musical adaptation
Sung theatrical version
A musical adaptation is a stage or film musical based on an existing work from another medium—typically a novel, play, or film that wasn't originally a musical.
The source material is reimagined with songs and often dance: The musical adaptation of Les Misérables has run for decades.
The term distinguishes works derived from other sources from original musicals written from scratch.
- film scoringMusic composed for cinema
- movie soundtrackMusic accompanying a film
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- mood settingEstablishing emotional atmosphere
- reharmonizationAltering underlying chord structure
key change · orchestration · arrangement · jazz arrangement · classical crossover · modulation · abridgment · genre fusion · extension · multimedia installations · improvisation · cover version · acoustic version · medley · film adaptation · Broadway revival · remix · sampling
- stage adaptationsShakespeare adaptation, Broadway revival, classic revival, literary adaptation
- adaptationsfilm adaptation, movie adaptation, TV adaptation, screenplay adaptation, literary adaptation
- Theater Formsstage play, one-act play, mystery play, morality play, passion play
- dramatizationsenactment, reenactment, recreation, stage play, theatrical production
- French LiteratureVictor Hugo, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Dumas, Jules Verne
- Music Arrangementsarrangement, variation, adaptation, remix, cover
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