Features of musical design of a modern dramatic performance

The subject of the research is musical design of modern dramatic performances. The article examines theatrical music as a means of creating expressiveness, determining the features of the audience's perception of the sound image and aesthetics of the performance. Technological progress of the late 20th - early 21st centuries has significantly enriched the volume of sound expressive means, deforming the boundaries between musical and non-musical, and influenced the development of theatrical art at the beginning of the 21st century. Extensive collections of audio recordings, a variety of timbres, simplification of the editing process and the use of computer technology have significantly expanded the toolkit of composers and musical designers. The perception of the sound of a performance in the context of modern technogenic culture has its own characteristics; it is becoming relevant to study not only the problems of creating music for a performance, but also its adaptation to the sound of theatrical productions by means of modern sound engineering means. The article applies methods of analysis and description when considering traditional and innovative approaches to the creation of theatrical music. Considering music in the totality of its means of expression in the context of the theatre, the author, as a practicing sound engineer and sound designer, offers a typology of musical design for a modern performance. It is concluded that sound in general and music in particular are used as a means of forming the figurative-artistic, emotional and regulatory component of modern dramatic productions. Based on the understanding of the creative concept proposed by the director, a general idea of ​​the sound solution is formed. The concept of such a sound solution should be adapted to the features of a specific theater project with an individual system of artistic means of expression.