THE MISSING
2011
NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND
A stage adaptation of the book ‘The Missing’ by Andrew O'Hagan
DIRECTOR
John Tiffany
SOUNDTRACK INFO
The Missing was a particularly difficult soundtrack to realise given the incredibly sensitive and often harrowing subject matter at the heart of Andrew O'Hagan's book and script — including the disappearance of children and the families of victims of Rosemary and Fred West.
The soundtrack comprises a solo cello suite performed live by actor Brigit Forsyth, accompanied by a programmed digital soundscape. The production finale is an arrangement of Song To The Siren by Tim Buckley.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
The Missing performed throughout Sept-Oct 2011 at Tramway, Glasgow.
RELATED WORKS
Soundtracks for other National Theatre Of Scotland productions include:
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (2006)
Dolls (2009)
Our Teacher’s A Troll (2009)
Mary Queen Of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (2009)
Complete soundtrack to the stage adaptation of Andrew O'Hagan's book The Missing by National Theatre Of Scotland (2011). Digital music with sampled strings and atmospheres, including an interpretation of Tim Buckley’s Song To The Siren.
Written & Produced by David Paul Jones
© ℗ 2011 Blue Banyan Music
“an austere, disquieting beauty”
THE GUARDIAN
“powered by David Paul Jones’s beautiful, thoughtful score, often fragmented, then suddenly soaring into an organised chorale of unresolved grief – The Missing emerges as a moving and memorably open-ended piece of theatre, which both pays full respect to the human suffering of those who still mourn the disappeared, and raises some vital questions about the searing gaps in the fabric of our not-so-big society.”
THE SCOTSMAN
CREDITS
Written by Andrew O'Hagan from his book The Missing
Director: John Tiffany
Composer: David Paul Jones
Sound Designer: Gareth Fry
Lighting Designer: Davy Cunningham
Set & Costume Designer: Neil Warmington
Choreographer: Imogen Knight
Cast: Joe McFadden | Brigit Forsyth | Barbara Rafferty | Myra McFadyen | John Ramage | Brian Pettifer
Images © National Theatre Of Scotland