Musical styles

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)
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