In addition to recording bands & singer-songwriters, we have designed and composed a number of theatrical productions. Below you can hear examples of sound scapes, sound effects and foley, as well as full compositions.
The Death of Brian: A Zombie Tale
A one-man play written by Ricky Coates. Featured at the Orlando Fringe Festival in May, 2013.
Theme from “The Death of Brian: A Zombie Tale”
Soundscape
Curtain Call
Hamlet
Composer & Sound Designer, January 2013.
Written by William Shakespeare; directed by Beth Rass-Bergquist. A Ghost Light Theatricals Production.
Freak Storm
Composer & Sound Designer, February 2012.
An adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest written by Don Fleming & directed by Lisa Ann Glomb. A Ghost Light Theatricals Production.
This play required mostly sound effects, but the ending was to be a big dance number. The director wanted something “Bollywood” and this is what I came up with. My work was nominated for a Theatre Puget Sound Gregory Award in the category of Outstanding Sound/Music Design.
The Metamorphosis
Composer & Sound Designer, January 2011.
Based on a short story by Franz Kafka. Adapted and directed by Wilder Nutting-Heath. A Ghost Light Theatricals Production.
This is the introduction to the play, meant to inspire both sadness and beauty. The violin is performed by Jannet Utterback.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Composer & Sound Designer, November 2010.
Written by William Shakespeare, directed by Rob Rass-Bergquist. A Ghost Light Theatricals Production
The setting for the forest was a virtual world, not unlike a simulated computer program. For this design I mostly composed material in Ableton Live. This is the final musical number, played during Puck’s goodbye and curtain.
Mother PhΩcker
Composer & Sound Designer, November 2009.
Written by Matt Lyman, directed by Beth Rass-Bergquist. A Ghost Light Theatricals Production.
This is a dark waltz that was to set a scene for a tyrant who is beginning to discover his true origins.
Blinding Pains
Composer & Sound Designer, November 2009.
Written by Ben Newton & David van Wert, directed by Rob Rass-Bergquist.
Lyrics by Ben Newton & David van Wert.
Vocals by Chris Marx.
Music composed, arranged, & performed by Dan Yost. A Ghost Light Theatricals Production.
The theme song to “Blinding Pains” — a sit-com sequel to Oedipus Rex. Every sit-com needs a theme song, right? Oedipus tries to rebuild his life after the tragedy by opening a restaurant in Phoenix called “Oedipus Mex.”
A Dream Play
Composer & Sound Designer, April 2009.
Written by August Strindberg, directed by Rob Rass-Bergquist. A Ghost Light Theatricals Production.
A haggard writer spends his time between his typewriter and the bottle, stumbling off somewhere between his figurative and literal gutter.