Category: Podcast

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…

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…

episode 16: Norwegian edition – Too Much Johnson, Roald Amundsen, Chaplin’s City Lights Welcome10th anual “Silent Film Days” festival in Tromsø, NorwayShows for 6th grade school kids, childrens’ show on SaturdayRecording: in performance at Verdensteatret cinema, Baby Peggy in “Carmen Jr.” October DVD release of Baby Peggy in “The Family Secret”, restored by Library of…

episode 15: Laurel and Hardy, orchestral Chaplin gig, scoring Technicolor at MoMA WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music ArchiveRecap of June shows: Clara Bow in “Mantrap” in Lake Placid, Mostly Lost 4 at Library of Congress, a special L&H program concept from Bruce Lawton at Silent ClownsRecording: in performance at Silent Clowns Film Series, Laurel and…

episode 14: silence in the theater, Docks of NY, playing into the film, an orchestral organ WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music ArchiveRecap of May shows: Mary Astor in “Heart to Heart”, Buster Keaton in “Battling Butler”, plus “Docks of New York” and a faster fpsRecording: in performance at MoMA, from 2008, playing the audience into…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…