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BRIAN HAROLD MAY As Arranger
Dr. May mastered two arrangement-types: contrasting and gradual crescendo. The first class featured changes in instrumentation done subtly but quickly, alternating broad and narrow layers (e.g. Leaving Home Ain't Easy at the end, Prophet's Song after the first chorus, Save Me transition to first chorus), the second was more noticeable in the chorus section:
Such interesting approach is reflected in all the arrangements he made, both vocal and instrumental, and not only in the songs he wrote himself; besides, it happened in other sections besides choruses: Fat Bottomed Girls has interesting crescendo in verses (first is only rhythm guitar + floor tom, second has bass slides + rhythm guitars + cymbals & toms, third has semi-melodic bass + rhythm & lead guitars + full drum-set), I Want It All alternates solo-tutti in the lift sections ("ain't much I'm asking"), the guitar solo in Days of Our Lives starts off setting the mood and then changes to aggressive. |
