Artist description The first sountrack recording of an all-new, full-length electronic musical. The warmth of the human voice complements unusual synthesized orchestrations. The tale of the sacrifice of Iphigenia at the hands of her father Agamemnon, retold from a modern perspective.

Music Style Electronic Ritual Musical

Musical Influences All

Group Members Georg Bissen, Dave Peck - Music Composition and Orchestration; Abi Basch - Book and Lyrics; Cast: Iphigenia - Marisa Quintanilla; Orestes - Kristian Imai; Clytemnestra - Marieke Beeuwkes; Agamemnon - Alex Threadgold; Achilles - M. Paco Tolson; Persephone - Suzanna Harris; Pythia - Sarah Cocuzzo Pete; Chorus - Megan Hart, Jori Ketten, Jonathan Martin, Nikki Phillips, Anne Robinson, Nate Stumpff, M. Paco Tolson, Jason Yust

Albums Atreus Dawn: Original Cast Soundtrack

Press Reviews "Rock musicals ("Hair," "Tommy," "Jesus Christ Superstar") sort of did it 30 years ago with their Hendrix-like guitars. Stephen Sondheim did a little bit of it 15 years ago with his high-tech, pointillist Chromolumes in his Pulitzer-Prize winning "Sunday in the Park with George." Andrew Lloyd Webber (the mature, post-"Superstar" Sir Andrew) did a high-voltage variation on it with his roller-skating extravaganza "Starlight Express." But then again, with the proliferation of microphones, synthesizers, and shrinking orchestras in most Broadway houses, aren't they all "electronic musicals" nowadays? Not after you've heard "Atreus Dawn," the Brownbrokers musical which opened last night at the Leeds. Composers and arrangers Georg Bissen and Dave Peck have crafted a score that is eclectic, occasionally witty, always innovative. Small orchestra? Who needs one - this music is entirely composed and mixed on a computer. The score is remarkably cohesive, even though Bissen and Peck have inserted strains of hip-hop, reggae and even waltz music into it. Ambient (swirling chords with no beat) and trance (said chords with a beat) form the backbone of the score and continuous underscore. The recurring melody of "Mother's Hymn," with its accompanying, dissonant harmony, is beautifully haunting." - The Daily Herald

Location Providence, RI - USA

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).