Screwge - A Rock Musical Based On Dicken's Scrooge ©Richard Beale
A demonstration recording of “Screwge” has been made in order to provide production guidance. Parts of the score have also been committed to manuscript to illustrate possible options for further orchestration.
The real strength of “Screwge” is the way that modern musical idioms are used to reflect different threads from the original story. This is best illustrated in the table below which lists the principle musical numbers from the score, classified to show the style employed in each case. Short audio excerpts have been provided to further demonstrate the breadth of this approach. Press play to listen to a track. Please be patient as each track may take several seconds to load. If you have pressed play the pause and stop button will turn black:
Overture Bells and Choir