Thompson | Dark Matters

CO RE

VOCAL SCORE

Dark Matters

PE

RU

SA

LS

for SATB Chorus and piano

Joel Thompson 2023

CO RE

VOCAL SCORE

Instrumentation

PE

RU

SA

LS

SATB Chorus and piano

Duration: 6'

First printing, December 2023

Copyright ©2023 Joel Thompson. All Rights Reserved.

Published by Just a Theory Press | www.justatheorypress.com

Vocal Score

Dark Matters Samiya Bashir

Joel ompson

(2022)

(2023) With a deep ache  = 48

    

CO RE

  

Soprano







Late - ly

   I’ve



 



Alto

 



Tenor

    

   Late - ly I’ve          

 

Late - ly



I’ve



  

                 







 

 

4

  



     

E - very - thing

 



 

PE



  

    

 

  

 



strug - gled.



 

 

 

E - very - thing can seem a





E - very - thing can seem a





 

   

      

No one

real - ly seems a-

 

   

      

No one

real - ly seems a-

           No one

real - ly seems a-



 

 



  

real - ly seems a-

lie.



 

No one

lie.

       





      

lie.

      

 

   

lie.

can seem a





   

        

E - very - thing

strug - gled.

B

can seem a

     

strug - gled.

  



        

RU

strug - gled.

  

T



                                  

  S   

A

            Late - ly I’ve                         

LS



SA

Bass

   

Copyright © 2023 by Joel ompson (BMI). All Rights Reserved.

Published by Just a eory Press | www.justatheorypress.com

     

  April 1, 2024

2

Dark Matters



7  S    

     

Do we e - ver e - ven no - tice











a - ny - more.



- live



      - live

          







  

out - side?



Do we e - ver e - ven no - tice



out - side?



         



a - ny - more.

   

               



a - ny - more.

 

out - side?



Do we e - ver e - ven no - tice



    

   



              



 

    

- live

B





a - ny - more.

   

T

Sudden realization  = 96



CO RE

- live

A





Do we e - ver e - ven no - tice

 

  

out - side?



          

LS

 sub. 

 

    

  







 





RU

   

  



       there’s no - thing left

     



Seems

PE





  



there’s no - thing left

  



 

  

       

 

but

     



       

but

      

Seems there’s no - thing left

                           

but

      

Seems there’s no - thing left



    



 

Seems



B



     



   

T



Dreamy and introspective  = 48

10  S   

A

   

SA



   



 



but

Dark Matters



   

  





 feel - ing.



A

   

Just

  





 feel - ing.



T

 

    

feel - ing.

           







RU   



      







 

- ing

near - ly

  





Tues - day near - ly

  

        Tues - day



    



   



        



   

- ing

     

near - ly

       Tues - day



 



  



- ing

Tues - day



 B  

  

feel -

  



 

feel -

  

PE

T

 

                       





 

feel -

Pa - ra - ly - sis. And



 

A

thought. Just

 

16  S 

- ing

                  

LS

   

No



SA



Pa - ra - ly - sis. And

No ac - tion. Just Pa - ra - ly - sis. And

     



feel -

                   Just

     

    

Pa - ra - ly - sis. And

 

                         

feel - ing.

B

                   

CO RE

13 S 

3

near - ly

 



 

  

 

   

4

Dark Matters

 18 S

        

  

broke



 



me



  

 



broke

me



 

T



  



  

broke

 



me

 B

 

CO RE

  

A

   

 



  

broke

me





 

LS

 

 

 



  

Turbulent  = 96

   



    



PE

B

    



     

















 

 

RU



T

             

20   S    A



SA





 





    





       



 







  





       



   

Dark Matters

21 S 

5





T



B

 

CO RE

 A



 

  

 

   

LS

     









22 S 

poco rit.



PE

I stopped be - liev - ing



       





in







         I stopped be - liev - ing

                     



       



 B 





RU









T







A

  

                          

SA













 



 

 

 

     

         

in

 

6

Dark Matters a tempo









I

stopped

  be - liev -

 

  

A

e

-

-

-

-

-

-

-



B





T



I

stopped

  -

-

-

-

-

-

-

- ing

in



- thing.

LS

-

-

-

 

 

I

stopped

-

-

-

  B 



 

 

I

stopped

          

 

 

I

stopped

 

be - liev - ing

e -

-



 

 

I

stopped

in





     



be - liev - ing

e -



in

 

-

-

-



-



        

  in





 







be - liev - ing



in



- very - thing.



   



- very - thing.

  



 

-



be - liev - ing

 



          

          

 

     

- very - thing.

PE

e -



- very - thing.

 

 





RU

 



-



SA  

e -

T



                                                 

25   S 

A











in



very -

-

- ing

- thing.

be - liev -

    e

-

 







very -

-





CO RE

24 S 

    

      

          





      





Dark Matters

7

molto allarg.

 sub.

27

  S   

  

 e-

-

-

-

-



 

  

 -

-

-

- very -

-

- thing.



I



 

stopped be - liev - ing

 sub.

  









thing.

I

CO RE

 

A

e -

- very

-









stopped be - liev - ing

 sub.

 

  

T

 

 

e-

-

-

-









-

-

-

-

- very -

-

- thing.

I







stopped be - liev - ing

 sub.

  B 

  



e -



 

29 S 

     



     



-

very - thing.



-



RU

e



   

I

stopped be - liev - ing

thing.



    

 

 









-

-

-

-

    



I

searched

  

   

I

searched



very - thing.

         e



    

 

the night

by

      

 

the night

by



     



T

 



With a deep ache  = 48

e



-

   



 A

       

SA



 

- very

LS

 

   









very - thing.

      I

    

searched

     the night by

B

PE



 

        e



-

-

very - thing.

            





                      searched

                                       

the night by









8

Dark Matters De ant  = 72

stringendo

33  S   



   

lamp - light

for

my



self,

I stand ac - cused of bleed - ing

                   

   

 



lamp - light

for my

self,

CO RE

A

                

I stand ac - cused of bleed - ing

                

 

T





    

lamp - light

for

my

self,

I stand ac - cused of





               

          B 



  







Old

words

           Old

       



  

     

    

  

 

knit

to







knit

to



 

words

   knit







words

knit

to

            

                               



words



Old

    



 

 



Old

PE

red.



 

       



RU

   



SA



red.

B

I stand ac - cused of bleed - ing



red.

T

self,

        

 

36   S 

A

for my

LS

lamp - light



bleed-ing



to

  

                   

Dark Matters

9 rall.



A



new

lan -

  



new

lan -

  





T

new

B

 

lan -

 



 



new

               



      



- gua - ges

the

 



whole world soon



- gua - ges



the

for -



  



whole world soon

 

 



- gua - ges

the

 



- gua - ges

the



  

 



 



for -

   



whole world soon



for -



 

whole world soon

             

 



  



LS







 

SA







lan -

 

 

for -

 





CO RE

38 S 

   

 

  

 

e ache returns  = 48

40  S  















- gets.



A

 

RU

  





- gets.

  

T





PE

  B  

 

I

stand

ac - cused

of



  



 

 

I

stand

ac - cused

of



 

  







I

stand

- gets.



  



- gets.

        

  

   

  



   

 

ac - cused

of



 



  

   

      



10

Dark Matters

   



With



A

  -

-

 

blu -

 

-

-

 

blu -

-



 

-

-

 

air.



-

-

blu -

-

-

blu -

-

-

-



 

- ing(ng).*



 

 

 

               







               





Do I e - ver e - ven no - tice out - side?

Do

you?

PE 







 

   

 





  

    



 

Do you?

 

Do I e - ver e - ven no - tice out - side?

 

 



Do you?

                

  

 

 

Do I e - ver e - ven no - tice out - side?

B



- ing(ng).*



             

 

-

 





RU



-



 



SA



 



- ing(ng).*

  

Do I e - ver e - ven no - tice out - side?

T

-





-



     



44  S 

A

-





 

  

blu -

- ing,



the



  



   

trap



- ing,

 





-

I

- ing,

    

T

B

-

 



e - very breath,

 blu -



CO RE

 



LS

42 S 

 

Do you?

                  





 

    



* close onto nal consonant immediately

 

 

 

             

Dark Matters

11



46  S   

       May -



- be

  



T







 



- be

 





 

           





 



is the star

       

 

by

A

 

is the star



by



 

I

search

search

















for

my













 -

self.



   



 



is the star

by

which

I

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

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which

PE 

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T

this qui - et

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which

I

be

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

which

-

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  

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 

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Dark Matters

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52

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      

dream

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cresc.

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lon -

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  



   

I

dream these dark mat - ters through

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

 

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   

I

dream these dark mat - ters through

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        mat - ters through

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lan - guage

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dream these dark mat - ters through

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I

  

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for -

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13

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58   1 

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-

RU

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T

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14

Dark Matters



60  1  

 

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



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days...

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2

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days...

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1

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PE

 2  

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days...

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1

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T

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LS

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1

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A

2

 

Dark Matters

15



62  1  

  



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Some

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PE

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the smal - lest

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days

SA

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it’s

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2

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16

Dark Matters

64  1 

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

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keep

Dark Matters

17 poco allarg.

With clarity  = 56

      

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keep go - ing.

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 sempre 

  

   

CO RE

          

         

 

A

-

   

ing, keep go - ing

 

is is the world we

 sempre

    

T

 

              

   

go - ing, keep go - ing, keep go - ing, go

-

ing, keep go - ing



Now!

 sempre

     B 

        

go - ing, keep

      

go - ing, keep go - ing, keep

go - ing



    

  



is is the world we





 

 

 

 

70   S  





 

 





    

 

 

SA







LS

 

    



 

  



Now!

RU



     

A

   

      B 



    

is is the world

we

keep on mak - ing.



      



Now,



Now!

  Now



 

    

 

is is the world

we

keep on mak - ing.

Now,

   

made for our - selves.

      

 

 

   

PE

T

 



 

made for our - selves.

Now



         

   



   

  

     



18

Dark Matters

accel.

Hesitant waltz  = 86

molto allarg.



73    S    

 

may - be it’s time

to

   

make

some - thing

    

 

    

may - be it’s time

make



 

A





 

may - be it’s time

to

make

    





may - be it’s time

to

make

   

  B  



 





 



May - be

we’ll

  



some - thing...



   

     

may -

- be we’ll





we

will,

 



May - be

we’ll





 

      



we

will

 

 

    

else!

        may - be,

may -

   



may - be,

may -





- be

we’ll





 

may - be,

 

 

May - be

I’ll







we

will,

 

 

May - be

we’ll







we

will

 

 

















may -

- be

we’ll

dance, may - be

   

 

 

 

   

 

       

 



 

dance, may - be

dance!



   

                   





- be we’ll









 

  

 

 







dance, may - be

  

may - be,

dance!





PE

B

    













  

RU



some - thing

   

dance, may - be

T

   

SA

   

 

A

some - thing...

LS

 

76  S 



      







else!





T

to

  

CO RE



   

   

 



      

    

Dark Matters

19

 = 132

79  S  



 





 





May - be

we’ll



dance!

 dance,

  

A

may - be,

  

T











 may -



- be

we’ll

 







CO RE

 - be

we’ll





may -

- be

we’ll

   

 

 





dance, may - be





we

will,

 



May - be

we’ll





dance!





 

may - be,

may -



  

 

dance.





may - be,



  















may -

- be

we’ll

dance, may - be

   

 

 

 

     

82 S  

 

 

  

 

   

   









 





we

will

 

 

LS

  

 

      



may - be





we’ll

dance.





may - be,

 







  

SA

B

   

 

        rall.

  





 We’ll





RU

 

A







dance, may - be









we

will

dance

 We’ll



  

B











may - be

we’ll

dance.

PE

T

  







dance, may - be



  

   

     

 

      







we

will

 

 





 





may -

- be

   

 

 we’ll







  

   



   



dance, may - be

 

 



   

     



 

 We’ll



may - be,

 







     





we

will

        

20

Dark Matters 85

 S  

    



dance,

may -

  dance,

may -

 

T



may -

    

 









                        



- be…

may -

- be…

                       

 

88

e ache returns  = 48

           

     

        

LS





    



dance,





- be…

    

dance,

B



- be…

    





CO RE

A





  S 



SA

poco rit.

          May - be





  

 

  

 

I’ll dance.







A

  

     

RU

 

May - be



 

T

  

I’ll dance.



   



PE

May - be

 B  









  

 

I’ll dance.

  

   

  

                  



May - be





  

 

I’ll dance.

   

    

    



  

     



 

       







RU

PE SA

CO RE

LS

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