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DRACULA: UNBOUND

 

“Evil never dies”

 

Book and Lyrics by Joseph Traynor

Music by Kyle Ukes

 

Based upon characters created by Bram Stoker

 

 

Synopsis

 

Evil never dies they say. They were right. Forces are at work in Transylvania. Two men with one agenda: To bring the prince of darkness back to life. If they succeed Dracula will be unleashed, and the rivers and oceans of the world will flow with blood!


INTRODUCTION

 

I remember seeing “The horror of Dracula” as a kid. For those unfamiliar with this version it was the 1958 remake from Hammer Horror starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It was an experience I will never forget. It was a dark, erotic, gothic film, full of as much action set pieces as it was blood.

 

I’ll never forget the climax with Van Helsing running along a dining table and tearing the curtains down to expose his nemesis, Dracula to the ray’s of the sun. Spectacular!

 

When it came to writing “Dracula: Unbound” (and its two companion pieces “The Blood of Dracula” and “Dracula: Rebirth”) I wanted to bring the spirit of the best vampire films to the stage, to write something gothic, frightening, romantic, exciting.

 

Essentially my goal with this musical is to make the audience feel what I felt when I first saw the Dracula films of Universal and Hammer Horror: Frightened, excited…and create an unquenchable thirst for blood!


UPDATES

January 14th 2008

The score is nearing completion, at this rate the full show will be ready for production by April/May of this year. The rights to the show (Amateur & professional) will be released at that time and plans will be underway for the world premiere

Also plans are still underway for a workshop recording of the show in Glasgow and a full cast album using singers from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

December 29th 2007

The final draft of the script was completed in December. The show is now taking its final shape as the score nears completion

Check back regulary for updates!


SYNOPSIS OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS

 

ACT ONE

 

1.  OVERTURE                                                                      (Orchestra)

 

Prologue         London 1885

 

1a. SCENE ONE UNDERSCORING                                               (Orchestra)

2.  GOODBYE IS NOT THE END                                        (Jonathon & Mina)

3.  UNBOUND                                                                                   (Van Helsing)

 

Scene One       Transylvanian Wilderness

 

3a. THE MASTERS HOLY GRAIL                                       (Orchestra)

4.  BLESSED WITH THE NIGHT                                        (Vincent & Francesca)

4a. UNDER TRANCE                                                                       (Orchestra)

 

Scene Two      Castle Dracula

 

4b. CASTLE DRACULA                                                         (Orchestra)

4c. DRACULA’S FIRST VICTIMS                                        (Orchestra)

5.  THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE                                              (Stoker)

 

Scene Three Transylvanian Inn

 

6.  TRANSYLVANIA WAS MADE IN HELL                                   (Villagers, Inkeeper &

                                                                                                Anabella)

7.  DREAMS OF BEING ALIVE                                           (Stoker & Anabella)

7a. I WOULD RATHER DIE                                                            (Orchestra)

 

Scene Four                  The Borgo Pass

 

7b. THE BORGO PASS                                                         (Orchestra)

 

Scene Five                   Castle Dracula

 

7c. PASSION                                                                          (Orchestra)

8.  ARISE DRACULA, ARISE                                                           (Stoker, Renfield, Francesca,

                                                                                                Vincent & Dracula)

9.  MINA                                                                                (Dracula)

10. ONCE MORE                                                                  (Dracula)

 

Scene Six         Van Helsing’s Nightmare

 

10a. VAN HELSING’S NIGHTMARE                                              (Orchestra)

 

Scene Seven The Ballroom of Harker’s home, London

 

10b. MINA’S VOICE                                                             (Orchestra)

11. I HEAR THE CALLING                                                  (Jonathon & Van Helsing)

 

Scene Eight The Saint Marie

 

12. STARS                                                                               (The Crew)

12a.VAMPIRE’S ATTACK/BATTLE                                     (Orchestra)

 

Scene Nine Dracula’s Chapel

 

13. I WILL FLY AWAY                                                         (Anabella)

 

Scene Ten Castle Dracula

 

14. PRAYER                                                                           (Francesca)

 

Scene Eleven Somewhere in Transylvania

 

15. WHERE THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE                             (Jonathon & Van Helsing)

 

Scene Twelve A Church

 

15A.THE CHURCH                                                               (Orchestra)

16. CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT/FINALE                         (Company)

 

ACT TWO

 

17. ENTR’ACTE                                                                     (Orchestra)

 

Scene One The Transylvanian Wilderness

 

17a.WOLF-CREATURE/END OF A CURSE                                  (Orchestra)

18. STARS AND BEYOND                                                    (Jonathon)

19. ONCE UPON A TIME, ONCE UPON A DREAM                     (Van Helsing)

 

Scene Two Transylvanian Inn

 

20. TRANSYLVANIA WAS MADE IN HELL – REPRISE (Villagers)

21. IT WILL COST YOU A LITTLE BLOOD                                   (Dracula &

                                                                                                vampires)

 

Scene Three Castle Dracula

 

21a.DRACULA AND MINA                                                  (Orchestra)

22. INTRO TO “ONCE IN HEAVEN, NOW IN HELL”     (Mina)

23. ONCE IN HEAVEN, NOW IN HELL                            (Mina)

24. THE SEDUCTION                                                          (Dracula & Mina)

24a.MINA’S FIRST VICTIM                                                            (Orchestra)

 

Scene Four Transylvanian Wilderness

 

25. WAITING FOR ANGELS                                               (Murial, Mina &   

                                                                                                Anabella)

 

Scene Five Transylvanian Inn

 

25a.GOOD EVENING MR HARKER                                              (Orchestra)

26. CONFRONTATION                                                        (Dracula & Van

                                                                                                Helsing)

27. PLAYING DEAD                                                             (Vampires)

28. BURN YOURSELF IN THE FIRE                                             (Principles)

29. I’LL NEVER SAY GOODBYE AGAIN                          (Jonathon)

 

Scene Six Castle Dracula

 

30. THROUGH THE CENTURIES                                      (Dracula)

30a.THE FINAL BATTLE                                                     (Orchestra)

31. CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT – REPRISE                    (Dracula)

32. STARS AND BEYOND – REPRISE                               (Jonathon & Mina)

33. FINALE                                                                            (Van Helsing &  

                                                                                                Vampires)


ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Age 20, Kyle Ukes is finishing up his sophomore year as a music composition major at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Being accepted to the advanced undergraduate program at UCSB, the College of Creative Studies (CCS), upon admission, Kyle has been able to focus on his music from day one with the compositional guidance of Dr. Jeremy Haladyna

 

In the past, Kyle has orchestrated many musicals for his local high school and middle school. “Dracula: Unbound” is Kyle’s second musical project where he actually composed the music. The first being the dramatic musical “The Monsters in Us.” Having much practice in writing for dark musicals in the past, “Dracula: Unbound” seemed to be a project right up his alley. His other compositions of small and large ensembles have won him many awards and scholarships adding up to around two thousand dollars

 

Kyle is highly influenced by the composers of the necromanticism and expressionism eras and their ideals. Most of the pieces Kyle writes are inspired by or interpret works of literature     

 


 

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