Shared Culture

This post from multi-talented cast member and Peril on the Red Planet composer, James Stewart.

A shared culture...

Imagine a group of people from different nations, backgrounds, and experiences coming together to live on another planet.

What language would they speak?
How would they get along?
What would their music sound like?

In most science fiction movies, you hear everyone speaking in English and playing music which sounds like it came out of the orchestral halls and clubs of the United States. It doesn't seem to matter that the action is happening hundreds of years in the future, or long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. It sounds like America. Why?

I imagine a community of people from all over the world, sharing their talents and culture with one another. Bringing with them a sense of where they came from, allowing that to influence the way they speak and act, to the type of music they would enjoy and create.

The music of "Peril on the Red Planet" is influenced by world music from a variety of cultures and peoples: from Japanese Folk Songs to Middle Eastern Chant, from tribal drumming to "Gilbert and Sullivan", from reggae to straight "four-on-the-floor" rock... there is a little bit of everything. Hopefully creating a sense of a future where humans being not only share space but also their identities and culture.

Ichi Ni San Chi Go!