The Roof
Requardt & Rosenberg 2014
Bristol Mayfest
National Theatre
THE ROOF was a dance theatre production created by award winning choreographer/directors Frauke Requardt and David Rosenberg - (Requardt&Rosenberg).
I composed, arranged, performed and produced the original score and sound designed the production.
The soundtrack featured binaural sound and was transmitted to the audience via wireless headphones.
The score features original songs with lyrics by David Rosenberg and instrumental music broadcast from a mythical radio station - “Radio Supermoon”.
Musicians:
Dave Price - Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Strings, Guitar, Programming
Ben Hales - Guitars, Bass, Backing Vocals, Additional Production
Gwyneth Herbert - Vocals
Sam Burgess - Double Bass
Finn Peters - Saxophones, Flutes
“What would happen if you found yourself inside the head of an avatar? What if that avatar was then thrust into a brutal and unforgiving game? The Roof’s intimate three dimensional sound, delivered via headphones, transports you into the body of a reluctant hero desperate to stay alive. The performers blend free running and contemporary dance in a fast paced, perilous performance in a purpose built arena.”
Produced by Fuel and presented in association with the National Theatre
Commissioned by LIFT as part of the Imagine 2020 network, with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union. Funded by Arts Council England. Supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, the Backstage Trust and the Binks Trust
There is a cracking sound score by Dave Price which ranges from ska to electronica and often has a touch of Chris Isaak and the Twin Peaks music about it.
Charles Spencer – The Telegraph
Around this strange, dystopian world, our hero, the boiler-suited Player 611, leaps and soars, pursued by monsters and tempted by faceless majorettes, while a mysterious DJ spins records “from out of the guts of angels”. We follow all this on headphones, each of us plugged into our own soundtrack. This is an inspired touch – Dave Price’s sound design plays ingenious sonic tricks, and the folky songs, performed by Gwyneth Herbert, are excellent.
Laura Barnett – The Observer
The score and music are particularly effective – the audience all turn collectively as we hear someone from behind, only to realise that this is the trippy effect of the clever sound production…So good is Dave Price’s soundtrack that I wish the performance would end with a silent disco-esque finale. I’m still humming along a week later.
Lara Hayward – londondance.com
The audience wears headphones, into which plays Dave Price’s brilliant soundscape, combining video-game sound effects with an eclectic mix of music that is often strange and always wonderful.
Lou Flaxman – thepublicreviews.com
