david sophia siegel - boxcar theatre's 'zen'

david sophia siegel's music
for boxcar theatre's 2006 play, 'zen'
the music: ... best of ... all the music ... full resume ... just kml! ...

July 18 - July 23, 2006
Boxcar Theatre's "Zen".

Director: Nick A. Olivero

Assistant Director: Sarah Savage

Cast: Dana Lau, Sarah Mitchell, Lauren Pizzi, Ian Riley, Grove Wiley

and Jime Wurzbach.

Venue: The Magic Theater in San Francisco, California.

My Role: Songwriter/Composer

Zen was written and created by the Boxcar Theatre players (and Imagined and

Directed by Nick Olivero) and was performed both at Baker Beach and at the

Magic Theatre. The stages was a big Zen sandbox, with three tons of sand

carted in to the Magic and, well, the beach had sand already.

And all music posted here was used in the show at the Magic unless

noted otherwise.

Opening Theme and Variations
Opening Theme used in the opening of the play, End used at the end, and
other variations used as interstitial music throughout.

- Main Theme - Opening of play

- Main Theme - End of play

- Theme Variation 1 - one cello

- Theme Variation 2 - 2 cellos

- Theme Variation 3 - Harp

- Theme Variation 4 - Alternate cello line

Waltz variations
This piece ended up needing to be simple and romantic, as two characters hug
and slowly dance, a man comforting a woman while she cries about a problem
they've discovered in their baby which she is carrying. However, I made a
more fully orchestrated version first, so I'm posting it as a point of
comparison.

- Simple Waltz - just harp

- Waltz - initial version (version not used in play)

"Rope" music
This piece was not used in the final play. It was originally intended to
underscore a tug-of-war that two characters had - battle music, sort of.
But the scene ended up not needing music.

- Rope, Version 1 (my initial proposal)

- Rope, Final Version (the direction we ended up going with the piece)

"Child" music
Another character thinks she really wants to have a baby, and so this is
the sound that plays at one point while she is doing headstands and
trying to be playful (the long version) and another that flashes when
a child mistakenly calls her, "Mommy," and it tugs at her. There was
also a clock as a set piece, and so the sound reflects its presence,
both on stage and in her metaphorical/biological sense.

- Child Music - long version

- Child Music - short version

Airport Announcements
Used at one point in the play, when the expecting couple were in an airport.
Special thanks to Haia for her voice work.

- Airport Announcement #1

- Airport Announcement #2