Stage & Education

An original score,
written for your production

A play doesn't need a playlist. It needs music that belongs to it — that rises where the drama rises, holds where it holds, and never borrows from somewhere else.

Discuss your production
The craft

A nine-stage method

Songumentary writes original theatre scores through a method that begins where every good score begins: with the script. We read the drama for its shape and its silences, design the sonic world, then compose and produce the cues your production actually needs.

Stage 01

Script Ingestion

Full read for narrative arc and emotional register.

Stage 02

Dramatic Analysis

Mapping where music lives — and where silence does more.

Stage 03

Aural Design

Defining the sonic world: timbre, texture, atmosphere.

Stage 04

Structural Anchor

Setting themes, motifs, and emotional cues that recur.

Stage 05

Cue Architecture

Building the cue list and timing for every piece.

Stage 06

Prompt Engineering

Translating dramatic intent into AI music direction.

Stage 07

AI Generation

Composing and producing with AI tools under human direction.

Stage 08

Quality Assurance

Every cue reviewed for dramatic fit, timing, and feel.

Stage 09

Packaging

Delivered in formats your production team can use immediately.

First credit: Equus. Pilots in progress including "Love" (Hindi play, Chicago director).
$300

Full score — all cues for the production

$200

Scenes only — pivotal cues, not the full run

Discuss your production
The process

How a theatre commission works

1

Send us the script

Or tell us about the production — the story, the stage, the opening night.

2

We analyse and design

Nine stages of dramatic and aural planning before any music is made.

3

We compose

Original cues, built for this drama. You hear drafts before anything is final.

4

You receive the score

Delivered in formats your team can use — ready for tech rehearsal.