The DREAM soundtrack is fun, uplifting, catchy, and a warm hug from the 1970s. My musical influences run the gamut, and it’s a Muppets-meets-The-Wiz-like story to help us find our way back to the Dream Road.
"City of Dreams" - All Cast
"We Got Sunshine" - Mr. Serious Pants, Sunny, Greek Chorus
"Wild Dreams" - Lona Cowgirl
"Pay 2 Play" - Squelch
"Requiem for Lost Dreams" - Instrumental
There’s a magical mail-order company called DCT that delivers dreams. People can write in letters with their greatest wish, and they’ll send a package in response to help make it come true. (Think Amazon meets the Make-A-Wish Foundation.)
For generations, it’s been a beacon of hope and possibility. But times are changing and darkness is spreading across the land. People are on edge and they’ve stopped writing in letters. It’s bad news for DCT, as a longstanding will & contract says they must deliver a million dreams by midnight —or it’s lights out for good this time.
24 stories down in the mailroom, Mr. Serious Pants runs the place with precision and devotion. His team hasn’t missed a deadline for 3 decades. But today, he trips and falls into a shipping crate, launching him on an accidental journey.
Outside his comfort zone (his worst nightmare), Mr. Serious Pants will have to face his biggest fears, outsmart an evil villain hell-bent on destroying DCT, tame an angry mob, and try and find a way to save DCT and (gulp) save us all.
I’m always tinkering and creating the DREAM characters in many forms from illustrations to puppets, and as stars in ‘Paper Broadway’ (my homemade theater).
‘Pay 2 Play’ - featuring Squelch, the villain
More songs…(putting these here soon)
HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
Here’s an early "prototype" of DREAM on stage at Liberty High School in Hillsboro, Oregon. Alongside 35 students and their drama teacher, we built sets and costumes, learned lines and music, and put it all together on stage for a three-day weekend. It was the thrill of a lifetime.
KICKSTARTER FUNDRAISER
Fundraised over $10K on Kickstarter to create a recording of the finale track, ‘City of Dreams.’ Joseph B. Clarke arranged and directed a group of professional singers, and Liam Davis produced this track. The beautiful solo voice is 15-year-old Bri’Anna Harper.
THE FUTURE
Help me spark a movement of people who see each other as fellow travelers on the DREAM road…working together to build things they want to see in the world.
I’m seeking collaborators, funding, and support to bring it to life on a bigger stage.
Jill created the original music, art, and lyrics for DREAM and has collaborated with many generous and talented people along the way.
You can also see her artwork suspended in a 6-story atrium at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, on a big wall in Cambridge, UK, as paintings, murals, children’s books, and in an animated TV spot.
Liam is a 5x Grammy-nominated producer, performer, composer for TV & film, songwriter for gaming, brands, and bands…and has a company called Songtellers.
He plays in several Chicago bands and elevates everything he’s part of.
We’ve made 12 demo tracks for DREAM, and he weaves them together with a 70s thread and an authentic/soulful bent.
‘Jojo’ is an international director, arranger, vocal coach, and superstar who works with top-level talents.
He’s been on Good Morning America, a finalist on America’s Got Talent, and recently starred in a gospel musical in Europe.
He arranged and directed ‘City of Dreams’ and got us the big stage sound.
Thank you!
