Imagine Dragons Cody Zitting Music 1010 Ferrin Introduction

Imagine Dragons Cody Zitting Music 1010 -Ferrin

Introduction Imagine Dragons Established 2008 American Rock Band

The Band Dan Reynolds Lead Singer Daniel Platzman Drummer Wayne Sermon Guitarist Ben Mckee Bassist

Prior Members Andrew Tolman Drummer (20082011) Andrew Beck Guitarist (20082009) Aroura Florence Singer/Keyboards (2008 -2009)

Albums & Awards Night Visions - 2012 Smoke + Mirrors - 2015 Ø 2013 – American Music Award Favorite Artist – Alternative Rock Ø 2014 – Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance – Radioactive Ø 2014 – Billboard Music Award for Top Artist Ø 2014 – Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Album – Night Visions Ø 2014 – World Music Award for World’s Best Selling Rock Act - Radioactive

2: 55 Composition History Demons January 28, 2013 Lyrics written by Imagine Dragons and Alex Da Kid

Time Form Descriptions 0: 00 Verse 1 Dan comes in singing the verse with no music, monophonic 0: 03 Verse 1 Keyboards come in playing a repeated melody, tempo adagio 0: 22 Verse 1 Guitar come in playing also playing in the adagio tempo, the keyboard continues the same melody 0: 41 Chorus 1 Drums enter playing in a duple meter just before the chorus starts, tempo accelerando while also crescendo 1: 06 Verse 2 Vocals with the keyboards playing the same rhythm and temp from verse one, guitar, and drums stop 1: 26 Verse 2 Guitar re enters playing the same adagio tempo from verse 1 1: 45 Chorus 1 Drums re enter playing back the same rhythm, tempo, and meter as before 2: 09 Bridge All instruments continue playing in the same meter, and tempo from the chorus 2: 28 End of Bridge All instruments stop for a monophonic forte solo 2: 31 Chorus 1 All instruments return resuming the same meter, and tempo 2: 52 Conclusion Vocals trail off into and echo while the music fades out

3: 06 Composition History Radioactive January 29, 2013 Lyrics written by Alex Da Kid and Ben Linke

Time Form Descriptions 0: 00 Intro Vocals harmonizing with guitar playing in piano, adagio tempo 0: 28 Verse 1 Drums enter tempo picks up to andante, guitar exits, vocals enter for verse 1, mezzo forte 0: 42 Verse 1 Keyboards and bass enter playing the same andante tempo, but play a little softer mezzo piano 0: 55 Chorus 1 Guitar, bass, drums all play the repetitive melody, still andante, mezzo forte 1: 24 Verse 2 Guitar exits, keyboards return, still in the same repetitive melody and tempo 1: 51 Chorus 1 Same as melody, tempo, as the guitar returns replacing the keyboards 2: 21 Bridge Switches to vocals and keyboard only, back to piano, adagio tempo 2: 35 Chorus 1 Chorus returns bringing back guitar, drums, bass, picks back up to andante, mezzo forte 3: 02 Conclusion Music fades out with the vocals trailing of and echoing

3: 09 Composition History On Top of the World March 18, 2013 Lyrics written by Imagine Dragons

Time Form Descriptions 0: 00 Intro Stomping and clapping to start, allegro tempo, mezzo forte 0: 05 Intro Guitar enters, still allegro, mezzo forte, whistling in the background for harmonizing 0: 15 Verse 1 Drums enter, allegro tempo, mezzo forte, whistling continues for tempo and harmonizing, repetitive, same beat and tempo through the verse 0: 47 Chorus 1 Drums accelerando, crescendo, now it’s forte, really emphasizing the drums to feel an uplifting effect 1: 07 Pre verse 2 They do something interesting where the music stops and it’s just clapping before verse 2 enters 1: 10 Verse 2 Same melody and tempo from verse 1, returns to allegro, mezzo forte 1: 32 Chorus 1 Returns to the accelerando, crescendo, and forte as the first chorus 1: 53 Pre chorus 1 repeat Song breaks and it’s a monophonic “whoa” along with some clapping 2: 01 Chorus repeats for a third time 2: 21 Bridge Has the same tempo, and melody from the chorus, not played as dynamic more mezzo forte instead of forte 2: 40 Chorus 1 Chorus returns for the final time, tempo, beat, and melody continue through the bridge 3: 01 Conclusion Clapping with a few beats of the drum, sudden stop no fade out

3: 57 Composition History It’s Time February 6, 2012 Lyrics written by imagine dragons

Time Form Descriptions 0: 00 Intro Stomping and clapping starts the song, also the kick drum for the “stomp”, allegro, mezzo forte, repetitive 0: 09 Intro Keyboards enters, repetitive melody, playing duple meter, allegro, mezzo forte 0: 18 Verse 1 Vocals enter, guitar and bass come in to harmonize with vocals, keyboards still playing the repetitive melody from the intro, stomping and clapping continue 0: 55 Chorus 1 Temp accelerando, picks up pace, crescendo, stays in duple meter 1: 14 Riff Instruments continue to play the same melody and tempo from verse 1 in a repetitive riff 1: 31 Verse 2 starts, melody and tempo continue from riff and verse 1 to go with verse 2 2: 08 Chorus 1 Chorus enters again tempo accelerando again, still uses same melody from earlier chorus, chorus is repeated twice 2: 45 Bridge Tempo ritardando, and the dynamic of the song calando, still duple but the pace of it has slowed a bit 3: 02 Chorus 1 Chorus returns, tempo stays ritardando than from first time the chorus entered, instruments exit and it’s the stomping clapping that replaces them 3: 12 Chorus 1 Guitar enter tempo accelerando, and dynamics crescendo 3: 17 Chorus 1 Drums, keyboard, bass enter back in and the tempo accelerando further, crescendo is growing more as well 3: 22 Chorus 1 Chorus repeats for the final time and it’s back to the allegro, and mezzo forte 3: 40 Riff 2 Stomping and clapping along with the kick drum and long notes held by the guitar to slow down the song for a close 3: 52 Conclusion Guitar holds the final note as the song fades out

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