#2897: New Music for Silent Film
Soundtracks to silent films, both old and new (the films, that is – the music is all new) is what we're serving up on this New Sounds. Hear from the UK-based Cinematic Orchestra and their score for the silent film classic, "Man with a Movie Camera." Also, from the Godfrey Reggio film Koyaanisqatsi, hear music by Philip Glass. Glass had to write music of nature as well as music of technology to accompany the time-lapse photography of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States.
Plus, Gary Lucas invents a score of solo guitar music for the 1920 Paul Wegener silent classic The Golem. And, we'll hear selections from "Gotham," Michael Gordon's filmic symphony in collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison, starring New York City.
PROGRAM # 2897, New Music for Silent Film (First aired on February 5, 2009)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Cinematic Orchestra |
Man With a Movie Camera |
Dawn [4:00] |
Ninja Tune ZEN78 www.ninjatune.net |
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Gary Lucas |
Skeleton at the Feast |
The Golem: Main Title-Rabbi Loew Consults the Stars The Decree [6:00] |
Enemy Records EMY 126-2 |
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Philip Glass |
Koyaanisqatsi 1998 Extended Version |
Cloudscape [4:30] Vessels [8:00] |
Nonesuch 79506 www.nonesuch.com |
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Michael Gordon |
Private CD |
Gotham Part I [10:00] |
Not commercially available. |
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Cinematic Orchestra |
Man With a Movie Camera |
Evolution (Versao Portuense), excerpt [1:30] |
See above. |
