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Discography
-Demos and Independent Releases-
All works composed and performed by J Roth except where indicated.

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Chickens on the Freeway:
Original Cast Album
(2011)

-A new, stage musical by
J Roth & J.B. Eckert-

    ACT 1
1) Men and the News
2)
Shards of My Ambitions
3) Chickens on the Freeway
4) Desk
5)
Save Me Prince Charming
6)
The Serum
7) Scourge

    ACT 2
8) Hi-Low Bambi
9)
Silent Jack
10) The Kids are Hungry
11) All Alone
12) Scourge (reprise)

13) To Right a Wrong

14) How We Do News

Full Musician and Cast Credits

Cover art by David Geister

       Rekindle Cinema
                     (2010)

                     -Soundtrack to the Film-
    songs co-written by Harmony Theatre students


1) Rekindle Opening Theme
2) Battery Ash Baseball
3)
Trains & Streetcars
4) Old Amusement Park
5) Carnival
6) Skate Show
7) The Neighborhood
8) Ghosts

9)
Rekindle Closing Theme

      The Little Prince
                     (2010)

            -Soundtrack to the New Stage Play-
w/ songs adapted from Mozart's "Fantasy in Dm"
 - featuring balalaika, domra, guitar, and clarinet-


1) The Little Prince's Theme
2) The Desert
3)
Snake's Theme (duet)
4) The Little Prince's Rose (Hello)
5) The Little Prince Travels
6) The Little Prince's Rose (Thorns)
7) Laughing Stars
8) The Fox's Theme (solo)

9)
The Snake'sTheme (emsemble)
10) The Fox's Theme (ensemble)

Cover art by Irena Salgan

        Brother Nature
                      (2010)

            Early compositions of J Roth: 1989-91
    -also featuring Ted Hille and Paul Cameron-


1) Butterfly
2) Leaves
3)
Jester's Crown
4) The Return of Icarus
5) Snowflower
6) Open Up Your Window
7) Sunshine Blues
8) Eck Beck (A River Haiku)

9)
Invisible Rain
10) Wanderings
11) Falling, Still Falling
12) Rabbits Turn

Bonus Track:
13) Portland Rain

Snowflower co-written with Paul Cameron
Falling, Still Falling & Portland Rain co-written with Ted Hille

Horace Greeley the Lesser:
Set Sail for the
Isle of Misfit Toys

(2009)

-Soundtrack to the Stage Play-
Songs written & performed by
J Roth, Paul Cameron & Ryan Murphy

1) I am and I am Not
2) DeSpot Yuk Theme 1
3)
Through the Straights of Rationality
4) Set Sail to the Isle of Misfit Toys
5) SS Theme
6) Bisy Backson

7) Bric-a-Brac Wastes
8) Tin Man Too
9) Slinky Pits
10) Moonracer Ruins
11) Wee Wee Wee
12) DeSpot Yuk Theme 2
13) May the Cow Jump Over You
14) DeSpot Yuk (Absolute Curtains)


Bonus Track:
15) Al Superfly

Le Phonometrician
(2009)

- J Roth tinkers with some classics on the
Ramsey's 1872 Steinway Grand -

1) Satie: Gymnopedie No.1
2)
Handel: Sarabande
3) Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
4) Debussy: Claire de Lune
5) Chopin: Prelude in Em

6) Pachebel: Canon in D

7) Satie: Gymnopedie No. 3

          Cover image from public archive

Mamed and the Golden Coins
(2008)

-Oud Soundtrack to the Shadow Play-


1) Mamed's Theme (Lale Lale)
2) Across the Sands
3)
Gul Yali Dance
4) Mullah
5) Shatranj
6) Iomud-bek

7) Dev Well
8) Night Sands
9) Caravanserai

Cover art by Mamed Mamedov

Detective Gai:
The Case of the
Mess at Tesla's

(2008)

-Soundtrack to the Radio Play-

1) Gumshoe Haiku
2) No Angel
3)
The Box
4) Tesla's Pigeon
5) Tesla's Death Ray
6) Teslore


 Bonus Tracks from Harmony Theatre's radio play:
              The Sleuth Sisters
7) Zeke
8) Operator
9) Into the Backwoods
10) Zeke Returns

Cover image from public archive

 

Another Hunt...
(2008)
Acoustic compositions of J Roth
    -also featuring Paul Cameron and Amy Cush-

Disc 1:
1) Pressin' On
2) Dharamsala
3)
Roadside Butterflies
4) Mando
5) Novah
6) Gemini: 1st Born
7) Get on Back
8) Not Quite Brazil


Disc 2:
9)
Raklo Hum
10) Kok
11) Viper Tamer
12) Cera Cerra
13) Still Melissa
14) Roll on Diesel
15) Chanson
16) Jezzebelle


Bonus Track:
17) Chapel Jam

Cover art by J Roth

 

Yol-cuts
(2007/2008)

-Original Music from the Yolka Stage Plays-
 

Yolka 2007
 
Baba Yaga's Theme
 
Ded Moroz's Lament (They Want and They Want)
 
Baba Yaga's Cauldron

Yolka 2008
 Little Baba's Song
 Cattail Dance
 Cattail Prance
Baba's Wind

Cover art by Daria Pogorelova

F. Scott Fitzgerald's
The Camel's Back
(2007)

-Radio Play Adaptation of the Short Story-  
performed by:
J Roth & the Erstwhilists


Samples from the Play:
 
Opening
 
Dog-gonest Still Champagne
 
Nolak's Costume Shop
 1st Intermission
 The Tates
 The Camel Drinks
2nd Intermission
 The Snake Charmer
 The Bale of Hay
 The Marriage of Mirth to Folly
Subtle, Esoteric Sort of Wink


Bonus Music Tracks from the Soundtrack:
The Camel's Back Theme
Waltz for BM

Cover art by J Roth

Wallace & the Dragon
    (2007)

Soundtrack to the Stage Play by:
Theatron
(J Roth &
Sir Anthony)

1) Opening
2)
The Door/Origin of Species
3) The First Ship
4) Magnificient Conflagration
5) Rain Spectacles
6) Orang Hunt
7) Little Mias
8) Savages/Rain Spectacles (reprise)
9) Dance of the Komodo Dragons
10) The Second Ship
11) By the Letters
12) The Knight of Darwin
13) Seance
14) A Trumpery Affair
15) The Final Ship

Cover art by J Roth

The
Dragonfly Hunter

(2007)

-Soundtrack to the Shadow Play-

1) The Dragonfly Hunter
2)
Jabu's Theme/The Darshadkolo
3) Bickersong
4) Hill-san
5) Sejhehii
6) Riidopo
7) The Wingless Flier
8) The Tehii Orchard
9) The Voice of Behei
10) Chameleon's Theme


Bonus Tracks:

11)
Jabu's Theme (on piano)
12) The Dragonfly Hunter (on guitar)

Cover art by J Roth

 

                       The
     Musicker's Balalaika
                       
(2006)

                  -Soundtrack to the Stage Play-

1) Dima's Theme/Bessarabia
2)
Beng's Lieutenants/Leningrad
3) Matushka Volga
4) Stalingrad (Bala)
5) The Trampler/Grave Situation
6) The Adder/Wolf's Lair
7) Siber
8) Bessarabia (Reprise)

Cover art by J Roth

The
Flyhard Jenkins
Radio Show

(2006)
Featuring the band Srazhalys

1) Flyhard's Formula 
      Flyhard Show Theme

Songs of Srazhalys:
2) Gylych

3) Leningrad

4) Gypsy Wood


5) Flyhard's Closing Theme

Public Service Announcement: Wind Power

Flyhard's Formula
co-written with Terry Kennedy-Lares

Cover art by J Roth

 

 


                     Caligari
                             (2006)

           -New Soundtrack to the Silent Film Classic-  

Samples from the Score:
 
Opening
 
Jane'sTheme
 
Meet Dr. Caligari
 Step Right Up!
 The Abduction
 The Secret Tomes
 Closing

Cover art by J Roth

 



 

Donovan's Brain
(2005)

-Radio Drama with New Soundtrack
performed by:

J Roth & the Erstwhilists

   
1) Act 1
2) Intermission
3) Act 2

Bonus Tracks:
4) Donovan's Bane (An Overture)
5) Spring 2005 Ads

Cover art by David Geister

 


 

The
Musicker's Lantern

(2005)
-Narrated Soundtrack of the Stage Play-


1) The Wall of Reckoning
2) The Procession
3) The Way
4) Blue Sun
5) The Wretched One
6) The Tower
7) The Raft

Cover art by J Roth

 

 

Cat Hmpft
(2004)

       -Soundtrack to the Stage Play-        

1) Cat Hmpft
2)
Scuff
3) The Waltz
4) Azure
5) Score
6) Waitin' on Sister Saturday
7) Cut Terms
8) Syrenity
9) Smooth
10) Inkling
11) While All My Blue Ladies Sleep


Bonus Track:
12)
Hope that You Feel Better

Cover art by J Roth

The
Dragonfly Hunter

(2004)

-Soundtrack to the Novel-

1) The Dragonfly Hunter
2)
Jabu's Theme
3) The Gala
4) Revealings
5) The Dhao/Dust on the Wall
6) The Satii
7) Behei
8) Closings

Bonus Tracks:
9)
Jabu's Theme (on piano)
10) The Satii (on piano)
11) Sejhehii (from the Shadow Play)

Cover art by Mugsy T.

 

 

 

The Hunt...
(2004)
Acoustic compositions of J Roth
    -also featuring: Paul Cameron,
Inesis Vitols, Willie Cupp, Carlos B. Jones, Jeff Nordin, Christine Nordin, and Dan Roth

1) Bala
2) The Gala
3) Cricket Hiccup
4) But a Small Matter in the Karakum
5) Avalanche
6) The Dragonfly Hunter
7) Masha (Alternate Take)
8) Mags
9) Finnian Murphy
10) Wings

Finnian Murphy co-written with Paul Cameron

Cover art by J Roth

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Under a Blue Sun
(2003)
Compositions of J Roth
   -also featuring: Milt Cannon, Cary Trott, Carlos B. Jones, Kevin Keith, Heather Filbey, Peg Millet, Andy "the Mountain" Millison, Jackie Kolenko, Ryan Evans, and Colin Crockett  

1) Allegiance
2) No Farther
3) May the Cow Jump Over You
4) Masha
5) The Night is Moon
6) Catfish in My Shoe
7) Rooted to a Rock
8) Blue Sun

9) Canoe

 

Catfish in My Show co-written w/ Kevin Keith
Night is Moon co-written w/ Kevin Keith
& Jackie Kolenko
Canoe co-written w/ Paul Cameron

Cover art by Kelly Frankenberg

 

St. Theresa's Diesel
(1995)
songs written & performed by

St. Theresa's Diesel
(Chris Hout - Kevin Keith - Randy Platt - J Roth)

1) Slowpening it Up
2)
Sonatah
3) Untitled #1
4) Tunafish Tease
5) Untitled #2
6) Island of Bees
7) Your Love is Heroin
8) Bust My Chops
9) In the Cage
10) Closing it Down

Cover art by J Roth

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