August 17, 2007
Sound Cues
The Boat
I found and treated samples of waves, seagulls, and a door creak to construct this sound which opens the third act – Ros and Guil waking up to find themselves on a boat. (3:45)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Sneaky Hamlet
A collage of sneaky cartoon music samples from the master, Carl Stalling. (1:27)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Pirate Attack (Coup D’Etat)
Wishing to satisfy the director’s desire for mayhem, I scoured the web for violent sounds and layered them on the Circle Jerks’ “Coup D’Etat.” (1:59)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Rosencrantz Disappears
To lighten a heavy interlude, slapstick returns with thundering rumble as Ros beams out. (0:08)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Guildenstern Disappears
Thunder booms, a door slams, and Pacman meets his demise. Goodbye Guil! (0:08)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Pre-show Music
Are You Ready to Rock?
This track is constructed of loops from The Exploited and Bauhaus, and peppered with samples from The Simpsons, Looney Toons, and other TV sound bites culled from the web. (3:15)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
You are Hereby Summoned I
Birds, tympani, royal horns and a slew of soundbites found online. (2:12)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
To be or not to Be
A transposed viol sample, the voice of director Jon Drawbaugh, and of course, Daffy Duck. (1:04)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
You are Hereby Summoned II
The second in the “You are Hereby Summoned” soundbite collages. Cameo appearances by Hal, Darth, Marvin and many others. (1:50)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
It is a Good Day to Die
Bardo Pond, Jon Drawbaugh and Star Trek collide in this rockin’ noisefest. Last words by Shania Twain. (1:36)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Best Death Ever
Captain Kirk, Sargeant Shultz, the Comic Store Guy, and a host of others ponder the meaning of death over my instrumental track “Infinite Justice”. (2:17)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Requiem
I recycled my “Requiem for a Drama Queen” as a bed for the voiceover samples of Jon Drawbaugh. (2:23)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Be Happy
My instrumental piece “Morose Eros” is re-used here as a base for a philosophical bit of Rosencrantz as performed by Brian Barefoot. (2:03)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
You are Hereby Summoned III
Peewee, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Looney Tunes, and the Simpsons romp in this third YAHS collage. (1:34)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Confluence Theatre presents a Neo-Elizabethan Goth-Punk Play within a Play
35th anniversary revival of Tom Stoppard’s Neo-Elizabethan Goth-Punk Play Within a Play. Stoppard speculates on the probable activity of Prince Hamlet’s college friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who are speculating the meaning of probability in his chilling comedy. Directed by Jon Drawbaugh
Sets and Sound: Greg Stephens, Lighting: Ian M. McDonald, Costumes: Marie Elena O’Brien, Fight Direction: Gregory Arata, Original Music: Sean Crews, Stage Manager: Ian M. McDonald, Cast: Brian Barefoot, Adam Bernstein, John Allen Biles, Katherine Brecka, Tom Hitchcock, Rich Lilley, Bradley R. Mackenzie, Marie Elena O’Brien, Raven Pease, Ryan Prem, Gerrard Spencer, Michael Thurstlic, T.D. White.
Teatro La Tea
at Clemens Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY
16 February thru 10 March 2002
