soundtrack – Page 28

Pat Metheny | A Map of the World

Like much of his work, guitarist / composer Pat Metheny‘s 1999 soundtrack release for the film Map of the World features quickly shifting, sometimes nearly constant key-of-the-moment passages. The track features two main sections, each played twice. Section 1 (0:00 and 2:30) pivots between G major and E minor (among others), while section 2 (1:13 and 3:41) is loosely built around A major. At 5:12, there’s a brief return to section 1’s tonality for the outro.

Bring Me to Light (from “Violet”)

“Bring Me To Light” from Jeanine Tesori‘s musical Violet (2015) is filled with some amazing key changes, outlined below:

Starts in A Major
to G Major (0:43)
to E Major (1:02)
to Gb Major (1:33)
to G Major (2:04)
to C Major (subtly) (2:20)
to Eb Major to the end (2:39)

Hear My Song (from “Songs for a New World”)

Closing out the week with the finale from Songs For A New World – The Musical (1995) by Jason Robert Brown, “Hear My Song.” Key changes at 4:16 and 4:38. Enjoy!

Opening Sequence (from “Songs From a New World”)

Here’s the opening number from Songs For a New World by Jason Robert Brown. From The Guide to Musical Theatre‘s synopsis: “The theme is the moment of decision, the point at which you transition from the old to the new. The change may be geographical, emotional, professional or marital but things are different than they were before. The result is neither musical play nor revue; it is closer to a theatrical song cycle, a very theatrical song cycle.”

There are modulations at 2:20, 3:45, 4:12, and 4:39.

Audra McDonald | When Did I Fall in Love (from “Fiorello”)

Audra McDonald singing “When Did I Fall In Love” from the Bock and Harnick musical Fiorello (1959). Key change before the final chorus at 2:43. Enjoy!

Olivia Newton-John | Hopelessly Devoted to You (from “Grease”)

Released 40 years ago this week, 1978’s top-grossing movie, Grease, featured “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” a hit single by Olivia Newton-John. Modulations between each verse and chorus: 1:11, 1:47, and 2:19.

Jonathan Read Gealt (feat. Natalie Weiss) | Quiet

Here is Jonathan Reid Gealt‘s “Quiet” (2011), sung by the incomparable Natalie Weiss. Key change from E to G at 1:24, and then back to E at 2:00.

Sing For Your Supper (from “The Boys From Syracuse”)

Kickin’ it back to the 1930s today, with “Sing For Your Supper” from the Rodgers & Hart show The Boys From Syracuse (1938). Modulations at 1:32 and 2:28.