Organ music
Man, TCM is showing WINGS with organ music. It was driving me nuts so I turned off the sound. I just don`t care for many silent musical scores. Though I did like the score for BEAU BRUMMEL. I remember...
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What Mongo said. As scholar Kevin Brownlow has put it, Silents were never really silent. In the very early days, some had narrators; as mentioned, big venues had orchestras - even choruses & sound...
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From Silent Film Sound, by Rick Altman: A nationwide survey conducted by Motion Picture News reveals that even in the early twenties musical accompaniment for films was hardly a universal practice.… A...
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I`m well aware organs were used but the score for the TCM showing just grated on my nerves. I turned the sound off and enjoyed the film.
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Although our local Odeon in South London is now a bingo hall, the original organ has been renovated and a local enthusiast still performs recitals on it. The huge number of 'voices' and other...
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"A nationwide survey conducted by Motion Picture News reveals that even in the early twenties musical accompaniment for films was hardly a universal practice.…" In the EARLY twenties. I'll bet that...
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All a matter of taste, of course, but having grown up around organs (both Hammond and theatre) that my father worked on and played, I love them. I do think you have to see a silent projected large in...
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I've seen quite a few silents in the cinemas (no, I'm not that old). Organ is far better than piano accompaniment. I've heard far too many of those. But piano is better than nothing at all. At home,...
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Wich2 wrote: In the very early days, some had narrators In the winter of 1988-89, I was in a little town called Dieulefit, in the south-west of France, doing a play. They had a small cinema in...
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Great French story, Mark! Where you at Opening Night of NAPOLEON at Radio City? The Mayor spoke; Lillian Gish floated around; I met Brownlow afterwards... Oh yeah - and the movie's good! Right up...
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Craig, I was there---and under the impression that it was a one night event. So--our paths have crossed! Small world. I don't remember many details, I was but a beardless youth, mind you--and I don't...
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I saw the live Coppola conducted version of NAPOLEON on the road - they used the organ along with the orchestra for a few key parts! A magnificent one-of-a-kind experience. SAM33
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Over the last few years I've read about the controvery concerning NAPOLEON, and would love to see the latest "restored cut" and hear the Carl Davis score. So what does give with Napoleon, Zoetrope...
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Actually I just bought a Asian Studio-Canal/Universal DVD off Ebay that claims it's not a DVD-R, and the seller has 100% good ratings. Interesting. Looks like boot, but a pressed, boot nonetheless.
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Mark & gang- There was a bit of a run for that original '81 Radio City "re-opening" of Gance's masterpiece. A friend of The Wife told her years ago, "I have a poster from that - do you want it?" I...
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Crazy. I read one of the DVD reviews that says it's over-compressed looking. The thing is only setting me back $10 so if it looks even as good as the VHS, it will be worth it to not have to dink...
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rvoyttbots wrote: I turned the sound off and enjoyed the film. I watch most silent films in silence, I hate that most scores don't have any silent breaks, and very few match the mood the actual film.
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SAM33 wrote: Let us know how that is? SAM33 Napoleon Answer; kind of poopy, it's just what I feared, a Korean 4 GB disk, that's a boot of the 9 GB, British, Universal disk which appears to be OOP. The...
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Doesn't matter anyway, I think either Ebay or Ebay prompted by UNIVERSAL just did a sweep, because I got a notice that the item was canceled (after I won mine), and I was also going to break-down and...
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