Description
Michael A. Grant is proud to present the complete, unabridged, unadulterated, unbelievable, undeniably unashamedly unsurpassable scores for It’s Not Really the Apocalypse, now in a handy downloadable PDF format!
These are the exact arrangements as used on the 2019 concept album, and as such feature pretty much every single note and nuance heard in those recordings (along with one or two that weren’t!). It is therefore fair to say that these represents the definitive scores for the original musical.
The music is written for 4 vocalists (2 female, 2 male) and 2 pianos (of unspecified gender). Chord symbols are provided in order to outline the underlying harmony and ease analysis. Note that these are intended as piano-conductor scores, and as such show all vocal parts and both piano parts (with Piano 2 on a small stave). If you require a different format, e.g. individual piano parts to ease performance, please get in touch and I would be happy to oblige.
| SONG | INSTRUMENTATION | |
| 1) | Overture | Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 2) | Let’s Go On a Four-Day Bender (In which our four protagonists, miserable at having lost their jobs, resolve to go on the night out to end all nights out.) |
Lizzie, Helen, Gary, Joe, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 3) | I Never Did Expect That It Would End Like This (In which our four protagonists, on discovering that the rest of humanity has been annihilated, discuss the various ways they had expected the world to end.) |
Lizzie, Helen, Gary, Joe, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 4) | These Four Walls (In which one of our protagonists, on visiting her family home, reminisces about the memories it evokes and comes to terms with its loss.) |
Helen, Pno.1 |
| 5) | The Planning Song (In which our four protagonists try to agree on a plan for how they should survive in their post-apocalyptic environment.) |
Lizzie, Helen, Gary, Joe, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 6) | The Lucky Ones (In which two of our protagonists discuss opposing viewpoints.) |
Gary, Joe, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 7) | It’s Harder Than It Looks (In which our four protagonists, having been working hard on a farm for several weeks, discuss the stresses and strains that they are experiencing.) |
Lizzie, Helen, Gary, Joe, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 8) | The Last Man Left on Earth (In which one of our protagonists, realising that opportunities for romance are now limited, makes a renewed attempt to chat up another.) |
Lizzie, Gary, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 9) | Please Don’t Die (In which one of our protagonists, his girlfriend having been taken ill, sings of his concern for her wellbeing.) | Joe, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 10) | The Solitary Life (In which one of our protagonists, having struck out from the group to live on his own, sings of how content he feels in his new life.) |
Gary, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 11) | If I’d Known (In which two of our protagonists discuss all the things they would and wouldn’t have done if they had known the world was about to end.) | Lizzie, Helen, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 12) | Side by Side and Hand in Hand (In which one of our protagonists pays a visit to the solitary one, and attempts to persuade him to re-join the group.) |
Lizzie, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 13) | Stop and Smell the Roses (In which one of our protagonists, realising that he has been forcing his friends to work too hard, treats them to a holiday and explains his new, more easy-going outlook.) |
Lizzie, Helen, Joe, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 14) | I’m Sorry (In which one of our protagonists apologises for abandoning the others, and asks to be re-admitted into the group.) |
Gary, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
| 15) | It’s Not Really the Apocalypse (In which our four protagonists, having achieved some sort of stability in their new lifestyle, discuss all the things they still have to live for and celebrate.) |
Lizzie, Helen, Gary, Joe, Pno.1, Pno. 2 |
Additional information
| Composer | Grant, Michael A. |
|---|---|
| Lyricist | Michael A. Grant |
| Instrumentation | 2 pianos, Vocal |
| Format | Download |
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