Besides acting, there are occasions when actors also have to sing. It is very nice to let the audience decide on a style of music. To be prepared for this, the actor should listen to a lot of music. For this purpose, we made a list of musical styles with reference to a song typical of that style of music.
- 80’s : Irene Cara – Fame
- A Capella : Pentatonix – When the party’s over
- Acid Jazz : Kosma – Arena
- Alternative : Björk – Cvalda
- Ballad : Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven
- Bigband : Count Basie – Broadway
- Blues : B.B. King – Miss Martha King
- Boogie-Woogie : Brian Setzer Orchestra – This Cat’s On A Hot Tin Roof
- Bossa Nova : Kerry Norton – Sweet Soft n’ Lazy
- Calypso : Harry Belafonte – Day-O
- Country : John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads
- Disco : Bee Gees – Staying Alive
- French Chanson : Edith Piaf – Non, Je ne regrette rien
- Funk : James Brown – Sex machine
- Gabber : Chosen Few – The name of the DJ
- Gospel : Donnie McClurkin – I Need You
- Gregorian : Deum verum
- Happy Hardcore : Party animals – Aquarius
- Old school Hip Hop : Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M.
- House : 2 Unlimited – No limit
- Irish : De Danann – My Irish Molly-O
- Jazz : Fever
- Jump style : Leckyll and Hyde – Frozen flame
- Classical : Baroque : Bach, Goldberg Variations
- Classical : Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Classical : Romantic: : Beethoven – 3rd symphony
- Klezmer : Giora Feidman – Wedding March
- Pub song : The wild rover
- Mambo : Perez Prado – Mambo jambo
- Metal : Gothic : After forever – Monolith of Doubt
- Metal : Metal : Metallica – Master of Puppets
- Metal : Symphonic : Dream Theater – Overture 1928
- Musical : opening : Dolly Parton – 9 To 5
- Musical : overture : Buffy – overture
- Musical : romantic : Elton John – Can you feel the love tonight
- Opera : Puccini – Madame Butterfly un bene piccolino
- Polka : Beer barrel polka
- Pop : Marco Borsato – Ik leef niet meer voor jou
- Ragtime : Scott Joplin – Original Rag
- Rap : Dr Dre – Still D.R.E. ft. Snoop Dog
- Reggae : Bob Marley – One Love
- Rock & Roll : Chuck Berry – Johny B. Goode
- Rock opera : Kayak – Friends of the stars
- Salsa : Salsa Con Coco
- German Schlager : Peter Alexander – Keine Zeit Und Kein Geld
- Ska : Reel Big Fish – Sell out
- Soul : Aretha Franklin – Respect
- Surf : Dick Dale – Shake ‘n stomp
- Swing : Duke Ellington – It dont mean a thing
- Tango : Geoff Love Orchestra – Ecstacy Tango
- Western : Theme from Django
- Summer hit : Vengaboys- Were Going To Ibiza