Firebrand Theatre 2016
dir Richard Baron
A female American drone operator grapples with her new job, killing remotely from a desert base outside Las Vegas.  The opening cue references the Islamic world she is watching and targeting, and goes on to underscore her initial reminiscence of being an F-16 fighter pilot in the “vastness of the blue”.  Driving to and from the base she listens to a lot of AC/DC on the radio, but in a final journey her partner has made a mix CD of favourite music ending in 'The Pony Song', an incongruous addition referring to her daughter Sam's love of toy pink ponies.  This has previously annoyed her mother, but the song brings some relief and pleasure.  The playwright George Brant supplies the lyrics but suggests each production makes a new version.

Opening Cue : Grounded

Original music score composed and produced by RJ McConnell and Jon Beales for the Enchanted Forest production Elemental.

Joanna Shaw - flute & piccolo.
Mike Butcher - soprano, alto & tenor saxophones.
Andrew Connell-Smith - trumpet.
Christopher Mansfield - trombone.
Martin Murphy - french horn.
Robin Mason - cello.
Stuart Watson - tuba & accordion.
Paul Hameed - drums & percussion.
Pauline Knowles - mezzo-soprano.

Marcin Buczek - Recording Engineer.

Sound Install - DM Audio.

Lightning : Elemental : The Enchanted Forest

Making Love : The Effect

Scene Change : The Effect

Admissions Procedure : The Effect

Opening : In My Father's Words

Moving The Boxes : In My Father's Words

Geltzahler's Journey : The Home-Made Child

Offertory : Solemn Mass for a Full Moon

Introit : Solemn Mass for a Full Moon

Composite cue : The Elephant Man

The Signalman

I Got You REMIX

soap theme originally written for a student film in Edinburgh

Hopetoun

Grapes Of Wrath Highway 66

381 x 10³

Jon Beales

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