Scores for Silent Films

 

I have arranged a number of virtuosic piano scores to accompany silent films, as part of an ongoing collaboration with the wonderful pianist Olga Pashchenko.

Paul Wegener: Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920).

Starring Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova

Score: Liszt, Mendelssohn, Borodin. Live sound effects.

Runtime: 101 minutes

 

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau: Der brennende Acker (1922)

Starring: Vladimir Gajdarov, Lya de Putti, Werner Krauss

Score: Dukas, Granados, Grieg. Live sound effects.

Runtime: 110 minutes

 

Victor Seastrom: He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

Starring: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer

Score: Griffes, Respighi, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn. Live sound effects.

Runtime: 80 minutes

 

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau: Der letzte Mann (1924)

Starring: Emile Jannings

Score: Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Liszt. Live sound effects.

Running Time: 77 minutes

 

Manfred Noa: Der Raub der Helena (1924)

Starring Wladimir Gaidarow, Edy Darclea

Score: Ravel, Debussy, Satie

Running Time: 100 minutes

 

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau: Herr Tartüff (1925)

Starring: Emile Jannings, Lil Dagover and Werner Krauss

Score: Chaminade, Chopin, Liszt. Live sound effects.

Runtime: 74 minutes

 

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau: Faust (1926)

Starring: Emile Jannings, Camilla Horn

Score: Liszt, Mendelssohn, Scriabin

Runtime: 116 minutes

 

Jean Epstein: La Glace à Trois Faces (1927)

Starring: René Ferté, Suzy Pierson

Score: Ibert, Satie, Francaix. Pre-recorded sound effects.

Runtime: 45 minutes

 

W. Pabst: Die Büchse der Pandora (1929)

Starring: Louise Brooks, Francis Lederer

Score: Satie, Poulenc, Roussel.

Runtime: 133 minutes

 

Anthony Asquith: A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)

Starring: Nora Baring, Uno Henning, Hans Schlettow

Score: Bax, Bridge, Bowen. Pre-recorded sound effects.

Runtime: 85 minutes

 

Julien Duvivier, Maman Colibri (1929) 

Starring Maria Jacobini, Francis Lederer.

Score: Liszt, Chaminade, Mendelssohn. Live sound effects.

Runtime: 75 minutes