Category: Podcast
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Episode 59 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
Episode 59 Show Notes: “The Dog Days are here (July), but maybe not in San Francisco” Undercrank Productions’ 10th Anniversary Accompanying Edward Everett Horton shorts at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival New Tom Mix restorations released in July from Undercrank Prods Thoughts on bringing a music light to shows, and about climbing the Bolton…
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ep. 59: San Francisco Silent Film Fest, Undercrank’s 10th Anniversary, Tom Mix, and More
In this episode: Ben talks about preparing for his performance at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, his first time at the fest; his Undercrank Productions home video label celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2023; Ben talks about the two newly restored Tom Mix silent films that were released by Undercrank on Blu-ray in July;…
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Episode 58 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
Episode 58 Show Notes: “Potato salad…!” Recording scores for streaming and home video is different from a live performance Sign up for Ben’s regular email here to keep up with all his activities.
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ep. 58: “Potato Salad”, TCM Classic Film Festival, Ernie Kovacs, Undercrank Prods 10th Anniversary
In this episode: Ben talks about doing double-duty as both silent film accompanist and Blu-ray producer-distributor; Ben talks about accompanying “Clash of the Wolves” starring Rin-Tin-Tin at the TCM Classic Film Festival and the differences between this performance and the one of recording a score for this film, along; Kerr and Ben talk about the…
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Episode 57 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
Episode 57 Show Notes: Recording silent film scores for Tom Mix and Rin Tin Tin Recording scores for streaming and home video is different from a live performance Recording accompaniments for Tom Mix films Tom Mix in Sky High (1922) Discussion of how few Mix films survive, and how few silent Westerns get programmed or…
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ep. 57: Recording silent film scores for Tom Mix and Rin Tin Tin
In this episode: Ben and Kerr discyss about Ben’s process for creating and recording silent film scores for home-video releases, and how it differs from scoring a silent in performance. Ben talks about composing by using the start-stop possibilities of recording in place of traditional notation, as well as using underscoring to help audiences register…
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Episode 56 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
Episode 56 Show Notes: Music for unconventional silent films and other purposes Replacing the podcast’s Theme Song: The Unknown: Ernie Kovacs and Haydn (not) Keeping the Combatants clear in Wings Recent and upcoming silent film shows: Sign up for Ben’s emails here.
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ep. 56: Back to scoring silent feature films
In this episode: Ben and Kerr talk about the current theme music for the podcast and its impending replacement; Ben talks about playing for a recent screening of the newly restored Chaney film “The Unknown” and how he musically meets the issues of possible inadvertent laughter in this and other silent dramas; Ben and Kerr…
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Episode 55 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
Episode 55 Show Notes: Music for unconventional silent films and other purposes Accompaniments for documentaries, post-silent era films, and underscoring television. The Wizardry of Wireless with a score by Ben Discussing The Pottery Maker (1926) directed by Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North); and A Visit to the Home of Childe Hasam in Episode 35…
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ep. 55: Music for unconventional silent films and other purposes
In this episode: Ben talks about scoring silent films that lack a traditional narrative – films made for educational purposes – and creating music that is more “visual” than what is usually done for silents; films discussed are the 1922 “Making of a Bronze Statue” and the 1970 “Spirals” produced by the Metropolitan Museum of…