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‘I Had No Clue What I Was Doing’
How David Foster composed the complicated cartoon music for Boop! The Musical.
For decades, David Foster has been uniquely equipped to answer that question, thanks to his work with powerhouses such as Whitney Houston, Céline Dion, and Aretha Franklin. The Musical.To better understand his new “It” girl, Foster, working in tandem with lyricist Susan Birkenhead, spent hours watching the original Betty Boop cartoons from the 1930s. He also sought the guidance of a few Broadway bigwigs, who gave Foster the confidence to leave his self-proclaimed “schmaltzy” comfort zone behind and try his hand at more ambitious arrangements.
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