6 Questions to Ask When Writing Underscore and Incidental Music for Musicals

We always seem to focus conversation on writing the songs in musical theatre, but that’s not the only music that’s involved in most shows. What about all the rest of it?

The music under dialogue, between story moments, and the literally unsung pieces? Where do they come from? How do we create them?


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