The Witch’s music in Into the Woods is interesting because, unlike most characters, who’s music starts simple, and innocent (reflecting the innocence within themselves, not having learned what they need), her music starts out extremely complicated, harmonically and rhythmically, with 12 tone rows, hexachords, and quartal harmony (based solely on augmented and diminished fourths, but the perfect). As the show goes on, the music becomes less and less complicated with screams of simplicity fighting their way through in songs like “Stay with me” and “Last Midnight.” All of this culminates for the Witch in her final number, “Children Will Listen” which uses the fewest chromatic techniques of any song in the show, next to “No One is Alone.” This simplicity is peace among the characters, and peace within themselves, that they have now learned what they need and have grown from it.