The Electra Suite
When Dizzy O’Brian first had the inspiration to compose a work called ‘The Electra Suite, a collection of alternative rock music tracks, he started to read up on the origins and story of Electra. After all, it would be more interesting to thematically link the various movements together somehow.
The story goes way back to Greek Mythology and the name Electra originally meant ‘The Bright One.’
‘The Bright One’ made sense; maybe she was a distant relative of Uncle Fester and could shoot out lightning. No wonder Marvel picked up the character.
The earliest versions of her story come from two Greek plays and this was disappointing as they were both tragedies; a long string of murder and revenge and the Furies driving her insane at the end.
Upon digging deeper, Dizzy found that the early Greek plays were just as subject to alteration as our current time stories, with commentaries of the day being woven in and apologetic endings being applied.
Dizzy chose to set the story free and return to the idea of ‘The Bright One,’ a dark heroine who reclaims her birthright from the forces of suppression.Â