King Lear

by William Shakespeare

The Utah Shakespearean Festival 2007

Director J. R. Sullivan 
Scenic Designer Bill Forrester 
Costume Designer David Kay Mickelsen 
Lighting Designer Donna Ruzika
Sound Design and Original Muslc Joe Payne

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One of the few scores I have composed without any acid loops. All instruments performed using Gigastudio by Joe Payne. Set in pre-Christian Ireland, the stage consisted of a giant circular Rune, which broke apart as the world of Lear collapsed. The music was meant to invoke a rudimentary, undeveloped, pagan, dark Ireland. And of course Lear wouldn’t be complete without a huge evolving storm, of which you will hear just a touch. 

King Lear demo