Something's Coming

Repeating ❌/riffs in lots of parts – e.g. opening 3 crotchets in bass part and an accented ❌ pattern (bar )
❌ between some parts
Uses ❌ motif – e.g. on ‘soon as it shows’
Appoggiaturas – accented dissonances
Accompanying ❌ are ‘unifying force’ in piece.
Combination of short snappy phrases and long sustained notes
Melody is mostly ❌

Opening time signature is ❌ – but sometimes ❌ make it feel like ❌. Later changes to ❌ – regularly swapping between the two
Syncopated/pushed entries such as ‘could be’ give a sense of anticipation
Fast song – crotchet = ❌
Feel of ❌ in a bar
See also Ostinato ideas above
Triplets – e.g. bar 76
Rhythms give a ❌ dance feel
Cross rhythms can be heard in the accompaniment at the start.

Nearly all ❌ dominated ❌ – no counterpoint to distract from the vocal line.
That said, the ❌ is made from lots of ‘❌’ (ostinati/riffs)

Tonality

Clearly ❌, despite ❌
❌ major – reflects the ❌
Modulates to ❌ major in bar 31 – (although with ❌s in bass creates a ❌ effect – or they could be considered ❌ notes) – this is a distant key
Bar 70 back to D ❌
Back to ❌ major in 97-98
Does finish on a ❌ – could be regarded as a blue note - or a deliberate sense of ❌

Harmony

Uses ❌ – e.g. in opening chord – makes music sound unpredictable
❌ based harmony (conventional chords have added ❌ and ❌) – e.g. in bar 1 and 2
Frequent ❌ chords
Neapolitan 6th chord – bar 90
❌ cadence in 97-98

Structure

Early in show (❌ number) – solo for ❌ – he’s imagining a better future for himself.

Solo/Aria

❌
❌
❌
❌
❌
❌

Instrumentation/Word setting/Timbre

❌ for Tony (Tenor) – sounds ❌ ❌ than written
Clnt and sax, ❌ horns, ❌ trmpts, 2 ❌, ❌ violins, 4 ❌, 2 double basses, drum kit + 2 other ❌, piano and guitar (electric and acoustic) – approx ❌ players.
Word setting is ❌
Accompaniment in bars 1 – 15 are ❌ (inc bass clnt) and pizz strings, supported by a busy ❌ part
❌ trumpets in 17 – 28
❌ added in 52 for louder section
In 2nd bridge, nigh violins illustrate the words ‘the air is ❌’ – with ❌ and harmonics.
❌ on drums, mutes for trumpets so not to overpower the singer
Tony has strongly contrasting ❌
❌ e.g. on ‘Cannon balling down through the sky’
Some sections require a very quiet ❌ tone.