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Continue reading →: Those amazing unused music cuesThe first major set of music cues in Romeo & Juliet is during the big fight at the end of ActI/Scene1. This is where the Montagues and the Capulets call each other out with famous lines like “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?” and ends with a physical…
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Continue reading →: Fight Call: Like a beautiful little danceFight Call: Like a beautiful little dance #theater #theatre #sounddesign #performingarts
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Continue reading →: Moving music tools to a new laptopI’m very excited to finally have a brandy new MacBook Pro. But migrating the music plugins (AU, VST) is a daunting task. #music #sounddesign
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Continue reading →: The friendly mic guyOriginally posted: 1/1/2014 [4/27/2025 comment – I don’t do many shows that require mics any more but I’d like to think my friendly/collaborative approach still holds. bw] Why work so hard at being a grump?In addition to my work at the black box theatre, I do sound for The Norton…
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Continue reading →: Termination ShockI just finished reading Neal Stephenson’s Termination Shock – another of his 700-page epics. I’ve fairly recently tapped into the whole #SolarPunk thing (I wonder if this will show as a legit hashtag in Bluesky and Mastodon). I was fully immersed in the Cyberpunk movement back in the day. Stephenson’s…
Bruce Webster
Sound in a small room
Bruce Webster’s atmospheric original score for “Romeo and Juliet” was a remarkable blend of tracked material and live instruments, underscoring scenes and transitions. This ambitious and successful effort, rarely attempted by most theaters, perfectly fit the director’s 1920’s concept. The music enhanced the emotional arc of each scene, adding a cinematic feel and unique fluidity without distracting from the dialogue.
EMACT / DASH Consultants Award speech – August 2024
Hello. I’m Bruce
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