"dark songs"
"dark songs"
#0"dark songs"
Posted: 10/14/06 at 12:43pmOkay...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!
#1re: 'dark songs'
Posted: 10/14/06 at 1:11pmUm. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from POTO. The tone is very dark. Wouldn't that be ok?
Jazzysuite82
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/6/05
#2re: '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?
#3re: '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.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#4re: '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.
#5re: '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.
#6re: 'dark songs'
Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:54pmmo 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
#7re: '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
#9re: '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)
#10re: 'dark songs'
Posted: 10/15/06 at 5:57pmah that's true, i take back what i said about no good deed, although that particular song isn't that commonly used
#11re: '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
Ciaron McCarthy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#12re: '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"
#13re: 'dark songs'
Posted: 10/15/06 at 6:09pmMaybe 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.
WiiCKED x3
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/06
#14re: 'dark songs'
Posted: 10/15/06 at 6:12pm
"A New Life" from Jekell and Hyde.
That is such a great song.
Jazzysuite82
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/6/05
#15re: '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.
#16re: 'dark songs'
Posted: 10/15/06 at 7:18pmI 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"
ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#17re: 'dark songs'
Posted: 10/16/06 at 10:08pmIf 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.
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