Licensing Company: TRW
Flashdance
Based on the popular 1983 feature film of the same name, Flashdance is a musical spectacle featuring phenomenal choreography about the power of holding onto your dreams – and love – against all odds. Smash hits include Maniac, Manhunt, Gloria, I Love Rock & Roll, and the unforgettable title track, Flashdance…What a Feeling!
Flashdance
PROGRAMMED INSTRUMENTS
Keyboard 1
Keyboard 2
$212.50
Based on the popular 1983 feature film of the same name, Flashdance is a musical spectacle featuring phenomenal choreography about the power of holding onto your dreams – and love – against all odds. Smash hits include Maniac, Manhunt, Gloria, I Love Rock & Roll, and the unforgettable title track, Flashdance…What a Feeling!
PROGRAMMING NOTES
This licensed orchestration is based primarily on the 2012 US National Tour production with revised charts in 2017 which are an amalgam of multiple professional productions.
This show is orchestrated to be conducted for Keyboard 1 and has a total of 2 keyboards in the show, both with programming. KeyboardTEK is proud to offer the original programming as designed by Billy Jay Stein and his team at Strange Cranium. This is the exact programming used in the US touring production on which this orchestration is based.
Keyboard 1/Conductor is the primary piano book but has a lot of specific programming throughout. This will require a proficient player who know the songs and is a good rhythmic groove player. They will need to be able to navigate the part and programming while leading the small band. Besides various acoustic piano patches, the programming for this book includes various “stacks” or combinations of instruments, electric pianos, DX7, and synth pads to name a few.
Keyboard 2 is much more heavily programmed and very synth heavy with almost 250 patches in total. Like Key 1, the sounds are very specific to these iconic songs. The instruments include various analog synths, polysynths, monosynths, leads, pads, basses, horns, mallet percussion, synth brass, B3 organ, strings, and even the infamous 80’s orchestra hit among others. This book is not technically challenging so an advanced high school student could navigate the part as long as they were comfortable with the heavy programming and fast patch changes.
KEYBOARD PROGRAMMER
Keyboard Programmer: Kevin Roland
ORIGINAL MUSIC TEAM
Book by: Tom Hedley and Robert Cary
Music by: Robbie Roth
Lyrics by: Robert Cary and Robbie Roth
Based on the film by: Paramount Pictures Corporation
Screenplay by: Tom Hedley and Joe Eszterhas
Story by: Tom Hedley
Music arranged by: Jason Howland
Music orchestrated by: Doug Besterman
Dance Arrangements: Jim Abbott
Featuring songs by: Giorgio Moroder, Giancarlo Bigazzi, Umberto Tozzi, Jake Hooker, Alan Merrill, Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkowsky, Douglas N. Cotler and Richard Gilbert
Featuring songs with lyrics by: Keith Forsey, Irene Cara, Trevor Veitch, Jake Hooker, Alan Merrill, Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkowsky, Douglas N. Cotler and Richard Gilbert
2012 US National Tour Orchestra
Musical Supervisor: Jason Howland
Conducted by: Nate Patten
Associate Conductor: Nicholas Williams
Keyboard 1: Nate Patten
Keyboard 2: Nicholas Williams
Drums: Philip Coiro
Guitar: Dillon Kondor and Eric Stockton
Bass: Mike Preen
Reeds: (Tenor/Alto/Soprano/Flute/Clarinet): Cam Collins
Musical Coordinator: John Miller
SHOW DESCRIPTION
Dance like you’ve never danced before! FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of 18 year-old Alex, a welder by day and “flashdancer” by night, who dreams of going to the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy and becoming a professional dancer. When a romance complicates her ambitions, she harnesses it to drive her dream.
Based on the Paramount Pictures film (Screenplay by Tom Hedley and Joe Eszterhas, story by Tom Hedley), this is an inspiring musical about the power of holding onto your dreams and love against all the odds. The iconic score features such best-selling hits as “Maniac,” “Manhunt,” “Gloria,” “I Love Rock & Roll” and the sensational title track “Flashdance…What a Feeling.”