As with Golden Age ballads, every musical theatre performer should have at least one contemporary musical theatre ballad in their audition book. Ballads make great audition choices if you’re trying to show off your acting, emoting and overall storytelling skills. Below, I’ve compiled a list of over 100 contemporary musical theatre ballads from the past thirty years that would be great options for sopranos and mezzo/belters. You can view the published ranges for most of these songs by clicking the included score links, and some can be easily transposed to different keys as well. This list is far from exhaustive, but it should help point you in the right direction. Happy singing!
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1. “Crossing a Bridge” from Anastasia (2017)
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
2. “What Only Love Can See” from Chaplin (2006)
Music & Lyrics by Christopher Curtis | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: C#4-E5)
3. “I Don’t Need a Roof” from Big Fish (2013)
Music & Lyrics & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
4. “I Remember” from Ever After (2015)
Music by Zina Goldrich; Lyrics by Marcy Heisler | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G#3-D5)
5. “Pretty Funny” from Dogfight (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-E5)
6. “Playing Nancy” from Groundhog Day (2017)
Music & Lyrics by Tim Minchin | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F#3-A4)
7. “A Stranger” from Giant (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: TotalSheetMusic (Vocal Range: A3-C♯5)
8. “I Remember” from What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up (album; 2010)
Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-C5)
9. “With You” from Ghost (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Glenn Ballard, David Allan Stewart & Bruce Joel Rubin | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-Eb5)
10. “Forgiveness” from Jane Eyre (2000)
Music by Paul Gordon; Lyrics by Paul Gordon & John Caird | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-C5)
11. “Somebody” from Amour (2002)
Music by Michael Legrand; Lyrics by Jeremy Sams | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: C#4-C#5)
12. “When the Music Played” from Doctor Zhivago (2015)
Music by Lucy Simon; Lyrics by Michael Korie & Amy Powers | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F#3-D5)
13. “Migratory V” from Myths and Hymns (1998)
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect (Vocal Range: B3-E5)
14. “Never Again” from King David (1997)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Tim Rice | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-Eb5)
15. “A New Life” from Jekyll & Hyde (1997)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B3-D5)
16. “Heaven Knows” from Far From Heaven (2013)
Music by Scott Frankel; Lyrics by Michael Korie | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A#3-D5)
17. “Christmas Lullaby” from Songs For a New World (1995)
Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-E5)
18. “My House” from Matilda (2013)
Music & Lyrics by Tim Minchin | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-D5)
19. “Far Too Late” from Bad Cinderella (2023)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by David Zippel | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
20. “Love Never Dies” from Love Never Dies (2010)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by David Zippel | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-Bb5)
21. “Raining” from Rocky (2012)
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G#3-D5)
22. “I Never Knew His Name” from The Civil War (1999)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jack Murphy | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
23. “God Is There” from Dream True (1999)
Music & Lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: N/A)
24. “You’ll Never Be Alone” from A Tale of Two Cities (2009)
Music & Lyrics by Jill Santoriello | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
25. “Once You See” from Carrie (revival; 2012)
Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B3-C5)
26. “Just Not Now” from I Love You Because (2006)
Music by Joshua Salzman; Lyrics by Ryan Cunningham| Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-Eb5)
27. “I Will Be Loved Tonight” from I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (1996)
Music by Jimmy Roberts & Joe DiPietro | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Vocal Selections (Vocal Range: A3-C5)
28. “No One Else” from Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Dave Malloy | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-F5)
29. “Not a Love Story” from Tales from the Bad Years (2008)
Music & Lyrics Bree Lowdermilk & Kait Kerrigan | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-E4)
30. “Perfect Summer” from This Ordinary Thursday (album; 2007)
Music by Sam Davis; Lyrics by Georgia Stitt | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Ab3-E5)
31. “Meet Me on the Moon” from Poems & Moon Songs (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Will Reynolds | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Gb3-F5)
32. “She Used to Be Mine” from Waitress (2016)
Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles| Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-D5)
33. “Come Down from the Tree” [cut] from Once on this Island (1990)
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-E5)
35. “How Many Tears?” from Martin Guerre (1996)
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Stephen Clark | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-F5)
35. “Out of My Head” from Homemade Fusion (2005)
Music & Lyrics by Michael Kooman & Christopher Dimond | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Ab3-Db5)
36. “Tavern” from Poems & Moon Songs (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Will Reynolds | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Db4-Eb5)
37. “A Sorta Love Song” from Sorta Love Songs (album; 2010)
Music & Lyrics by Scott Burkell & Paul Loesel | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: Songwriter Site (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
38. “The Light in the Piazza” from The Light in the Piazza (2005)
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-E5)
39. “All That Matters” from Finding Neverland (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Eliot Kennedy & Gary Barlow | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-F5)
40. “Always” from Keys (album; 2008)
Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-F5)
41. “Dancing in Pairs” from Island Song (2017)
Music by Derek Gregor; Lyrics by Sam Carner | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: NewMusicalTheatre (Vocal Range: G3-C5)
42. “Too Tired” from High Fidelity (2006)
Music by Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Amanda Green | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Vocal Selections (Vocal Range: G2-C5)
43. “Where Did the Rock Go?” from School of Rock (2015)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Glenn Slater | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-Eb5)
44. “One Perfect Moment” from Bring It On (2012)
Music by Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Amanda Green & Lin-Manuel Miranda | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
45. “When the World Was Mine“ from The Count of Monte Cristo (2009)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jack Murphy | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-D#5)
46. “Dyin’ Ain’t So Bad” from Bonnie & Clyde (2011)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Don Black | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
47. “Everything I Know” from In the Heights (2008)
Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-Db5)
48. “Kindergarten Boyfriend” from Heathers (2014)
Music by Laurence O’Keefe; Lyrics by Kevin Murphy | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-E5)
49. “Can I Say Goodbye?” from Rudolf (2006)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jack Murphy | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect (Vocal Range: C3-E5)
50. “Once More I Can See” from Wonderland (2011)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jack Murphy | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-E5)
51. “For the First Time” from Tarzan (2006)
Music & Lyrics by Phil Collins | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Vocal Selections (Vocal Range: Gb-D5)
52. “Requiem” [solo version] from Dear Evan Hansen (2016)
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B3-E5)
53. “How Did We Come to This?” from The Wild Party (2000)
Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G#3-C#5)
54. “Someday” from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2014)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Eb3-Db5)
55. “Waiting” from Island Song (2017)
Music by Derek Gregor; Lyrics by Sam Carner | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: NewMusicalTheatre (Vocal Range: Bb2-F5)
56. “The Life I Never Led” from Sister Act (2011)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater| Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
57. “Behind These Walls” from Keys (album; 2008)
Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G#3-E5)
58. “Still Hurting” from The Last Five Years (2002)
Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
59. “Smiling” from Jagged Little Pill (2019)
Music & Lyrics by Alanis Morissette & Michael Farrell | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-F5)
60. “Please Don’t Make Me Love You” from Dracula (2004)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B#3-D5)
61. “The Road Ends Here” from John & Jen (1995)
Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Vocal Selections (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
62. “At Long Last” from Bright Star (2016)
Music by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell; Lyrics by Edie Brickell | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: SheetMusicNow (Vocal Range: A3-E5)
63. “I Still Believe” from Amazing Grace (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Christopher Smith | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Db4-Fb5)
64. “Who Will Love Me As I Am?” from Side Show (1997)
Music by Henry Krieger; Lyrics by Bill Russell | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-D5)
65. “There’s a Fine, Fine Line” from Avenue Q (2003)
Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
66. “Shadowland” from The Lion King (1997)
Music by Lebo M & Hans Zimmer; Lyrics by Mark Mancina & Lebo M | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: E3-A5)
67. “Back to Before” from Ragtime (1998)
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-C#5)
68. “Say the Word” from The Mad Ones (2008)
Music by Bree Lowdermilk; Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Ab3-C5)
69. “When I Look at You” from The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Nan Knighton | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B3-E5)
70. “Flowers” from Hadestown (2019)
Music & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F#3-C#5)
71. “The Hill” from Once (2007/2012)
Music & Lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G#3-B4)
72. “As I Love You” from Diana (2021)
Music by David Bryan; Lyrics by David Bryan & Joe DiPietro | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Eb3-C5)
73. “This Time” from Now.Here.This. (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Bowen | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F#3-D5)
74. “Days and Days” from Fun Home (2015)
Music by Jeanine Tesori; Lyrics by Lisa Kron | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Ab3-E5)
75. “I Miss the Mountains” from Next to Normal (2009)
Music by Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Brian Yorkey | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-D5)
76. “Let Go” from Mrs. Doubtfire (2021)
Music & Lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick & Wayne Kirkpatrick | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: TBA (Vocal Range: N/A)
77. “So Big / So Small” from Dear Evan Hansen (2016)
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F#3-Eb5)
78. “Will You?” from Grey Gardens (2006)
Music by Scott Frankel; Lyrics by Michael Korie | Age Range: Middle Age to Mature | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: C4-E5)
79. “Days of Plenty” from Little Women (2005)
Music by Jason Howland; Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein | Age Range: Adult to Mature | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Eb3-Db5)
80. “Stop, Time” from Big (1996)
Music by David Shire; Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
81. “Like Your Son” from The Man in the Ceiling (2017)
Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B3-D5)
82. “The Music Still Plays On” from A New Brain (1998)
Music & Lyrics by William Finn | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F#3-G4)
83. “Parents Lie” from Freaky Friday (2016)
Music by Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Brian Yorkey | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G#3-D#5)
84. “Your Texas” from Giant (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-F5)
85. “Mother’s Day” from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2010)
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Ab3-Bb4)
86. “Nothing is Too Wonderful to Be True” from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005)
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-E5)
87. “I Know the Truth” from Aida (2000)
Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: E3-D5)
88. “Oh, How I Love You” from Coffee House (album; 2016)
Music by Zina Goldrich; Lyrics by Marcy Heisler | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-Bb4)
89. “Why Can’t I Kiss You?” (2010)
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Blumenkrantz | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: Songwriter Website (Vocal Range: C♯3-F4)
90. “I Couldn’t Know Someone Less” from Daddy Long Legs (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Paul Gordon | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D#5)
91. “I Could Never Be the One” from An American Victory (2015)
Music by Louis R. Bucalo | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: G#3-E#5)
92. “Goodnight” from Dreaming Wide Awake (album; 2007)
Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-Eb5)
93. “Who I Was” from Bandstand (2017)
Music by Richard Oberacker; Lyrics by Robert Taylor & Richard Oberacker | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Concord Theatricals (Vocal Range: Bb3-Eb)
94. “Second Hand White Baby Grand” from SMASH (2012/2024)
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
95. “More of My Mather” from My Lifelong Song (album; 2012)
Music by David Kirshenbaum; Lyrics by Georgia Stitt | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-Eb5)
96. “I’ll Be Here” from Ordinary Days (2009)
Music & Lyrics by Adam Gwon | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
97. “Funny How the Love Gets in the Way” from Adventures in Love (2000)
Music by Zina Goldrich; Lyrics by Marcy Heisler | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-Db5)
98. “I’ll Forget You” from The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Nan Knighton | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
99. “Letting You Go” (2006)
Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown | Age Range: Young Adult to Mature | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
100. “I’m Hopeless When It Comes to You” from Stephen Ward (2013)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G#3-C#5)
101. “There Are Nights” from Sorta Love Songs (album; 2010)
Music & Lyrics by Scott Burkell & Paul Loesel | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: Songwriter Site (Vocal Range: N/A)
102. “If the World Should End” from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (2011)
Music & Lyrics by Bono & The Edge | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
103. “No Reason At All” from Thirteen Stories Down (album; 2010)
Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Reid Gealt | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G#3-F#5)
104. “Something Beautiful” from This Place I Know (album; 2009)
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F#3-E5)
105. “Flight” from Cast of Thousands (album; 1997)
Music & Lyrics by Craig Carnelia | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-F#5)
106. “Life is Not a Camera” from This Ordinary Thursday (album; 2007)
Music & Lyrics by Georgia Stitt | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Gb3-Db5)
107. “The Dance” from Keys (album; 2008)
Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Ab3-Eb5)
108. “In a Restaurant by the Sea” from Grateful (album; 2000)
Music & Lyrics by John Bucchino | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: NewMusicalTheatre (Vocal Range: C4-C5)
109. “You’re There” from Doctor Zhivago (2015)
Music by Lucy Simon; Lyrics by Michael Korie & Amy Powers | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect (Vocal Range: Ab3-F5)
110. “Sweet Dreams” from Grateful (album; 2000)
Music & Lyrics by John Bucchino | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (G3-C#4)
111. “And There It Is” from Keys (album; 2008)
Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-F5)
112. “I’ve Learned to Let Things Go” from Its Only Life (2006)
Music & Lyrics by John Bucchino | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect (Vocal Range: F♯3-C♯5)
113. “My Body Wasn’t Why” from The Glorious Ones (2007)
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: E3-C#5)
114. “With Him” from Love Me, Love Me Not (album; 2010)
Music & Lyrics by Joey Contreras | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: Songwriter Website (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
115. “It Feels Like Home” from Grateful (album; 2000)
Music & Lyrics by John Bucchino | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: Songwriter Website (Vocal Range: Ab3-C5)
116. “I Won’t Mind” (1996)
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Blumenkrantz | Sheet Music: Songwriter Site (Vocal Range: B3-F5)
117. “Menemsha Moon” from The Marcy and Zina Show (2002)
Music by Zina Goldrich; Lyrics by Marcy Heisler | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: SheetMusicNow (Vocal Range: C4-D5)
118. “Home” from Dreaming Wide Awake (album; 2007)
Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: E3-D#5)
119. “Beautiful Mistake” from Out of Our Heads (album; 2011)
Music & Lyrics by Michael Kooman & Christopher Dimond | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B2-D#4)
120. “Make My Heart Sing” from Daybreak (2011)
Music & Lyrics by Bobby Cronin | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Songwriter Website (Vocal Range: D4-F♯5)
121. “Temporary” from Grateful (album; 2000)
Music & Lyrics by John Bucchino | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-Eb5)
121. “When in Love” from King David (1997)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Tim Rice | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: G3-F5)
122. “Tell Me Why” from Amazing Grace (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Christopher Smith | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-A5)
123. “Sylvia’s Lullaby” from Finding Neverland (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Gary Barlow & Eliot Kennedy | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B3-C5)
124. “Once Upon a Dream” from Jekyll & Hyde (1997)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B3-C#5)
125. “Finding Wonderland” from Wonderland (2011)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jack Murphy | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-E5)
126. “If I Could Only Dream This World Away” from The Woman in White (2005)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by David Zippel | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-E5)
127. “Sing Me a Happy Song” from My Lifelong Love (2011)
Music & Lyrics by Georgia Stitt | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B3-D5)
128. “Is It Too Late?” from My Life with Albertine (2003)
Music by Ricky Ian Gordon; Lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon & Richard Nelson | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Vocal Selections (Vocal Range: G3-A5)
129. “Look With Your Heart” from Love Never Dies (2010)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Glenn Slater | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: B3-C#5)
130. “Always Better” from The Bridges of Madison County (2014)
Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-F5)
131. “Nothing Stops Another Day” from Ghost (2012)
Music & Lyrics by Glenn Ballard, David Allan Stewart & Bruce Joel Rubin | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Ab3-D5)
132. “The View from Here” from Darling (2011)
Music & Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Db4-Ab5)
133. “True Love” from Frozen (2018)
Music & Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-D5)
134. “After All of This and Everything” from Freaky Friday (2016)
Music by Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Brian Yorkey | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-Db5)
135. “Love Who You Love” from Bonnie & Clyde (2011)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Don Black | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Gb3-Db5)
136. “Maybe I Like It This Way” from The Wild Party (2000)
Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-Db5)
137. “A Change in Me” from Beauty and the Beast (1994)
Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: E3-C5)
138. “A New Life” from Jekyll & Hyde (1997)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-Eb5)
139. “Here Alone” from Little Women (2005)
Music by Jason Howland; Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein | Age Range: Adult to Mature | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-Eb5)
140. “Something to Believe In” from Newsies (2012)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Jack Feldman | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-A5)
141. “Only Love” from The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Nan Knighton | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-E5)
142. “Gold” from Camille Claudel (2003)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Nan Knighton | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: JW Pepper (Vocal Range: B2-D#5)
143. “Inside Out” from A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (2013)
Music by Steven Lutvak; Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-Bb5)
144. “Man in the Moon” (2007)
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Blumenkrantz | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: Songwriter Website (Vocal Range: F♯3-D♭5)
145. “Through the Mountain” from Floyd Collins (1996)
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: F3-G5)
146. “If I Told You Now” (2006)
Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
147. “A Quiet Night at Home” from Bare: A Pop Popera (2004)
Music by Damon Intrabartolo; Lyrics by Jon Hartmere | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-C5)
148. “I Lay My Armor Down” from This Ordinary Thursday (album; 2007)
Music by Georgia Stitt; Lyrics by Faye Greenberg | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-Eb5)
149. “Someday” from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996/2014)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Eb3-Db5)
150. “Another Winter in a Summer Town” from Grey Gardens (2006)
Music by Scott Frankel; Lyrics by Michael Korie | Age Range: Middle Age to Mature | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F♯3-C♯5)
151. “Stay” from Amélie (2017)
Music & Lyrics by Daniel Messé; Lyrics by Daniel Messé & Nathan Tysen | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: N/A)
152. “In My Dreams” from Anastasia (2017)
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
153. “I’ll Never Have That Chance” from Lestat (2006)
Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: A♭ -C5)
154. “The Mist” from Dracula (2004)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect (Vocal Range: D4-D5)
155. “One Day I’ll Fly Away” from Moulin Rouge (film; 2001)
Music & Lyrics by Will Jennings & Joe Sample | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F#3-D5)
156. “I’m Not That Girl” from Wicked (album; 2003)
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: E3-B4)
157. “My Most Beautiful Day” from Tuck Everlasting (2016)
Music by Chris Miller; Lyrics by Nathan Tysen | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
158. “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from La La Land (film; 2016)
Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-B4)
159. “The World Above” from The Little Mermaid (2007)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: D4-D5)
160. “Where Am I Now?” from Lysistrata Jones (2011)
Music & Lyrics by Lewis Finn | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-D#5)
166. “Warning” from Bare: A Pop Opera (2004)
Music by Damon Intrabartolo; Lyrics by Jon Hartmere | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: E♭3-C5)
167. “The Heart is Slow to Learn” from Dracula (2004)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: B3-E5)
168. “Never Give All the Heart” from SMASH (2012/2024)
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F#3-C5)
169. “Fly, Fly Away” from Catch Me If You Can (2011)
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Gb3-E5)
170. “I Can Wait” from Hairspray (2002/2007)
Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-D#5)
[Deleted from the 2007 film adaptation]
171. “Perfect For You” from Calvin Berger (2006)
Music & Lyrics by Barry Wyner | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: PayHip (Vocal Range: B♭3-E♭5)
172. “Look at All the People” from Chaplin (2006)
Music & Lyrics by Christopher Curtis | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
173. “Come Home” from Chasing the Day (album; 2010)
Music & Lyrics by Will Van Dyke | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Songwriter Site
174. “Just Like That” from A Christmas Story (2012)
Music by Justin Paul; Lyrics by Benj Pasek | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-B4)
175. “Tuesdays, Thursdays” from Far From Heaven (2013)
Music by Scott Frankel; Lyrics by Michael Korie | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: C#4-F#5)
176. “I Burn” (2010)
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Blumenkrantz | Age Range: Teen to Adult | Sheet Music: NewMusicalTheatre (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
177. “Long Past Dreamin’” from Leap of Faith (2012)
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater | Age Range: Adult to Mature | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: F♯3-B4)
178. “Forever” from Placebo (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Danny Abosch | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Songwriter Website (Vocal Range: A3-D5)
179. “One Foot on the Ground” from Placebo (2015)
Music & Lyrics by Danny Abosch | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Songwriter Website (Vocal Range: G3-C5)
180. “A Girl Before” from American Psycho (2013)
Music & Lyrics by Duncan Sheik | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Ab3-Eb5)
181. “Unruly Heart” from The Prom (2018)
Music by Matthew Sklar; Lyrics by Chad Beguelin | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F3-E5)
182. “Come Out of the Dumpster” from The Wedding Singer (2006)
Music by Matthew Sklar; Lyrics by Chad Beguelin | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-Eb5)
183. “Blue Twilight” from Yank! (2005)
Music by Joseph Zellnik; Lyrics by David Zellnik | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: NewMusicalTheatre
184. “Out of Love” from Adventures in Love (2000)
Music by Zina Goldrich; Lyrics by Marcy Heisler | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: A3-C#5)
185. “Sunday Light” from Alphabet City Cycle (2003)
Music by Georgia Stitt; Lyrics by Marcy Heisler | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: D4-G5)
186. “When Love Comes” from Death Note (2015)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jack Murphy | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: N/A)
187. “Infinite Joy” from Infinite Joy (2000)
Music & Lyrics by William Finn | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Bb3-E5)
[Also featured in Elegies]
188. “That’s Enough for Me” from Infinite Joy (2000)
Music & Lyrics by William Finn | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G#3-D5)
[Originally featured in the musical Romance in Hard Times]
189. “When the Earth Stopped Turning” from Infinite Joy (2000)
Music & Lyrics by William Finn | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: SheetMusicNow
[Also featured in Elegies]
189. “Tell Me Why” from A Man of No Importance (2002)
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Eb3-C5)
190. “Breathe” from Here For You (album; 2017)
Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Reid Gealt | Age Range: Any | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: C4-E5)
191. “Thinking of Him” from Curtains (2007)
Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb | Age Range: Young Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-Db5)
192. “Ready to Settle” from High Fidelity (2006)
Music by Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Amanda Green | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Vocal Selections (Vocal Range: F3-D5)
193. “Promise of the Morning” from Summer of ’42 (2001)
Music & Lyrics by David Kirshenbaum | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: F♯3-E5)
194. “Never Say Goodbye” from A Tale of Two Cities (2008)
Music by Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by Jill Santoriello | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: see full score (Vocal Range: C3-Eb5)
195. “This is What It Is” from The Wild Party (2000)
Music & Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: Ab3-Cb5)
196. “Morocco” from Almost Famous (2022)
Music by Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: TBA (Vocal Range: N/A)
197. “How Did I Get Where I Am?” from Marguerite (2008)
Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Herbert Krezner | Age Range: Adult to Mature | Sheet Music: SheetMusicDirect (Vocal Range: G♯3-B4)
198. “The Face I See” from Marguerite (2008)
Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Herbert Krezner | Age Range: Adult to Middle Age | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: F♯3-G5)
199. “Blue Wind” from Spring Awakening (2006)
Music by Duncan Sheik; Lyrics by Steven Sater | Age Range: Teen to Young Adult | Sheet Music: MusicNotes (Vocal Range: G3-A5)
200. “Wild Bird” from The Spitfire Grill (2001)
Music by James Valcq; Lyrics by Fred Alley | Age Range: Young Adult to Adult | Sheet Music: Vocal Selections (Vocal Range: G3-D5)
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– Kevin Michael Jones