Sounds from The Empty City is the original soundtrack to the live and animated theatre production of the same name. Composed and played on ukuleles by David Megarrity with Brett Collery, it encompasses everything from meditative electronica to joyful acoustica, and will appeal to lovers of Shugo Tokumaru and Penguin Café Orchestra."...this record is very different. It’s an atmospheric, instrumental album and it’s gorgeous." (ukehunt, 2014)“The original score…takes centre stage” (Borhani, 2013) “…swept up in its repetition of sounds and images, like a Bach fugue” (Zampatti, 2013)“…like any first class art or great children’s book, The Empty City expertly treads that fine line between playful ambiguity and tight thematic focus.” The Courier Mail 2007David Megarrity is a writer, composer, musician and performer. He continues his close association with Tyrone and Lesley. Brett Collery is a sound designer and composer for theatre and film. They’ve worked together on a range of soundtracks. The Empty City (The Human Company/Maps for Artists) premiered at the Brisbane Powerhouse in June 2013, and is an adaptation of the Hachette picture book of the same name by David Megarrity and Jonathon Oxlade.Composed and played by David Megarrityapart from Eat a Burger & Bumps (Collery/Megarrity)Recorded and mixed by Brett ColleryCover illustration Jonathon Oxlade