EPIC: The Musical
The gateway drug: two hours of songs, free everywhere.
The Odyssey is about what you become to get home. Every song weighs mercy against ruthlessness.
You want the gateway drug: two hours of songs, free everywhere, with an enormous online fandom.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the beats and the guilt: the Cyclops, Circe, the Underworld, the six hundred men, the homecoming.
Changes: Odysseus into a man who chooses monstrosity to get home. Written for the internet, with a fandom built on TikTok.
Whose story is it?
Odysseus’s, retold as a moral thriller about the cost of survival.
The feminism angle: Penelope and Athena both get real arcs, especially in the Wisdom Saga, though the center of gravity stays with Odysseus's choices.
Who's here
How each character in this version compares across the whole catalog:
- Odysseus — A merciful man who chooses to become the monster, one sacrifice at a time.
How much time does it ask?
≈2 hrs of songs. Complete: 9 sagas, 40 songs (2022–2024).
The turn from mercy to ruthlessness, an entire character arc in one decision.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Watch free — YouTube ↗
Common questions
Is EPIC: The Musical finished?
Yes. It's complete: nine sagas and forty songs released between 2022 and 2024, closing with The Ithaca Saga in December 2024.
Where can I listen to EPIC: The Musical for free?
Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube, where fan animatics cover most of the songs. There's no paywall anywhere in it.
Is EPIC: The Musical faithful to the Odyssey?
It keeps the spine of the story — the Cyclops, Circe, the Underworld, the homecoming — but reworks Odysseus into a man weighing what mercy costs him. It's an adaptation with a thesis, not a line-by-line retelling.
Is EPIC: The Musical an independent production?
Yes. Jorge Rivera-Herrans wrote it, produced it, and sings it himself, releasing it independently through his own company, Winion Entertainment, rather than a studio. It began as his 2019 senior thesis at the University of Notre Dame and found its audience on TikTok in 2021, where he documented the writing and later folded fan-made animatics into the official release.
Who is Jorge Rivera-Herrans?
The Puerto Rican composer, writer, and performer who created EPIC and voices Odysseus on the recordings. He started the project as a college senior thesis in 2019 and built its following song by song on TikTok, completing all nine sagas between 2022 and 2024.
Is there an EPIC: The Musical movie or stage show?
An animated film is in development, announced in April 2026 with Jerry Bruckheimer producing. A stage adaptation and video games have been announced as plans since December 2024. For now, the finished work is the music itself: nine sagas, forty songs, streaming free.
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More ways home: The Emily Wilson Translation (2017) · The Robert Fagles Translation (1996) · The Robert Fitzgerald Translation (1961)
Compare on one axis: How much of the gods do you actually get? (gods center stage)