incidental music
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The show’s theme was a cocktail culture cover of “Crazy Train”; incidental music transitioning one scene to the next was intentionally reminiscent of 1950s sitcoms.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025
Franz Schubert, master melodist and progenitor of the song cycle, never wrote for the theater with success, producing scores for singspiels, operas and incidental music that collect dust on the shelf.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2022
The evening opened with “The Consecration of the House,” an overture Beethoven wholly revised in 1822 from incidental music originally composed a decade earlier for August von Kotzebue’s play, “The Ruins of Athens.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
Strachan wrote the quiz show's theme and dramatic incidental music with his father Keith.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2021
The composer has made his incidental music into a suite of four movements.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
