Retro Choruses Week - "When the Music Fades"

We've a really great arrangement for "When the Music Fades".

We're going to start it with just a bass note, and the voices picking up the first line.

We'll do the first verse like that, then when we get to "I'm coming back to the heart of worship" we'll go for a nice three-part harmony.

Then back to the verse - but this time come in with a drum break, the electric guitar fills in some lead riffs. Maybe some nice synth strings to accentuate how this isn't about the music.

Third verse - Gospel Choir, full string section and maybe - maybe just  three or four members of the horn section? Just tasteful, you know. Then crescendo to the end of the third repeat of the chorus - then repeat the chorus. We'll probably just throw the kitchen sink at the arrangement at this point. I'm not sure how we're going to fit all the timpani in, but it's gonna be worth it. And the marching brass band. That's going to be brilliant.

Then we do the "Mistletoe and Wine", as we call it. Drop out all the music, all the voices. Just one choirboy, singing "I'm coming back to the heart of worship - and it's all about you. All about you."

It's gonna be an awesome arrangement. I reckon Matt Redman would be proud.