What Shows and Projects Has Benoit Jutras Composed Music For?

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Benoit Jutras is a Canadian composer and musical director whose career is closely tied to Cirque du Soleil, where he has been one of the principal composers and musical directors for over thirty years. His work spans permanent Las Vegas productions, touring shows, large-scale water and theatrical spectacles in Asia and Europe, theme park soundtracks, a 3D film, and projects still in development. The list below reflects the projects documented on benoitjutras.com.

Cirque du Soleil Shows

Jutras wrote or co-wrote music for several of Cirque du Soleil's best-known productions:

Show Notes
O Permanent show at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas; celebrated its eighteenth anniversary in 2017
Mystère Co-wrote the music; the first Cirque du Soleil production presented in Las Vegas, running at Treasure Island since 1993
Quidam Signed in 1996; premiered in Montreal and toured worldwide before its final performance in New Zealand in 2015
La Nouba Mega-production at Disney World in Florida from 1999 until its close in December 2017, after more than 18 years
Le Cirque Réinventé Listed among his Cirque du Soleil credits; in 1988 he became a co-composer for the company

Other Large-Scale Productions

Beyond Cirque du Soleil, Jutras composed music for major shows by other producers:

  • The House of Dancing Water — created with Franco Dragone; opened in 2010 at City of Dreams in Macau and widely acclaimed since.
  • The Han Show — Franco Dragone's mega-show in Wuhan, China.
  • Le Rêve — at the Wynn resort in Las Vegas; Jutras composed the original 2005 version, which ran until 2016, and later recomposed a brand-new soundtrack for the show.
  • Amuse — a production by the Canadian company Les 7 doigts de la Main, staged in Mexico City.

Theme Parks and Attractions

Jutras has written original music for several theme parks and attractions:

  • Lotte World Theme Park (Seoul) — created the music.
  • The Land Of Legends (Antalya, Turkey) — all original music for the theme park.
  • Trans Studio Bali — music for the ride Road Rage.
  • Universal Studios Orlando — wrote the music for the 2018 Christmas Parade.

Film and Current Projects

  • World's Away — original soundtrack for the 3D film produced by Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron; the opening credits song is sung by the singer "E" of the group Eels.
  • In development — a new Cirque du Soleil/Disney mega production opening at Disney World Orlando in 2019; a water show at the Marine and Safari park in Bali; and, with two long-time collaborators, a new musical-rock opera he describes as a project particularly dear to him.

For a full biography, project list, and contact information, see benoitjutras.com.