david sophia siegel - music for a kml production of 'the listening room'

david sophia siegel's music
for killing my lobster's production of 'the listening room'
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July, 2004
Killing My Lobster's Bruno's Island New Plays Festival, 2004

production of "The Listening Room" at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, California.

Play written by Kevin Shay.

Director: Alec Tok

Cast: Leo Lawhorn, Lily Ogelsby, Shay Casey and Paco Romane.

My role: Sound Designer/Composer

This play is a somewhat comedic drama about a rock music critic who is held

hostage in his own home by a mysterious woman who is intent upon making him

face some hard truths about being a music critic and about himself. The

music for the show reflected the confusion and psychological turmoil that the

main character, Malcolm, over the course of the play, from ignorance of why

he has been effectively imprisoned and fear of his captor to his eventual

acceptance of his responsibility for certain aspects of his personal history

from which he had been hiding.

Music/sound from the show is found below, along with some tracks developed

for but not used in the show. The sounds in the tracks are essentially

'found sound' motifs, sampled and woven together into a variety of acoustic

tapestries or themes. This music was played between scenes in the play.

I also provided some sound effects for the show, which are not included here.

01 Theme 1, variation 1

02 Theme 1, variation 2

03 Theme 1, variation 3

04 Theme 2, variation 1

05 Theme 2, variation 2

06 Theme 3 (ripping paper - not used)

07 Theme 4, variation 1

08 Theme 4, variation 2

09 Theme 5 (not used)