Stay Until Daylight

[TITLE: STAY UNTIL THE DAYLIGHT]

[STYLE: Soulful theatrical Broadway orchestral score, intricate piano, pizzicato strings, cello, clarinet, sweeping violins, subtle alternative R&B. Female mezzo-soprano, agile jazz phrasing, controlled melisma, lush three-part female soul harmonies. Every line sung, no spoken word or dialogue.]

[BRIDGE — PIANO, CELLO, SOFT STRINGS; INTIMATE CALL AND RESPONSE]

[LEAD]

[Repeat with rising strings and intricate piano counterpoint]

[VAMP — DEEP BASS, PIANO, LUSH SOUL HARMONIES]

[VERSE — SMOKY MEZZO, LYRICAL CELLO]

[BRIDGE — STRINGS SWELL, PIANO MOTIF RETURNS]

[VERSE — MUTED GUITAR, PIZZICATO STRINGS, LAZY DRUMS]

[CALL AND RESPONSE — BASS AND VOICE]

[VAMP — INTERLOCKING HARMONIES, BUILDING ORCHESTRA]

[LEAD — AGILE, CONTROLLED MELISMA]

[MOVEMENT II — AFTER MIDNIGHT]

[Orchestra thins to piano, cello and rounded bass; slow, swaying R&B pulse]

[SOUL BREAKDOWN — PIANO AND BASS]

[LEAD — SOFT JAZZ FLOURISHES]

[ORCHESTRA OPENS — STRINGS AND LIVE DRUMS RETURN]

[FINAL VAMP — FULL SOUL HARMONIES]

[LEAD]

[OUTRO — SOLO PIANO, CELLO AND SOFT HARMONIES]

[Final suspended piano chord; strings resolve softly.]