THE SOUNDSCORE TO heartBEAT: A NARRATIVE-FORM MUSIC ...
THE SOUNDSCORE TO heartBEAT: A NARRATIVE-FORM MUSIC ...
THE SOUNDSCORE TO heartBEAT: A NARRATIVE-FORM MUSIC ...
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11<br />
The Spoken Text<br />
The spoken text is a combination of dialogue and styhzed poetic treatments. It has<br />
virtually no plot-narrative function. Instead, the text is used to convey the thoughts of<br />
MR and to relate the psychological and presentational aspects of the piece.<br />
There are six speaking parts: MR, MS, Host, Expert/Contestant, Voice and<br />
Chorus. Each of these parts serves a unique dramatic function, often with numerous<br />
contextual dimensions. For example, the Host and Expert/Contestant dialogues suggest<br />
the question and answer sequences one might observe on talk shows or game shows.<br />
However, the content of these brief dialogues concerns the notion of thought.<br />
HOST<br />
Thoughts?<br />
EXPERT/CONTESTANT<br />
Thoughts?<br />
HOST<br />
Thoughts.<br />
EXPERT/CONTESTANT<br />
Thoughts are cerebral gunshots!<br />
MR, as the main character, actually speaks only one on-camera line in the work.<br />
We observe his spoken part as poetic thought sequences, simple and enigmatic, yet with<br />
their own inner sense of logic:<br />
MR<br />
The head's so thick<br />
Like wood<br />
A forest all my own<br />
But small...<br />
Boxed about<br />
Like a shadow<br />
On the wall.<br />
The Voice speaks through an archetypal television announcer. Lines have peculiar<br />
self-referential qualities, while at the same time bearing a resemblance in tone and content<br />
to a newscast or spoken advertisement.<br />
VOICE<br />
There's only one way<br />
To play it.<br />
It's a wonder<br />
.No one thought of it before.
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