American Psycho sheet music available

[tazber]

Posted: 7/8/16 at 6:15pm

For those interested:

 

Link

[fbueller]

Posted: 7/8/16 at 11:23pm

Looks like Duncan Sheik is 'Selling Out'!  LOL

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 7/9/16 at 12:27am

"Uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh

I want it aaaaaaall"

I guess the rumours of a OBC are all completely gone

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/9/16 at 12:32am

I don't think there's any chance of it happening, Mr. Nowack. That's why I made my own using the recordings that are out there.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 7/9/16 at 12:42am

Perhaps i should follow suit...

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 7/9/16 at 8:03am

I wouldn't be too sure about some kind of cast recording not happening

[jbird5]

Posted: 7/9/16 at 10:59am

https://54below.com/events/american-psycho-sings-duncan-sheik/

[maxkko]

Posted: 7/9/16 at 11:13am

songanddanceman2 said: "I wouldn't be too sure about some kind of cast recording not happening

 

"

Don't play with me like that.

 

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 7/10/16 at 7:12pm

I know!  I would love to see this make it to a cast recording.  

It feels like the musical has sort of sailed into the sunset though.  

A number of the cast members have moved on (outside of the 54 concert).  

And considering the cost of putting the musical into a recording is costly, do they have the resources to even do it?  And is there enough of an audience to make it worthwhile in the end?

Maybe the 54 concert is a good sign?  Maybe it will get a spark going again?

One can dream.

 

maxkko said: "songanddanceman2 said: "I wouldn't be too sure about some kind of cast recording not happening

 

"

Don't play with me like that.

 

 

"

 

[gypsy101]

Posted: 7/10/16 at 7:51pm

they could record a live album at 54 Below.

[binau]

Posted: 7/11/16 at 5:51am

So I'm only a casual/hobby pianist and often 'do what I'm told' when it comes to reading sheet music, but I can't help but look at the sheet music for "A Girl Before" and wonder why such a simple song has been arranged in such an obscure and relatively difficult key when if it were transposed just a semi-tone higher it would be in the easiest key to play. Did Duncan Sheik really think of all keys that one was the necessary one to have the highest artistic impact? Is it in a key that happened to sit well with the person who originally sung it? More cynically, it makes me wonder about that old joke people used to say about ALW: that he wrote in C Major and transposed to another key to make his work seem 'more complex'.

Can anyone with more insider experience with the creative process comment on this decision making?

Updated On: 7/11/16 at 05:51 AM

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 7/11/16 at 7:53am

Sooooo I've spent the last four months thinking the lyric to You Are What You Wear is "I want blackened chard" and now it turns out it's shark?!

 

Who knew?

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/11/16 at 9:30am

songanddanceman2 said: "I wouldn't be too sure about some kind of cast recording not happening "

 

Who do I give money to?

 

[darquegk]

Posted: 7/11/16 at 9:40am

I think composers (except those formalists who believe specific keys have specific connotations inherently, and not merely "within a piece" typically compose in one of their pet keys and then transpose, simply because it's easier on them. I write in C and then transpose, figure out key changes and modulations, etc. Irving Berlin preferred black key-based keys for his initial composition, for reasons I do not understand.

Elton John did a Town Hall on Sirius, where he talked about his divide between piano-based songs he wrote when his primary collaborator/interpreter was Paul Buckmaster the orchestrator, and guitar-based songs he wrote when his major partner was guitarist Davey Johnstone. The keys he wrote in, even initially, changed when he reconsidered which instrument his music would be based in at that time.

[nolanativeny]

Posted: 7/11/16 at 9:50am

Certain keys have certain "flavors". Gb has a kind of mellow darkness to it that perhaps Sheik wanted to come across. Plain G is a bit too bright for this song, IMO. 

Updated On: 7/11/16 at 09:50 AM

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/11/16 at 2:44pm

aasjb4ever said: "Sooooo I've spent the last four months thinking the lyric to You Are What You Wear is "I want blackened chard" and now it turns out it's shark?!

 

Who knew?"

 

I thought it was chard too, if that makes you feel any better.

 

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 7/11/16 at 3:12pm

Add me to the blackened chard party.

[TheOldRedHillsOfHome]

Posted: 7/11/16 at 3:29pm

I thought it was "black and charred mahi-mahi"... ¯\_(?)_/¯

[Rockyfan2000]

Posted: 7/11/16 at 5:28pm

According to the booklet from the London Cast recording it's:

"I want blackened char, mani mahi"

 

[groucho797]

Posted: 7/12/16 at 9:50pm

tazber said: "For those interested:"

I'm naming my next child after you. Thank you!!!!!

[gleek4114]

Posted: 7/22/16 at 3:14pm

This seems to be the last place a cast album was discussed, so I thought I'd post it here. According to Alice Ripley via the newest Theater People podcast, there will NOT be a Broadway Cast Recording. I suppose things can always change, but she sounded very definite in her conformation. Such a bummer. Such a shame. 

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 7/23/16 at 11:56am

It's truly sad Ben Walkers performance won't be immortalized. He crushes those vocals in a way that Dr Who guy can't touch. He is the definitive Bateman and I still believe he was ROBBED, yes robbed of a Tony nomination. He gave 125% every night. Watch I Am Back on YouTube if you need proof. 

[gleek4114]

Posted: 7/23/16 at 3:46pm

Bettyboy72 said: "It's truly sad Ben Walkers performance won't be immortalized. He crushes those vocals in a way that Dr Who guy can't touch. He is the definitive Bateman and I still believe he was ROBBED, yes robbed of a Tony nomination. He gave 125% every night. Watch I Am Back on YouTube if you need proof. 

 

"

I agree wholeheartedly. This was one of my favorite shows of the season, and to not have a recording with this cast is just so sad. At least we have "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" on the London album (sang by Jennifer), and there is a ripped version of Ben's "Selling Out" from the music video that was released around the time previews started. Other than those, naughty audios will have to do. On top of not having Ben's performance preserved, I am truly deviated that Helene York's hilarious portrayal of Evelyn will be lost as well. Her "Patrickkkkkk" line reading still kills me.

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 11:37pm

I agree.  What a great show and a mesmerizing experience.

For those who saw it, I have a choreography question.  In the number, "You Are What You Wear," after Evelyn and Courtney commiserate about how there's nothing "ironic" about their "love of Manolo Blahnik," the ladies go into these momentary gyrations and almost hyperventilation-style motions. 

Is there anything significant about that?  

I know, not a very deep question, but I was just curious why they all go into those exaggerated motions. Thx.

[groucho797]

Posted: 7/28/16 at 12:46am

I just saw it as them getting their late-'80s freaks on. That song had the sexiest and most fun choreography in the show.