History Main / TheSongBeforeTheStorm

->''"Tomorrow is the judgement day''
->''Tomorrow we'll discover''
->''What our God in Heaven has in store!''

->''One more dawn''
->''One more day''
->''One day more!"''

* The SeraMyu: Transylvania no Mori and it's revised version have "We'll Be The Last Victory" which is basically both the heros and villians declareing what they're fighting for and end with what "group" they belong to, even if that group is them self.

* "Where is the Fun?" from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents: School's Out! The Musical''
* "This Day Aria" from the Season Two finale of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic.

* "So They Say" from DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog. Dr. Horrible prepares his [[spoiler:Death Ray]], Captain Hammer sings about [[spoiler:doing the weird stuff]] and Penny sings about her future.
* "Voldemort is Going Down" from ''AVeryPotterMusical''.
** "No Way" in the Sequel, in which [[spoiler:Draco finally gets to be a part of a 4 part harmony]].

* "La Resistance" from ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', which is itself a take-off on "One Day More".
** This trope is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] within the song:

* "Where is the Fun?" from ''TheFairlyOddparents: School's Out! The Musical''

* "Comfort and Joy" from ''Theatre/Bat BoyTheMusical''

* ''Brigadoom" from ''Series/{{Lexx}}''. It's really almost more of a Backstory Musical, but it does also fill this role because it sort of pumps them up as well, by showing them the history of how Kai fought so hard in the past and how he shouldn't let that go to waste, and that they all must once again struggle valiantly to defeat new Big Bad Mantrid rather than running.

* :Brigadoom" from ''Series/{{Lexx}}''. It's really almost more of a Backstory Musical, but it does also fill this role because it sort of pumps them up as well, by showing them the history of how Kai fought so hard in the past and how he shouldn't let that go to waste, and that they all must once again struggle valiantly to defeat new Big Bad Mantrid rather than running.

* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' has [[{{Queen}} "The Show Must Go On".]]

* "Welcome to my Realm" from {{Food for the Gods}}. Sung by the Devil, right before he and his army of demons and damned souls [[RageAgainstTheHeavens storm the walls of Heaven]].
* The song "At the Opera Tonight" from {{Repo The Genetic Opera}} is a pretty clear-cut example.
* In ''Hairspray'', before the main characters crash the set of the nicest kids in town, Motormouth Maybelle sings "I Know Where I've Been" as a reminder of how much is at stake.

** ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' has its EleventhHourNumber, "The Mob Song" just before the FinalBattle.

** "Savages" from {{Disney/Pocahontas}}. Even overlaps with MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber.

*** Particularly notable in ''Aladdin'' as Jafar ''was'' supposed to get one of these as his VillainSong--either "[[HumiliationConga Humiliate the Boy]]" or "Why Me"--but it was cut.
* ''MoulinRouge'' has [[{{Queen}} "The Show Must Go On".]]
* ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'' parodies this trope with the song "Prom Tonight".
* "Making Christmas" is this for ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. All the cast save for Sally, are preparing creepy Christmas presents right before Jack's takeoff as Skeleton Claus.

* In the {{Musical Episode}} of {{Even Stevens}}, there's "Sixth Period", in which the two lead characters of the show express their fears about their upcoming classes.
* "Teardrop" by Massive Attack at the end of the first season of PrisonBreak, a night before the breakout.
* Brigadoom from {{Lexx}}. It's really almost more of a Backstory Musical, but it does also fill this role because it sort of pumps them up as well by showing them the history of how Kai fought so hard in the past and how he shouldn't let that go to waste and they all must once again struggle valiantly to defeat new Big Bad Mantrid rather than running.

* "Prima Donna" from ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' qualifies, certainly in the stage production.

* "Luck Be A Lady" from ''GuysAndDolls''.
* "A New Argentina" from ''{{Evita}}'', depicting the build-up to the 1946 Argentinian presidential election. It closes the first act, while the second act picks up right after the election, with Juan and Eva giving their victory speeches from the balcony of the Casa Rosada.

* "I Hope I Get It" from Theatre/AChorusline.
* Though it was a CutSong, "We'll Have Tomorrow" from Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors would have been a perfect example of this.

* The Act One finale of ''{{Urinetown}}''. Just for extra emphasis, it goes into slow motion. "Why Did I Listen To That Man?" features no less than four alternating, then simultaneous takes on the collapsing situation... [[spoiler: then TheHeroDies and things truly explode two songs later]].
* ''{{Godspell}}'' subverts it with "On the Willows", which is light and soft, but the lyrics talk about the coming sacrifice as one by one the apostles say goodbye to Jesus after Judas has been exposed. Heartwrenching if done properly.

* A light-hearted, waltzy version appears in ''ALittleNightMusic'': "A Weekend in the Country".
* "Comfort and Joy" from ''Bat Boy: The Musical''
* In ''Vanities'', "I Can't Imagine" plays this straight, but its reprise, "The Argument" is a song ''during'' the storm (the breakdown of the characters' friendship).

Examples:

* "It's Time" from The EvilDead Musical. The gist of the song is that Ash has decided it's time to man-up and kick a whole mess of ass. In the next few scenes, he kills things that are immortal.

** In ''TheLionKing'', Scar sings "Be Prepared" before the stampede.

** YMMV on the above. By the time Anthony and Johanna flee the asylum (considering that she's just been forced to shoot someone dead) this troper would say that the storm is well underway. An alternate example for this trope would be ''Not While I'm Around'', because it plays up what is arguably the biggest theme of the story: the fact that love is futile. It doesn't matter that Toby and Mrs Lovett have come to care about each other; their relationship is doomed to failure, just like basically every other relationship in the play, and will end horribly.

* ''JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds'' has "Eve Of The War" and the first part of "Horsell Common And The Heat Ray", covering the lead-up to the violent first contact with the Martians.

* In ''TheLionKing'', Scar sings "Be Prepared" before the stampede.

* "Savages" from {{Disney/Pocahontas}}. Even overlaps with MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber.

* "Making Christmas" is this for TheNightmareBeforeChristmas. All the cast save for Sally, are preparing Christmas presents that are pure NightmareFuel right before Jack's takeoff as Skeleton Claus.

* "Walk Through the Fire" from the {{Buffy}} musical episode "Once More, With Feeling".

* "Soon It's Gonna Rain" from ''TheFantasticks''

* "Tomorrow Night" from "SouthPark: Bigger, Longer and Uncut", which is itself a take-off on "One Day More".
** The song is actually called "La Resistance (Medley)".
*** This trope is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] within the song:

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* Though it was a CutSong, "We'll Have Tomorrow" from LittleShopOfHorrors would have been a perfect example of this.

** The start of "Suppertime Reprise (Sominex)" could count, but the storm sort of starts in the middle of it.

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* "I Hope I Get It" from AChorusline.

* "Tonight" from ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' is one of the classics, setting up for the big rumble that changes everything.

* "Tonight" from ''WestSideStory'' is one of the classics, setting up for the big rumble that changes everything.

* "Savages" from {{Disney/Pocahantas}}. Even overlaps with MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber.