If The World Should End

This ballad from the 2011 musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is a confession of love in the midst of a tumultuous world. It begins with an alto solo accompanied intimately by solo violin and classical guitar, then the choir joins in with a challenging score filled with polyphony, complex harmonic changes, and a 30 second a cappella section, topped off with a climactic final section accompanied with a powerful full rhythm section.

Instrumentation: Piano/Synth/Violin/Guitar/Bass/Drums

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Price
$295
Genre
Musical Theater
Voicing
SSA, SATB
Functions
Ballad
Difficulty
Difficult
Don't think about tomorrow
We've only got today
There's nothing I want from you
Not a word you have to say
You are all I need
And all I can defend
All I need to hold on to
If the world should end

In my imagination
I could not have made this up
In a world stranger than fiction
Ours is no fictional love
I can see the you
Under your second skin
And there's nothing
You need to pretend
If the world should end

And the sky tonight is luminous
For all the wrong reasons
And every doorway is hiding something
And if this world should all come crashing down
I would not care at all

And if the darkness will descend
Don't need a savior or a friend
I can say I've really loved
If the world should end

(Bono, The Edge, U2)

Using the links in the menu, you can view a sample of this arrangement and hear sample recordings.