In addition to acting, theatresports players also have to sing regularly. It is great fun to let the audience determine a musical style and have the players implement the chosen style in their scenes. To be prepared and expand your knowledge base, you as a player might want to listen to different musical styles. To aid you with this, we created an overview of musical styles with a reference song that is typical for the style.
- 80’s (Theme song from Fame)
- A Capella (The Streetnix – The lion sleeps tonight)
- Acid Jazz (Kosma – Arena)
- Alternative (Bjork – 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)
- Carnival (Rowwen Heze – Bestel maar)
- Country (Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man)
- Disco (Bee Gees – Staying Alive)
- Frans Chanson (Edith Piaff – Rien de Rien)
- Funk (James Brown – Sex machine)
- Gabber (Chosen Few – The name of the DJ)
- Gospel (Handsome Harry Company – Saved)
- Gregorian Chant (Epistle for the Solemn Mass of Easter Day)
- Happy Hardcore (Party animals – Aquarius)
- Hip Hop (Relaxed)
- House (2 Unlimited – No limit)
- Irish (De Danann – My Irish Molly-O)
- Jazz (Fever)
- Jump style (Leckyll and Hyde – Frozen flame)
- Children’s songs (Kinderen voor Kinderen – Op een Onbewoond Eiland)
- Classical (Baroque) (Bach, Goldberg Variations)
- Classical (Classical) (Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
- Classical (Romantic) (Beethoven – 3rd symphony)
- Klezmer (Giora Feidman – Wedding March)
- Pub song (The wild rover)
- Song of Life (Andre Hazes – De Vlieger)
- 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 (romance) (Elton John – Can you feel the love tonight)
- Nederhop (Osdorp Posse – Tegenstrijd Overture)
- Opera (Puccini – Madame Butterfly un bene piccolino)
- Pirate song (YoHo)
- Polka (Beer barrel polka)
- Pop (Marco Borsato – Ik leef niet meer voor jou)
- Ragtime (Scott Joplin – Original Rag)
- Rap (Snoop Dogg – It blows my mind)
- Reggae (Luuk and Gijs – Bomen zijn relaxed)
- Rock & Roll (Chuck Berry – Johny B. Goode)
- Rock opera (Kayak – Friends of the stars)
- Salsa (Tito Puente – Viva Salsa)
- Schlager (Peter Alexander – Keine Zeit Und Kein Geld)
- Ska (Reel Big Fish – Sell out)
- Soul (Aretha Franklin – Respect)
- Surf (Dick Dale – Shake one stump)
- Swing (Duke Ellington – It don’t mean a thing)
- Tango (Geoff Love Orchestra – Ecstacy Tango)
- Western (Theme from rawhide)
- Summer Hit (Vengaboys- Were Going To Ibiza)