Thunder Child

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musical work song

Thunder Child is a dramatic musical piece from Jeff Wayne's concept album "The War of the Worlds," depicting a valiant ironclad warship's last stand against Martian invaders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
basedOn The War of the Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Jeff Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts ironclad warship Thunder Child NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre concept album track ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
symphonic rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
brass section ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
strings ⓘ
synthesizers ⓘ
hasLiveArrangement Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds stage show NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMood dramatic ⓘ
heroic ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
hasStructure narrative song ⓘ
hasSubject Royal Navy ironclad ship ⓘ
hasVocalStyle rock vocal ⓘ
includedIn Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds live tours NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Gary Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium studio recording ⓘ
narrationBy Richard Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeRole climactic battle scene against Martian tripods ⓘ
notableFor cinematic orchestration ⓘ
integration of narration and song ⓘ
orchestrator Jeff Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfAlbum Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Chris Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Black Smoke Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
portraysAction defense of refugee ships ⓘ
portraysOutcome destruction of the warship ⓘ
producer Jeff Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1976–1977 ⓘ
recordLabel CBS Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1978 ⓘ
setting sea battle against Martian invaders ⓘ
theme heroic sacrifice ⓘ
human resistance to invasion ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
title Thunder Child NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds → hasPart → Thunder Child ⓘ