Silent Film Music By Ben Model

episode 18: scoring The Bride's Play, explaining the 1920s jokes, travel to South Korea and Norway Welcome (back)! Long time no podcast, so I recap a few highlights from March-July. Such as: finishing a year of being Professor Model, releasing the "Found at Mostly Lost" DVD, et al.Performance recording: accompanying "The Moth" starring Norma Talmadge at Mostly Lost 4 in 2015 on the Walker Digital Theatre Organ, at the Library of Congress.A discussion of the unique situation of being able to play a live show of a rare film just before recording a score for it, in this case Marion Davies in "The Bride's Play". (Did you pledge to Ed Lorusso's Kickstarter for this project?)Performance recording: accompanying Ozu's "Tokyo Chorus" at the Cinema Arts Center on theatre organ, using Paramount Organ Works' sample set via Hauptwerk.My upcoming trip to play at a big festival in South Korea, plus news about an award from the American Theatre Organ Society. Then - a tip to presenters and accompanists about the merits of

episode 17: organs and orchestras - choosing music for a scene, Boise world premiere, Steamboat Bill Jr, Hammond theatre organ WelcomeRecent shows recap: William S. Hart, Bert Williams, Criterion release of "The Kid"Boise Philharmonic - world premiere of new score for "Dog Shy" with Charley ChaseRecording: in performance at Wesleyan silent film course, Larry Semon in "The Bellhop"Choosing music for a scene: Chaplin filmsA minidisc miracleRecording: in performance at Sedgwick Cultural Center (Philadelphia) in 2002, accompanying "The Cat and the Canary" on a Hammond theatre organ.Keeping it fresh, trying new things - 2 months of William S. HartAccompanying "Steamboat Bill, Jr". on a Jaeckel pipe organ Recording: in performance at the Sluberski Film Series at Concordia College, accompanying Buster Keaton's "Steamboat Bill, Jr."RIP Harry Weiss, silent film accompanist Upcoming performances at LoC, Cinema Arts Centre, Silent Clowns Film Series Recording: in performance for 700 school kids at the Egyptian Theatr

episode 16: Norwegian edition – Too Much Johnson, Roald Amundsen, Chaplin’s City Lights Welcome10th anual “Silent Film Days” festival in… The post episode 16: Norwegian edition – Too Much Johnson, Roald Amundsen, Chaplin’s City Lights appeared first on Ben Model.

episode 15: Laurel and Hardy, orchestral Chaplin gig, scoring Technicolor at MoMA WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music ArchiveRecap of June… The post episode 15: Laurel & Hardy, orchestral Chaplin gig, scoring Technicolor at MoMA appeared first on Ben Model.

episode 14: silence in the theater, Docks of NY, playing into the film, an orchestral organ WelcomeSilent Film Sound and… The post episode 14: silence in the theater, Docks of NY, playing into the film, an orchestral organ appeared first on Ben Model.

episode 13: programming vs. what I like to play for, staying inside a character's head, legacy piano at NYU WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music ArchiveRecap of April shows, playing for 5th graders at the Museum of the Moving Image playing and presenting at the Toronto Silent Film Festival(correction: Toronto SFF shorts curator is Chris Seguin, not Paul)Recording: in performance at Toronto Silent Film Festival, Stan and Ollie discuss rich people doing things "just the reverse" in WRONG AGAINRules of the Game: staying inside a character's head, regardless of the physical action of the scene when it doesn't matchRecording: in performance at the Alden Theatre in McLean VA, Raymond Griffith takes in the end of the Civil War in "Hands Up!"Upcoming shows: Silent Clowns' series season of Hal Roach comedies, Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre, High School band in Connecticut, Mostly Lost 4Returning to the scene of the crime: playing annually at a silent film class at NYU on the piano I picked out in 1983Reco

episode 12: cineconventions, music from out-of-print DVDS, being easy to work with, Marcel Perez review WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music Archive35th annual/final Cinefest, the future of cineconventionssilent film in a church and at Columbia U. film schoolRecording: from out-of-print DVD from Unknown Video "Flaming Flappers", performed on Miditzer organJim Henry, creator of Miditzer virtual organ program; the TCM Film FestivalRules of the Game: show prep that goes beyond the music; plus being versatile and being easy to work withRecording: review of Musty Suffer and Marcel Perez DVDs from Sergio Mims of WHPK Chicagoupcoming shows: Marcel Perez show at NYPL, Clara Bow in "It", Raymond Griffith in 35mmthe birth and demise of altscore.com, a great idea that didn't take offRecording: excerpt from formerly-downloadable alternate score for "Heart O' the Hills" with Mary PickfordAudience preservation tips.Closing

episode 11: song cues gone wrong, scoring One Week, Lee Erwin, silents in schools WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music ArchiveLibrary of Congress shows: Leap Year, The Patent Leather KidCinema Arts Centre show: Linda, dir Dorothy DavenportRecording: Patent Leather Kid, live in performance at the LoC Packard Campus Theatre, on their Walker digital theatre organRules of the Game: when existing music must be used…but no longer worksRecording: excerpt of Lee Erwin playing his score for America, dir DWG, on a Wurlitzer Theatre OrganOn scoring One Week, borrowing a leitmotif device from Mussorgsky, and squelching inadvertent audience reactionRecording: audience of 4-5 year olds watching Oranges and Lemons with Stan Laurel, on a Yamaha uprightUpcoming performances: 35th annual Cinefest, Toronto Silent Film Festival, cinema studies classes at Columbia and NYU, and more.Closing

episode 10: presenting silent films to kids and to seniors, interview with Harry Weiss pt 2, listening to the audience WelcomeSilent Film Sound & Music ArchiveThe Cinema Arts Centre on Long Island - "Within Our Gates", virtual theatre organPalace Theatre family programming, Stamford CTRecording: Charlie Chaplin in "The Adventurer", live in performance at the Palace Theatre in Stamford CT, on a Yamaha uprightYes, I was a piano tunerListening to the audience when playing for a comedy, and not always being able to hear the reactionInterview with 98-year-old silent film pianist Harry Weiss, part 2Why I bring a tuning lever to showsAudience building: this means YOURecording: Harold Lloyd in Grandma's Boy, live in performance at the Osborn in Rye NY, on a Steinway L; Feb 2015Upcoming performances: Arbuckle in "Leap Year" and Barthelmess in "Patent Leather Kid" at Library of Congress, 35th annual Cinefest, The Marcel Perez Collection DVD, and more.Closing

episode 9: Boise Philharmonic, musical cross-cutting, interview with Harry Weiss pt 1, inspiration for main themes WelcomeSilent Film Sound & Music ArchiveBoise, ID: working with Boise Philharmonic, playing at the historic Egyptian Theater, showing One Week to 700 5th-gradersRecording: Charley Chase in "Dog Shy", live in performance on the Robert-Morton theatre organ at the Egyptian in Feb 2014Rules of the Game: musical cross-cutting to help underscore scenes in early dramatic shortsRecording: Alice Guy-Blaché's "A Fool and His Money", on Steinway piano at MoMA in Feb 2015 Interview with nonagenarian silent film pianist Harry Weiss, part 1 A trick to come up with main themes for all those comedy shortsRecording: Max Davidson in "Don't Tell Everything", on Steinway D piano at Bruno Walter Auditorium, Silent Clowns Film Series Feb 14, 2015Upcoming performances: comedy shorts at the Palace in Stamford CT, Harold Lloyd in Westchester, Keaton at Wesleyan, The Marcel Perez Collection DVD, and more.Next episode: