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