck Jackson
Claude Michel Schonberg
Cy Coleman
Cynthia Weil
Daniel Dodd Wilson
Dave Evans (The Edge)
David Bryan
David Javerbaum
David Lindsay-Abaire
David Shire
David Zippel
Don Black
Elton John
Emili Sandé
Eric Idle
Frank Wildhorn
E.Y.Harburg
Fred Ebb
Frederick Loewe
George Stiles
Glenn Slater
Green Day
Hans Zimmer
Herbert Kretzmer
Harold Arlen
Howard Ashman
Jack Feldman
Jack Murphy
James Horner
Jamie Houston
James Roberts
Janet Sewell
Jason Howland
Jay Rifkin
Jeanine Tesori
Jeff Marx
Jessi Alexander
Joe DiPietro
John Bucchino
John Caird
John Dempsey
John Du Prez
John Farrar
John Kander
John Williams
Jon Mabe
Jonathan Larson
Julie Taymor
Justin Vernon
Kait Kerrigan
Kerli Koiv
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Laurence O'Keefe
Lebo M
Lee Hall
Leonard Bernstein
Lesley Gore
Leslie Bricusse
Linda Perry
Lindy Robbins
Lionel Bart
Lucy Simon
Lynn Ahrens
Mark Mancina
Marsha Norman
Martin Charnin
Matthew Wilder
Michael Gore
Mike Scott
Mindi Dickstein
Nat Knighton
Nell Benjamin
Paul David Hewson (Bono)
Paul Gordon
Peter Gene Hernandez (Bruno Mars)
Peter Allen
Phil Collins
Philip Lawrence
Randy Newman
Richard Hughes
Richard Maltby Jr
Richard M. Sherman
Richard Stilgoe
Robert Lopez
Robert B. Sherman Rudy Perez
Rupert Holmes
Sara Bareilles
Sarah McLachlan
Shahid Khan
Shawn Carter
Stephen Clark
Stephen Flaherty
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Sondheim
Sylvia Robinson
Tim Minchin
Tim Rice
Tim Rice-Oxley
Toby Gad
Tom Chaplin
Tom Kitt
Vanessa Carlton
William Finn
