Fanciful the Nameless Author

Here are the ideas I currently have:

Ideas for Musical Composition

Each character’s magic has its own motif, to keep the detail that people’s magic feels different when adapting the story to a Musical format

When a character sings a song it shows that the scene is in their perspective(the exception will be for casting spells and ensemble singing).

Simon’s magic motif is louder, almost overwhelming, compared to everyone else’s magic motif(I want it to linger, almost hauntingly, in Simon’s songs/moments)(I want this, and the Humdrum’s theme to be similar to hint the Humdrum’s connection to Simon)

The Humdrum’s musical motif will be scratchy, like a bow being drawn across a violin incorrectly, and as intrusive as a siren

Ideas for Scene

The scene where Baz announces his arrival back at school will have a similar framing as Regina George or Heather Chandler’s introductions where he is portrayed as untouchable and above everyone.

During the scene where Baz chants back the Dragon, he’ll cast the rhyme as a song, with the traditional melody. As he casts, his voice gets more and more tired, and his magic’s motif will get softer and softer, as if it’s running out, but when Simon gives him his magic, his singing grows strong, and his and Simon’s magical motifs will intertwine.(The entire dragon scene will be a song, with the Humdrum’s motif saturating the melody to make his presence known(like how the students can feel him in the air in the book))

Ideas for Songs

Baz sings a song called “Hopelessly” which, surprising no one, is about being in love with Simon. (Which gets a reprise right before Simon kisses him in the fire)

The moment where Simon is giving the Humdrum his magic gets a song called “Going Out” that mix Simon’s magical motif with the Humdrum’s, until both cut off, showing that the magic is gone

The finale(before bows) will be called Carry On, and it’ll cover everything the Epilogue does(Baz’s leavers ceremony/ball, Agatha’s new life in California, and moving in Simon and Penny’s apartment).