Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Daniel Doss Performing Pieces from "Red Death"
Here's a video of the awesome Daniel Doss performing some of the music he wrote for Red Death along with some other tunes.
Free Download "Khaaaaan! the Musical" Original Cast Recording
You can now download the Khaaaaaan! the Musical Soundtrack from Bandcamp. Just click download on the player above.
"Red Death" KCUR Interview by Julie Denesha
Edgar Allen Poe's 1842 short story "The Masque of the Red Death" serves as the inspiration for a new opera called "Red Death" that premieres next week in Kansas City, Mo. The opera will be part of the KC Fringe Festival. With music composed by Daniel Doss and a libretto by Bryan Colley, it follows Prince Prospero (played by Nathan Granner) as he attempts to escape a plague raging outside the castle walls.
Interview highlights:
On a "zany" Prospero
"I am singing the role of Prospero in the "Red Death,'" says tenor Nathan Granner. "Prospero is a little zany, but also very brainy and fun. So there is the zany part that’s like, 'Let's have a party.' We’re going to lock the doors. No one gets in. No one gets out. And also, the red death doesn’t get in."
"So he thinks that he has it all worked out," says Granner. "And then, by of course, the end of the opera he finds that he is entirely wrong. (laughs) Just wrong. And he has to face his own mortality."
On the question: What does Edgar Allen Poe sound like?
"It’s fascinating to think about what does Edgar Allen Poe sound like? Or, what do the color of his words sound like?" says Daniel Doss, composer of "Red Death." "So that’s the fun part as a composer is taking the text that is on the page and then thinking, 'Ok, what would this sound like in music?'"
"It’s fun when in a moment the emotion changes very rapidly and it goes into something else and then that sounds like this and it is a fascinating thing," Doss says. "The music that you are creating can represent so many different emotions."
On the folly of a man trying to avoid death
"A lot of people will simply see it as a class issue where it’s rich against the poor," says librettist Bryan Colley, a screenwriter and playwright. "And it’s the rich people thinking that their wealth can protect them from death and that’s a very valid way to view the story, but to me it was more about the whole folly of man trying to avoid death."
On the surprise of a joyful opera
"I am surprised how full of life and how joyful the whole thing is going to be when it’s finally done," Colley says. "It’s like, even though the text really dwells on death, the whole performance of it is so lively and fun and beautiful. It’s all about how great life is."
listen at KCUR
"Khaaaaan! the Musical" Soundtrack Free Download
Khan is thrilled to have been resurrected in Star Trek: Into Darkness, and feels obliged to make a generous gift to his minions on the planet Earth.
For a limited time you can download the entire Khaaaaan! the Musical soundtrack free of charge. All you have to do is enter your email address, and you might get an email a few times a year whenever anything major happens.
You can also stream the album for free at Bandcamp or if you want a lossless plastic disc, you can order one through Amazon.
Khan commands you to enjoy his music, especially Khan's Awesome Song, and share it with your friends!
Khaaaaan! the Musical Cast Recording
A studio recording featuring the original cast of Khaaaaan! the Musical.
Download at any of your favorite online music stores, including Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, Zune, Spotify, and more. Totally retro plastic disc available at Amazon on Demand. You can also stream the album at Bandcamp.
Ten Rockin' Tracks
- Science Fiction Movies
- Too Old for This
- Khan's Awesome Song
- The Illogical Song
- Totally Tubular
- The Genesis Device
- Bones' Lament
- I Come in Peace
- Science Fiction Movies Reprise
- Khan's Awesome Song (KC Fringe Festival Version)
Music by Tim Gillespie and Michelle Cotton
Lyrics by Bryan Colley, Tara Varney, and Michelle Cotton
Recorded and mixed by Howie at Mr. Furious Records
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