Horror/Sci Fi/Generally Dark Musicals?

[missthemountains]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 4:53pm

Hi guys, for my theatre company in the fall we want to put together a cabaret of songs from musicals in this genre. We put together a list, but please tell us if we're missing any:

Sweeney Todd
Carrie
Edgar Allen Poe's Nevermore*
Lestat
Dracula
Jekyll And Hyde
Shock Treatment*
Repo! The Genetic Opera*
Tanz Der Vampire*
Thrill Me
Zombies From The Beyond
Blood Brothers
The Witches Of Eastwick*
Shockhanded Peter*
Zombie Prom
Revenge Of The Old Queen*
Human Centipede: The Musical*
Jonestown: The Musical*
Great Killer Shark*
Texas Chainsaw Musical*
Silence! The Musical*
Evil Dead
Casper*
Little Shop of Horrors
Bunkerville: The Musical*
Creature From The Black Lagoon*
Toxic Avenger*
Starmites
Bat Boy
Escape From Pterodactyl Island*
Voyage Of The Rock Aliens*
The Fly*

Any one indicated with an astrix we're having trouble finding sheet music for. If you could also help us out there that'd be great, thanks.


Updated On: 4/30/12 at 04:53 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 4:55pm

How about Metropolis?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 4:57pm

The Last Starfighter
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Via Galactica

[Playbilly]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 4:58pm

You including movies?

Phantom of the Paradise!

[Wynbish]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 5:07pm

Urinetown. Kinda.

[bdn223]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 5:08pm

If you want a dark show, but don't mind it having no Horror/Sci Fi elements, there is always Next to Normal, there is no way someone can argue that show isn't dark.

[twinbelters]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 5:08pm

The Apple
Buffy's "Once More With Feeling"
Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog

[JMPlayer6]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 5:33pm

Twenty or so years ago, I saw an SF/rock musical in London called "Time". Add that to the list.

[ObiHave]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 5:39pm

There's a Lizzie Borden musical and several Jack the Ripper musicals.

[PattiLover]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 5:54pm

If you don't include "Pirate Jenny" from Threepenny Opera, then don't bother doing the cabaret at all.

[Owen22]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 6:49pm

Michael John LaChiusa's "Buzzsaw Berkeley"

Alan Menken's "Weird Romance"

"No Way to Treat a Lady"





Updated On: 4/30/12 at 06:49 PM

[Wynbish]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 6:59pm

If you include movies, then definitely Repo! The Genetic Opera

[Proper Villain]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 7:08pm

ShockHEADED Peter. Would "Poseiden!" count? Also, "The Hunting of the Snark"?

[helloiamgarrett]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 7:14pm

Well, there's Grail: The Rock Musical of The Future. They have a website where you can buy the album and sheet music. It's a strange one, though...

[Xman8]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 10:05pm

Time is amazing!

[ggersten]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 10:35pm

Starship by Starkid (filmed in Chicago) - probably the song "I want to be a Starship Ranger" I think the music is on their website.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 4/30/12 at 11:09pm

I don't think you're going to find sheet music for Shockheaded Peter. You might be able to find chords or tabs on a Tiger Lillies fan page. There are transcriptions floating around for a few Repo! songs.

You can get selections from The Toxic Avenger at digital sheet music stores. Search Joe DiPietro.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 5/1/12 at 12:14am

The Woman in White

[missthemountains]

Posted: 5/1/12 at 2:14pm

Does anyone know anything more about Great Killer Shark? I know it premiered at the Fringe a few years ago and the demos on its MySpace page are really funny, but I can't seem to find any contact information for Sam Sutherland, the composer.

[dreaming]

Posted: 5/1/12 at 2:16pm

Would Rocky Horror Show be dark enough?

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 5/1/12 at 2:18pm

"Have I Got a Girl For You" Take off on Bride of Frankenstein.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/1/12 at 3:14pm

There's always PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE.

[Nickhutson]

Posted: 5/1/12 at 5:30pm

Young Frankenstein
Ghost
Phantom of the Opera

[libradude2]

Posted: 5/9/12 at 12:43pm

I've directed a similarly themed cabaret for the past two years around Halloween. Search 'Millikin Halloween Cabaret' on YouTube for some videos from the performances. Here are some other possibilities:

FULL 'DARK' SHOWS:
The Craft: The Musical (Jones, we've been in contact)
Dracula (Wildhorn)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Wildhorn)
Frankenstein (Baron)
A Tale of Two Cities (Santoriello)
REEFER MADNESS (Studney)
Zombie Prom (Rowe)
Zombies From the Beyond (Valcq)
Addams Family (Lippa)
Clue: The Musical (Blum, Barker, Martucci)
Halloween: The Musical (DeHaas)
Teen Witch: The Musical (Elliot)
Nightmare Before Christmas (Elfman)
Ruthless! (Laird)
SCREAM: The Musical (Snow) *Not a full show, search YouTube
Halloween Hullabaloo (Winegardner)
Buffy: Once More With Feeling (Whedon)
Jerry Springer - The Opera (Thomas/Lee)
Autmn Moon (Velarde)
Mythos: The Crimson Chorus (Velarde)

INDIVIDUAL SONGS:
"Die Vampire Die" from [title of show] (Bowen)
"Spooky Mormon Hell Dream" from Book of Mormon (Lopez, etc)
"I Put A Spell On You" from Hocus Pocus (Disney)

Like you said, it's very difficult to find sheet music for some of these unfortunately. You might try contacting the show's writers and requesting to use a song or two- I've had OK luck doing this sometimes.


Updated On: 5/9/12 at 12:43 PM