Arena Productions
Music for Arena-Scale Experiences
From bespoke show openings to visual stage highlights and emotionally charged transitions – Microtone designs and produces music for defining live moments.
Scorpions – Coming Home | 60th Anniversary Tour
Creative Context
As part of the Scorpions’ 60th anniversary arena production, Microtone developed and produced key musical production elements for a high-profile live show celebrating one of the world’s most iconic rock bands.
Commissioned by internationally renowned show designer Manfred Nikitser Show Lighting, Microtone translated the visual concept into a cohesive musical experience.
The Musical Challenge
The production required music that could support several defining moments of the show: opening the anniversary narrative, transitioning into one of the band’s signature live performances and shaping a major visual climax before the encore.
Microtone’s role was to create music that worked not as standalone material, but as part of the show’s emotional and visual dramaturgy.
What Microtone Created
Opening Experience – “60 Years of Scorpions” Trailer
The show opened with a cinematic anniversary trailer.
Microtone produced the complete audio layer, including voice-over production and dramatic sound effects.
Cover image © Javier Bradago
Coming Home – Intro Production
Microtone arranged and produced the iconic intro that transitions directly from the anniversary trailer into the live performance of “Coming Home.”
This version is also featured on the live album “Scorpions – Coming Home Live.”
Arena Scorpions Inflatable Sequence
For one of the show’s largest visual highlights – the Scorpions inflatable – Microtone composed and produced original cinematic music to shape the emotional climax and lead into the encore.
Cover image © Javier Bradago
Scope
Scorpions – Love At First Sting | Tour
Microtone arranged and produced the iconic song intro for “Coming Home,” enhancing the live experience with a powerful emotional opening.
Cover image © Manfred Nikitser
Scope
Let’s create defining moments for your live show
Cruise Line Entertainment
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Music production and musical leadership for
premium cruise experiences
Since 2015, Microtone has played a leading role in shaping the musical identity of one of Europe’s premier cruise entertainment systems: delivering large-scale productions, creative supervision and musical leadership in long-term collaboration with AIDA Cruises.
Scale of Work
Production of music
for 26 shows
in 15 theaters
3229 A4 pages
of vocal arrangements
for ensembles and soloists
Musical direction and premiere arrangement of all new ship openings
Musical audition panel at over 50 international castings for singers and musicians
Establishment and management of an international team of musical supervisors: Musical disposition of 192 rehearsal phases, musical direction of 192 cast changes
Co-production of 170 seasons of the show format “AIDA Stars” so far
Show conception for the shows “Weltenwandler” and “Cotton Club” together with Jens Göbel and AIDA Entertainment
Consulting on music in numerous show formats
Recent Productions for AIDA Cruises
80’s forever!
A high-energy tribute to the sound, style and spirit of the 1980s.
Music production, vocal production, vocal arrangements, musical supervision for a multi-venue show production – implemented across 7 theatres.
Heart of the Ocean
An imaginative show built around a dazzling underwater world.
Music production, vocal production, vocal arrangements, musical supervision for a large-scale show format – implemented across 2 theatres.
Ciao, Italia!
A vibrant journey through Italian hits, sunny flair and plenty of amore.
Music production, Vocal production, Vocal Arrangement, musical supervision for a multi-venue show production – implemented across 7 theatres.
Selected Production Example:
Premiere of „Rock the Concert“ on AIDAdiva
Let’s shape the musical experience of your next production at sea
Stage & Musical Productions
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Original music and arrangements for theatrical storytelling
Microtone develops music for stage productions, musicals and theatrical entertainment – from original composition to band arrangements, vocal arrangements and full musical production.
Music for the Stage
Stage music must support story, character, movement and live performance. Microtone creates music that works within theatrical contexts: shaping scenes, supporting performers and connecting musical storytelling with the overall production.
Musical Storytelling
We develop music as part of the theatrical world of a production, shaping characters, scenes and emotional transitions through composition, arrangement and vocal work. Our stage productions combine original musical writing with practical performance needs: music that supports singers, works for bands and ensembles, and carries the story in front of a live audience. This includes original composition, score development, band and vocal arrangements, recording and musical production, tailored to the specific dramaturgy of the stage.
Selected Stage Productions
Piraterna på Vättern – Original Swedish Musical Production
Commissioned by Swedish production partner Smofa, Microtone composed the original score and created full band and vocal arrangements for this theatrical musical production in Swedish.
The work provided a complete musical foundation for the stage: connecting original composition, arrangement and vocal storytelling within a live performance context.
Scope
Let’s develop the music for your stage production
Film & Visual Media
Cinematic music production for visual storytelling
Microtone creates original music for film, trailers and visual media – combining composition, orchestration and production with a strong sense of timing, narrative and emotional impact.
Scoring for Visual Storytelling
Music for visual media must do more than sound good. It needs to support timing, emotion, pacing and narrative structure.
Microtone develops scores that connect musical ideas with image, movement and story – from intimate scenes to cinematic sequences.
Selected Scoring Examples
“Rien ne va plus – No More Bets THE MOVIE”
A hybrid production in the tradition of the classic spy thriller score, combining full orchestral forces with contemporary pop elements.
Microtone developed a score built around dramatic tension, large-scale orchestral impact and the genre’s signature blend of sophistication and suspense, realized with the Microtone Studio Orchestra. Music by Zoltán Kovács.
“Winter”
An orchestral score for atmospheric visual storytelling – following the emotional arc of landscape, season and light in the tradition of landmark nature documentary scoring. Microtone developed a score that moves between intimate musical detail and full orchestral presence, demonstrating the expressive range of music written to picture. Music by Matthias Deneke, realized with the Microtone Studio Orchestra.
Music Meets Image
We approach music for visual media as part of the storytelling process.
Our work focuses on how sound interacts with image: shaping tension, atmosphere, transitions and emotional perspective.