- Awesome Moments:
- Albert vs. two Confederates in “What Will You Fight For.” Albert wins.
- Old Albert and Young Albert seeing one another in the asylum, and Young Albert assuring Old Albert that his life was not wasted because he lived as himself.
- Awesome Music: Quite a lot of the soundtrack, if you’re into bluegrass.
- ”Battlecry of Freedom,” based on a real song from the American Civil War and just as inspiring.
- ”Bullet in a Gun,” especially that last note.
- ”I’m Alive,” especially the soaring chorus and the drumbeat as Collins gives orders.
- ”I Gotta Try,” appropriately powerful for Albert’s declaration that he’ll make his own way in life on his own terms.
- Heartwarming Moments:
- ”Brothers in Arms,” especially this part:
Young Albert:
I’ve been on my own for all this time
No kin, no one standing by my side
My world was dark, but you bring a light
You’ll always be a friend of mine
- Jeffrey’s Love Epiphany in “Excuse Me Sir.”
- Albert’s former fellow soldiers testifying on his behalf at his trial and identifying him as Albert D. J. Cashier. With a reprise of “Brothers in Arms,” no less!
- Jeffrey’s final goodbye to Albert, in which he tells him he’s a good man.
- Tear Jerker:
- The opening number “Ghost Boy” has quite a bit of this, but special mention to this part:
Young Albert & Old Albert: Take me away
To a place
Where I'm not strange
And I'm not alone
The world's not safe
And I'm afraid
At the end of the day
I know I'm on my own
Young Albert: And I’m never going home
- ”Better,” in which Albert is surrounded by his dead friends and wonders how he can live on after all of this.
- ”The Perfect Home,” where Jeffrey keeps begging Albert to live as a woman and marry him and Albert can only react in anger, sadness, and disgust.
- Both the beginning and the ending of “Breathe. Walk. Home.” It opens with Albert forced into a dress and wondering if he wasted his entire life, and it ends with him dying.
- Albert’s funeral. Jeffrey gives a eulogy and sings “Faded Coat of Blue,” and Young Albert himself shows up and sings a reprise of “What Will You Fight For.”
