composer / sound designer - short film - Click - screened at Eva G. Farris Gallery - 2015
composer - play - No Beast So Fierce - performed at DCASE Storefront Theater by Oracle Theatre - 2015
composer / video editor - short film - CincyCon Recap - 2015
composer - the fog - performed by Scuola Vallotti di Vercelli Guitar Ensemble - conducted by Sergio Sorrentino - 2015
performer/mixer - The Wedding e.p. - by space_cabin_ - 2014
composer - musical - Elephant's Graveyard - performed at Westminster College - 2014
composer - musical - Elephant's Graveyard - performed at Henderson Civic Theatre - 2014
composer - music for concert band - feast or family - performed by the Cal Poly Pomona Concert Band - conducted by John Burdett - 2013
composer - musical - The Mother - performed by Oracle Theatre - 2013
2014 Jeff Award recipient for Outstanding Original Music, New Adaptation, Actress in a Principle Role, Ensemble, and Production
"...soul-rattling score..." - Chicago Tribune
"...mournful, anthemic score..." - Chicago Reader
"Some viewers even began to sing along; and they easily can, thanks to the haunting simplicity of Jonathan Guillen's score... Guillen's nuances makes Brecht's lyrics even more effective...the best that Chicago theater has to offer right now." - Stage and Cinema
"...heart-pounding triumph...It's powerful and haunting. And so is the music...the surround sound melodies fit perfectly...I'm impressed at how natural the music plays...Oracle has birthed a musical and it's a beauty." - The Fourth Walsh
"...delightfully layered harmonies." - Sheridan Road
"...original music adds a nice, rousing touch to the evening..." - Centerstage Chicago
sound designer - film - Disorder - screened at Chicago Horror Film Festival - 2012
sound designer - play - The Sandman - performed by Oracle Theatre - 2012
"...worth mentioning, as their work was tremendous (is) Jonathan Guillen's sound design..." - Stage and Cinema
composer - musical - Elephant's Graveyard - performed by Red Tape Theatre - 2012
Jeff Award nomination for Outstanding Original Incidental Music
"...a score of dark, plucky country music, sounding like bluegrass but evoking the southern rebelliousness of Rockabilly...the songs are neatly multifaceted...some of the best music on a Chicago theatre stage right now, in a musical or a straight play and this heated, unnerving production would not be quite the same without it." - Podunk Critic
"...indelible original score augment the vivid ensemble." - Time Out Chicago
"...a rustic orchestra...music reflecting the dramatic ambience and intensifying the impact..." - Windy City Times
"...a 90-minute dirge...starts up with a spooky tune...the musical numbers were a highlight." - Centerstage Chicago
"...a bluegrass twang and homespun harmonies..." - Chicago Theater Beat
"...down-home music..." - Chicago Reader
"...rootsy old-time songs..." - NewCity Stage
composer / sound designer - film - Trupiak - screened at Oracle Theatre - 2012
sound designer - play - They Are Dying Out - performed by Trap Door Theatre - 2012
"...relies heavily on sound..." - Chicago Theater Beat
sound designer - play - Brand - performed by Red Tape Theatre - 2011
"...landscapes of sighs and drones..." - Centerstage Chicago
"...eerie sound..." - Stage and Cinema
collaborator / performer - interactive installation - behind the curtain - performed at Fulton Street Collective - 2011
composer - music for chamber ensemble - the fog - performed by Los Angeles Electric 8 - 2011
"...pretty, somber melodic fantasy over subdued whole tone ostinati..." - Auscultations
composer / sound designer - operetta - Hamletmachine - performed by Trap Door Theatre - 2011
"Hamletmachine stays in your head... Jonathan Guillen's spare but insinuating score is a threnody for the lost souls...a dirge for the 20th century's age of chaos...Hamletmachine might haunt you days later." - Chicago Tribune
"...haunting, profoundly musical...near-operatic thanks to an exquisite new score..." - Chicago Sun-Times
"...spellbindingly brilliant original composition and music design...an opera of bleak and beautiful ethereal delights...the music is in-and-of-itself a profound invention...compelling vocal performances of this unearthly score..." - Chicago Stage Review
"...thoroughly compelling, jagged-edged chamber opera... smartly contrapuntal score..." - Time Out Chicago
"...mood music that hovers over and deepens the atmosphere of chaos..." - Chicago Critic
"...an eerily beautiful score..." - Centerstage Chicago
"...a concert opera with a haunting score... a near-perfect vehicle to showcase their genius." - NewCity Stage
"...brilliant, haunting, discombobulating musical score..." - From the Ledge
"...a haunting score...dark soundtrack accentuates the mystical aspect of death..." - The Fourth Walsh
"...an eerie soundscape..." - Chicago Theater Beat
Interview with Director Max Truax and Costume Designer Nevena Todorovic
composer / sound designer - play - Blood Wedding - performed by Oracle Theatre - 2010
"...original music and sound seem to collectively tap into a deliciously sinister alchemy." - Chicago Stage Review
"...bloody, spine chilling noises..." - Chicago Theatre Beat
composer / sound designer / video editor - documentary - Somebody Did See Me - screened at Betty Rymer Gallery - 2010
composer / sound designer - play - Sun, Stand Thou Still - performed by Ka-Tet Theatre - 2010
"...interesting sounds..." - Chicago Critic
composer / sound designer - play - The Ghost Sonata - performed by Oracle Theatre - 2010
"Purely brilliant is Jonathan Guillen's original score, performed by a vibrating, swelling, hypnotic string quartet." - NewCity Stage
"The music is pitch perfect, setting tone and mood." - AWG: Chicago
"...pervasive underscoring..." - Centerstage Chicago
"...pulsing score... the language itself almost becomes an extension of the music." - Gaper's Block
composer / sound designer - play - Minna - performed by Trap Door Theatre - 2010
"...sound design that immerse actors and audience alike in a vivd dream world." - Chicago Reader
producer / mixer / recording engineer / master - e.p. - Tipsy Turvy by Argyle Smile - 2009
mixer / master - album - Imagined Overtures by Los Angeles Electric 8 - 2009
Interview with composer Frank J. Oteri regarding the album
composer - play - No Beast So Fierce - performed at DCASE Storefront Theater by Oracle Theatre - 2015
“…the original score by Jonathan Guillen begins to set a tone of intrigue with bass-loaded repetitions akin to Philip Glass but with ample tonality. While the music, like a cinematic score, is meant to cue in the action, it is so compelling that it would seem like a good idea for Oracle to present a musical recital of the piece in standalone mode.” - Splash Magazine
“Whenever you see Jonathan Guillen credited for the music in an Oracle show, you know it’s going to be a good night.” - Chicago Critic
“Jonathan Guillen’s score, which varies from 1940s jazz to Steve Reich minimalism to pulsing war drums creates a sense of momentum…” - Newcity Stage
“…a menacing score by Jonathan Guillen.” - Stage and Cinema
“...original music by Jonathan Guillen is creepily appropriate.” - Gapers Block
“…with Jonathan Guillen’s chilly background musical arrangements…” - Chicago Theater Beat
composer / video editor - short film - CincyCon Recap - 2015
composer - the fog - performed by Scuola Vallotti di Vercelli Guitar Ensemble - conducted by Sergio Sorrentino - 2015
performer/mixer - The Wedding e.p. - by space_cabin_ - 2014
composer - musical - Elephant's Graveyard - performed at Westminster College - 2014
composer - musical - Elephant's Graveyard - performed at Henderson Civic Theatre - 2014
composer - music for concert band - feast or family - performed by the Cal Poly Pomona Concert Band - conducted by John Burdett - 2013
composer - musical - The Mother - performed by Oracle Theatre - 2013
2014 Jeff Award recipient for Outstanding Original Music, New Adaptation, Actress in a Principle Role, Ensemble, and Production
"...soul-rattling score..." - Chicago Tribune
"...mournful, anthemic score..." - Chicago Reader
"Some viewers even began to sing along; and they easily can, thanks to the haunting simplicity of Jonathan Guillen's score... Guillen's nuances makes Brecht's lyrics even more effective...the best that Chicago theater has to offer right now." - Stage and Cinema
"...heart-pounding triumph...It's powerful and haunting. And so is the music...the surround sound melodies fit perfectly...I'm impressed at how natural the music plays...Oracle has birthed a musical and it's a beauty." - The Fourth Walsh
"...delightfully layered harmonies." - Sheridan Road
"...original music adds a nice, rousing touch to the evening..." - Centerstage Chicago
sound designer - film - Disorder - screened at Chicago Horror Film Festival - 2012
sound designer - play - The Sandman - performed by Oracle Theatre - 2012
"...worth mentioning, as their work was tremendous (is) Jonathan Guillen's sound design..." - Stage and Cinema
composer - musical - Elephant's Graveyard - performed by Red Tape Theatre - 2012
Jeff Award nomination for Outstanding Original Incidental Music
"...a score of dark, plucky country music, sounding like bluegrass but evoking the southern rebelliousness of Rockabilly...the songs are neatly multifaceted...some of the best music on a Chicago theatre stage right now, in a musical or a straight play and this heated, unnerving production would not be quite the same without it." - Podunk Critic
"...indelible original score augment the vivid ensemble." - Time Out Chicago
"...a rustic orchestra...music reflecting the dramatic ambience and intensifying the impact..." - Windy City Times
"...a 90-minute dirge...starts up with a spooky tune...the musical numbers were a highlight." - Centerstage Chicago
"...a bluegrass twang and homespun harmonies..." - Chicago Theater Beat
"...down-home music..." - Chicago Reader
"...rootsy old-time songs..." - NewCity Stage
composer / sound designer - film - Trupiak - screened at Oracle Theatre - 2012
sound designer - play - They Are Dying Out - performed by Trap Door Theatre - 2012
"...relies heavily on sound..." - Chicago Theater Beat
sound designer - play - Brand - performed by Red Tape Theatre - 2011
"...landscapes of sighs and drones..." - Centerstage Chicago
"...eerie sound..." - Stage and Cinema
collaborator / performer - interactive installation - behind the curtain - performed at Fulton Street Collective - 2011
composer - music for chamber ensemble - the fog - performed by Los Angeles Electric 8 - 2011
"...pretty, somber melodic fantasy over subdued whole tone ostinati..." - Auscultations
composer / sound designer - operetta - Hamletmachine - performed by Trap Door Theatre - 2011
"Hamletmachine stays in your head... Jonathan Guillen's spare but insinuating score is a threnody for the lost souls...a dirge for the 20th century's age of chaos...Hamletmachine might haunt you days later." - Chicago Tribune
"...haunting, profoundly musical...near-operatic thanks to an exquisite new score..." - Chicago Sun-Times
"...spellbindingly brilliant original composition and music design...an opera of bleak and beautiful ethereal delights...the music is in-and-of-itself a profound invention...compelling vocal performances of this unearthly score..." - Chicago Stage Review
"...thoroughly compelling, jagged-edged chamber opera... smartly contrapuntal score..." - Time Out Chicago
"...mood music that hovers over and deepens the atmosphere of chaos..." - Chicago Critic
"...an eerily beautiful score..." - Centerstage Chicago
"...a concert opera with a haunting score... a near-perfect vehicle to showcase their genius." - NewCity Stage
"...brilliant, haunting, discombobulating musical score..." - From the Ledge
"...a haunting score...dark soundtrack accentuates the mystical aspect of death..." - The Fourth Walsh
"...an eerie soundscape..." - Chicago Theater Beat
Interview with Director Max Truax and Costume Designer Nevena Todorovic
composer / sound designer - play - Blood Wedding - performed by Oracle Theatre - 2010
"...original music and sound seem to collectively tap into a deliciously sinister alchemy." - Chicago Stage Review
"...bloody, spine chilling noises..." - Chicago Theatre Beat
composer / sound designer / video editor - documentary - Somebody Did See Me - screened at Betty Rymer Gallery - 2010
composer / sound designer - play - Sun, Stand Thou Still - performed by Ka-Tet Theatre - 2010
"...interesting sounds..." - Chicago Critic
composer / sound designer - play - The Ghost Sonata - performed by Oracle Theatre - 2010
"Purely brilliant is Jonathan Guillen's original score, performed by a vibrating, swelling, hypnotic string quartet." - NewCity Stage
"The music is pitch perfect, setting tone and mood." - AWG: Chicago
"...pervasive underscoring..." - Centerstage Chicago
"...pulsing score... the language itself almost becomes an extension of the music." - Gaper's Block
composer / sound designer - play - Minna - performed by Trap Door Theatre - 2010
"...sound design that immerse actors and audience alike in a vivd dream world." - Chicago Reader
producer / mixer / recording engineer / master - e.p. - Tipsy Turvy by Argyle Smile - 2009
mixer / master - album - Imagined Overtures by Los Angeles Electric 8 - 2009
Interview with composer Frank J. Oteri regarding the album
composer / sound designer - play - Termen Vox Machina - performed by Oracle Theatre - 2008
"...unusual, engaging, mysterious..." - WBEZ's Dueling Critics (listen at 5:30)
"...remarkable atmospheric score and film noir underscoring... Four days later, I'm still haunted by its sound..." - NewCity Stage
performer - music for chamber ensemble - the mayan empire by Mark So - performed at Pasadena Armory - 2008
performer - music for chamber ensemble - the mayan empire by Mark So - performed at Pasadena Armory - 2008
composer / sound designer - film - Megan - screened at Beverly Hills Shorts Film Festival - 2008
audio assistant - Oracle Post - 2007
composer - film - Apt. G - screened at Screamfest Horror Film Festival - 2006
composer - musical - Mother Courage and Her Children - performed by Cal Poly Pomona Theatre Department - 2006
composition grant recipient - Cal State Los Angeles - 2006
producer / mixer / recording engineer / master - album - Vin Fiz Flyer - 2005
composer / recording engineer - radio play - Termen Ne Mret - performed by Filament Theatre Co. - 2005
semi-finalist - John Lennon Songwriting Contest - 2003