Utah Shakespearean Festival - Cedar City, UT. 2007
Original Music and Sound Design
Coriolanus
Director Henry Woronicz
Scenic Designer Bill Forrester
Costume Designer Claudia Stephens
Lighting Designer Donna Ruzika
Music by Joe Payne ©2007. Brass fanfares by Christine Frezza for previous seasons at the festival.
An energetic production, with emphasis on the throngs of citizens, who can easily be persuaded when in a mob atmosphere. The battles stole some ideas from the film 300, which gave a great sense of organized tactics, and big action freezes. Most of the score was percussion, but there were a few moments in the show that were meant to be elegantly simple with tonal sound, simple melody lines, and percussion accents.
Coriolanus demo*click on pictures for larger versions