![]() ![]() I got lucky and composed it in maybe a day,” he said. ![]() ![]() Sometimes they take days and this one didn’t. “Once I found the text it was simple, really. “We chatted away and we talked about the Book of Solomon and I had an idea of using Psalm 98, the one that goes ‘ Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord, the King,’ because it has a message that’s highly appropriate.” He explained how he met with the King months ago to discuss options for the historic anthem. “In all honesty,” said Lloyd Webber, “the King said the music gave him goosebumps and tears.” Let’s say it made an impact on the King,” said Lloyd Webber who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1992 and ennobled as Lord Lloyd Webber five years later. ![]() There was “some evidence” of a “tear in the King’s eye” as he played Make A Joyful Noise on the piano. “I mean, he could have said that he hated it and I would have had to have started it all over again,” Lloyd Webber joked. The musical theatre giant was specially commissioned to compose the anthem for their majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Bad Cinderella' Announces Broadway Closing After Tony Nomination Shut-Out ![]()
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