ROBERT ORIOL
All Things Audio for Theater
Robert Oriol is a composer and sound designer currently based in Los Angeles, California. In addtion to original music composition and theatrical sound design, he also provides music recording and production services, as well as editing and mixing.Henry V
You’ve never seen Henry like this before. Shakespeare’s world and our world collide to create a modernized aesthetic of the historical warrior and ruler. Our rendition of Henry V gets down and dirty with the art of war as Henry wrestles with what it means to be a good leader and a good man, while nationalism rises and war is unleashed. Opened February 10, 2018.
Directors: Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott. Scenic Design: Frederica Nascimento. Costume Design: Angela Balogh Calin. Lighting Design: Ken Booth. Sound Design and Original Music: Robert Oriol. Stage Manager: Anne M. Jude. Assistant Stage Manager: Kayla Hammett. Assistant Lighting Design: Briana Pattillo. Wig/Make-Up Design: Klint Flowers. Props Master: Sydney Russell. Music Direction: Dr. Melissa Sky-Eagle. Fight Choreography: Kenneth R. Merckx, Jr. Co-Fight Choreographers: Collin Bressie, Marc Leclerc. Dialect Coach: Christine A. Menzies. Light Board Operator: Jacob Houser. Deck Crew: Catherine Lee.
Press Quotes
"Adding to the cinematic fireworks is sound designer Robert Oriol’s pulse-pounding musical underscoring punctuated by Tim Curle’s live onstage percussion. Not only that, but Oriol sets some of Shakespeare’s text to music performed by a vocally gifted cast in gorgeous acappella harmonies (under Melissa Sky-Eagle’s music direction) and by L.A. musical theater star Cassandra Marie Murphy (French Queen Isabel) in soaring soprano solos. - StageSceneLA - March 2018."Frederica Nascimento’s scenic design of a series of high steps revolves and transforms into various configurations to provide the different locales. Angela Balogh Calin’s stark black and white costumes give the characters a mean and lean look. Ken Booth’s lighting is bold and stark. Robert Oriol’s sound design and original music are an added plus as is on-stage percussionist Tim Curle. You leave this production thinking the Elliott duo could easily direct an action film with Henry V as their super hero." - Rob Stevens (HainesHisWay.com), February 2018