Songs of Rapture—Creating a Bioshock Musical Show: An Interview with Brendan Jennings

Timothy Summers; Brendan Jennings

doi:10.1525/jsmg.2022.3.4.56

Songs of Rapture—Creating a Bioshock Musical Show: An Interview with Brendan Jennings

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Abstract

In this interview, musical director Brendan Jennings describes the process of creating a twenty-minute musical theater show based on the video game Bioshock. The musical show was written as a show choir competition piece for the high school choir Powerhouse. The performance was a huge success in competition settings and attained international attention from media outlets and fans of both musical theater and video games.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	56-62
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Sound and Music in Games
Volume	3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2022.3.4.56
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2022

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