{"id":250,"date":"2007-09-19T18:39:06","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T22:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/?p=250"},"modified":"2019-07-25T19:28:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T23:28:22","slug":"theme-from-oedipus-rex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/?p=250","title":{"rendered":"Theme from Oedipus Rex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-299 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/OedipusArtOrig-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/OedipusArtOrig-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/OedipusArtOrig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/OedipusArtOrig.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I originally wrote this piece during Freshman year of high school for a project on Oedipus Rex. It was a rather grandiose MIDI composition that I basically threw together, inspired by the tragedy contained in Sophocles\u2019 Oedipus Rex. Ultimately, it did not make it into the final performance, but about a year later I reworked it, arranging it for a string quartet and nearly doubling the speed. What you see here is the closest I can get to an actual audible song without recording an actual string ensemble.<\/p>\n<p><audio controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"\/files\/Theme from Oedipus Rex.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/>Sorry, pal &#8211; your browser doesn&#8217;t support the html5 audio element!<\/audio><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>Edit:<\/em><\/strong><em> Here are some bonus alternate versions:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><em><strong>Original full suite from 2005:<\/strong><\/em><\/small><br \/>\n<audio controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"\/files\/Oedipus Rex.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/>Sorry, pal &#8211; your browser doesn&#8217;t support the html5 audio element!<\/audio><\/p>\n<p><small><em><strong>Extended &#8220;remaster&#8221; of full suite (SoundCloud):<\/strong><\/em><\/small><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/110797449&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I originally wrote this piece during Freshman year of high school for a project on Oedipus Rex. It was a rather grandiose MIDI composition that I basically threw together, inspired by the tragedy contained in Sophocles\u2019 Oedipus Rex. Ultimately, it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/?p=250\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patrickmauro.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}