Episode 54 Show Notes: Playing Different Theatre/Pipe Organs Responding and adapting to the onsite organs at performances of silent film Our Hospitality at the Great Auditorium of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association Robert Hope Jones designed organ Silent Comedy… Read More »Episode 54 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
I’ve been producing and releasing DVDs via my Undercrank Productions label since 2013 and, in January, began releasing our titles on Blu-ray as well. All new releases in 2022 were issued on both formats. At a time when some other… Read More »DVD: “Not Dead Yet”
Episode 53 Show Notes: Playing For The Talkies Reflection on Episodes 51–52, Interview with William Perry, the impact and the quality of his accompaniments to silent films William Perry’s Trobriand Music Use of main themes and leitmotivs, especially for his… Read More »Episode 53 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
In this episode: Ben reflects on his conversation with William Perry heard in the previous two episodes of the podcast; discusses how considering a show’s intended audience is part of his programming process; covers the different film options for Halloween… Read More »ep. 53: underscoring “Frankenstein” (1931), leitmotifs and how often to use them, listener questions, and more.
It’s an endless game of whack-a-mole. To some degree, there’s nothing to be done about it. I’m impressed that most of my DVD and Blu-ray releases have not been illicitly uploaded to YouTube. But several of them have, and aside… Read More »Undercrank Prods: “Beat the Boots”?
Every Halloween season, silent film accompanists and church organists find themselves on the bench supporting silent film’s usual suspects: Erik the Phantom, Quasimodo, Drs. Jekyll and Caligari, and Count Orlok. Most of these are more gothic or macabre than what… Read More »It’s Halloween – Has Anyone Seen “The Bat”?
Episode 52 Show Notes: William Perry interview (part 2) Interview with William Perry, composer, pianist, orchestrator, and silent film accompanist. From William Perry’s score for The Gold Rush (transition from piano to orchestra) Ben’s introduction WP: In the early 1970s,… Read More »Episode 52 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
In this episode: Ben interviews composer, silent film pianist and television producer William Perry. Perry is probably best-remembered for his scores for the now-legendary television series “The Silent Years”, produced by Paul Killiam, that ran for two seasons on public… Read More »ep. 52: William Perry interview (part 2) – MoMA, Lillian Gish, composing orchestrally for piano, and more.
It’s interesting. I really thought my idea of live-streaming a live-scored and live-hosted silent film program would catch on. Perhaps slowly at first, and then at some point it would start to snowball. After all, so many of us silent… Read More »Streamed Silents: Does Live-Scoring Make A Difference?
In this episode: Ben interviews composer, silent film pianist and television producer William Perry. Perry is probably best-remembered for his scores for the now-legendary television series “The Silent Years”, produced by Paul Killiam, that ran for two seasons on public… Read More »ep. 51: William Perry interview (part 1) – “The Silent Years”, MoMA, and more.