I am brainstorming the program for MacKenna’s synchronized swim show. Yes, I realize MacKenna is a fictional character, going to a fictional high school, in a fictional town, and her synchro team is, in fact, fictional.
I still think compiling a list of songs on the fictional program for the fictional show lends a certain amount of verisimilitude.
Theme: movie music. This can be the obvious, like songs from a musical, or soundtrack music, as long as it’s fairly short (no seven minute numbers please). So far I have:
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Stars and Stripes Forever ~ Sophomore number (ties into a joke re: typo in the printed program)
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All That Jazz ~ MacKenna and Constance’s duet
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Greased Lightin’ ~ Junior number
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Surrey with the Fringe on Top ~ Freshman number
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Lady Marmalade ~ Becca’s solo
I need ten more songs to round out the show! All suggestions considered and much appreciated.
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Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
Guys and Dolls
Steam Heat (Pajama Game)
Big Spender (Sweet Charity)
Diamonds are Forever
I’m partial to “I Got Rythym” and “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” or… “Bless Your Beautiful Hide”, “I Could Have Danced All Night”… I’m doing Broadyway shows made into musicals. That’s probably not what you were looking for…
But I could go on.
I won’t.
But I could.
😉
“June is Busting Out All Over” – Carousel
“Moriah” – Paint Your Wagon
“Give My Regards to Broadway”- George M!
“Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better” – Annie Get Your Gun
okay.. heading over to YouTube now…
The theme from Rocky-the first one
Singing in the Rain
Mission Impossible
Several of the songs I thought of were not, ahem, appropriate. Others have already been mentioned (btw, the Rocky theme is called Gonna Fly Now). How about these:
James Bond Theme Music (or maybe Goldfinger?)
Star Wars – but the main theme is probably too long
Pink Panther
Tara’s Theme (from GWTW but also, I think it’s the theme music they used for the Oscars?)
It’s the Hard Knock Life – either from Annie- or Dr. Evil’s rendition from Goldmember ;^)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Jaws
This was fun!
-d