"dark songs"

#1

"dark songs"

Posted: 10/14/06 at 12:43pm

Okay...I am definitely a Broadway person. I have a bright voice, and my voice teacher says dark songs compliment it well. I am thirteen years old and am going to go to a theater competition in March, so i have plenty of time. I need dark, obscure songs to work on. I am a soprano, and i do not NEED sad songs, just dark. i would also like a Broadway song that can be regarded as a rock/pop/disco or open song so i can enter in two categories. help!

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#2

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/14/06 at 1:11pm

Um. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from POTO. The tone is very dark. Wouldn't that be ok?

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#3

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/14/06 at 4:05pm

If there's an obscure show out there, it's certainly Phantom of the Opera...

Does this have to be age specific? And what kind of soprano are you? How High?

#4

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:41pm

An example of a good song for my range is Goodnight My Someone from Music Man. Unfortunately, wrong age and wrong style. POTO is a more commonly used than i need.

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#5

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:47pm

Moonfall from Edwin Drood

It's a little old for you, but most dark songs will be.

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#6

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:52pm

"A New Life" from Jekyll and Hyde? I don't know how dark it's considered, but it can be sung by a soprano.

#7

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:54pm

mo good deed from wicked, if you belt, because the belting it requires is rock kind of, or when i look at you from the scarlet pimpernel, because it has head/ chest voice and it builds

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#8

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:54pm

no good deed from wicked, if you belt, because the belting it requires is rock kind of, or when i look at you from the scarlet pimpernel, because it has head/ chest voice and it builds

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Updated On: 10/15/06 at 05:54 PM

#9

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:56pm

"A New Life" from Jekell and Hyde- AMAZING SONG


(I'm doing it for Thespian confrence this fall)

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#10

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:57pm

ah that's true, i take back what i said about no good deed, although that particular song isn't that commonly used

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#11

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 6:07pm

Not a Day Goes By would be beautiful

When I Look at You would be apropriate.

So In Love.

No Wicked
No Phantom
No Last Five Years
No Rent
No Les Miz
No Millie

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#12

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 6:07pm

A dark song? Why not try "I Wish I Could Forget You" from "Passion"

"Beautiful" from "Marie Christine" or "Adela" from "Bernarda Alba"

#13

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 6:09pm

Maybe Tom from Hello Again by Michael John. It is probably the wrong age bracket for you. Audra McDonald sings it on her Way Back To Paradise CD, it is a wonderful song.

#14

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 6:12pm

"A New Life" from Jekell and Hyde.
That is such a great song.

#15

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 7:07pm

2 things to keep in mind she's a soprano so things like a New Life are not appropriate and she's 13 sooooo I wish I could forget you isn't appropriate.


I would go with The Glamorous Life from Night music. It can be found in the Sondheim Film and Television book. It's soprano AND age appropriate. It also has a little bit of irony to it so while it's not slit-your-veins-open dark, it's not just a pretty song.

#16

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/15/06 at 7:18pm

I wouldn't call Aida unknown but maybe "Every Story is a love Store" (it's rock and an opening number) or "I Know the Truth"

#17

re: 'dark songs'

Posted: 10/16/06 at 10:08pm

If you can find music for it, "Lament" from Evita is a hauntingly beautiful song. The vocal line is simple yet gorgeous, and the accompaniment is equally beautiful. Only problem is that it is not included in the vocal selections book.