Tag: soundtrack

“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)

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!

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 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!

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.

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.

“Hosanna” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) won a 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. The modulation is at 2:20.

Featuring some contemporary Broadway today with “Soul of a Man” from Kinky Boots (2013). Key change around 2:18.

Here is Marian McPartland’s beautiful arrangement of Sondheim’s “Send In The Clowns” (1978), originally written for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music. There’s a dramatic key change at 3:13.