It was a great experience, a heck of a lot of fun, and I got to work with some amazing performers. Having a youth band (average age 15, I believe) was a big gamble that paid off. I think it really helped the kids in the audience connect to the music. Ahh, good times. Anywho, here’s a little music video that NWCTS.org put together, using the original cast studio recording. Yes, the music was recorded by the kids that you see in the video.
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Rapunzel opened, and I’m rather pleased! The kids are doing great, and it was an amazing experience. More music from that to come, but for now, a snippet:
Attempts on Her Life production collage
Posted: April 13, 2011 in Attempts on her Life, sound design, theatre
A collage of images from Attempts on Her Life, with sound from the show.
Music by Richard E. Moore and Justin Coope.
I’m actually in tech weekend for The Adding Machine at Theatre Vertigo. Being productive. Interesting note: This theatre uses QLab on an iMac… And as much as I’m a PC person I’ve always heard lovely things about QLab. Also it’s expensive, so I figured I’d give it a fair shake. Know what? It has weaker features, less flexibility, and is more difficult to use than Audio Visual Devices’ MultiPlay… which is, you know, free.
Hilarious. So that was interesting to learn.
Been busy wrapping up sounds for this show, so I’ve been unable to post samples from Attempts, but hopefully over the next week I’ll treat your ears to some of the sounds from both shows.
Well, made it through tech weekend with only a few minor scrapes and bruises. Attempts on her Life by Martin Crimp opens this weekend at defunkt theatre, and I for one am rather pleased with the result. A combination of found sound, original music (with the help of Justin Coope of Son of Rust fame), and a few computer voices, it’s a dynamic soundscape that I’m rather fond of. I hope that audiences like it as well, and I hope that they find that it fits the scattered (but loosely bound) nature of the narrative.
I’m going to put up some sounds after the run begins, so as not to sour the experience for the hundreds of you coming here before you see the show (perhaps thousands), but I will put some pictures out for your perusal.
Recording for Attempts on her Life
Posted: February 8, 2011 in Attempts on her Life, recording, theatreCurrently working on Attempts on her Life by Martin Crimp with defunkt theatre. Decided to record the answering machine messages on speakerphone. Weirdest session yet.
(mic insulated with camping foam. Can’t see the cell phone, ‘coz I’m using it to take the picture! but I’ll put it on speaker and place it in the center, there. Hi-Tek!)
Here I intend to post information about my work in the field of music and sound design. In addition to my musical endeavors I work with small theatre, particularly defunkt theatre, and often design sound for interesting, unique, and obscure works. I often find that there is little documentation for sound design for previous performances of many of the works that I am involved in, and I am starting this site particularly so that I can provide at least a point of reference for what has been done in the past. If you are designing sound for any of the shows that I have worked on, I would love to discuss it with you, and provide my work as a point of reference.
It is not my wish to be emulated or copied, or course, but I feel that there is a lack of available information to those, like me, who work with obscure or underperformed scripts, and I would like to foster a free exchange of information amongst those who share my particular pastime.
Of course, if you would like to contact me to collaborate on a project, I would love to talk to you as well. I’m a nice guy, that’s how I roll.
So, take a moment, look around, give a listen.
If you’ve come here in early days, please check back, as I will be posting sound samples and information as I find the time to post it.
Aloha,
Richard E. Moore.
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