BachElit · Original series archive
Seen It Before! – Film Music
24 April 2016 · 17 July 2016
Archived programme
What makes a film’s music more than an accompaniment laid beneath the images?
Original introduction (English translation)
Music written to serve a particular purpose was already there when classical music became an independent art form—in fact, that is where it began… Writing for moving images poses considerable challenges. How can a composer find room for expression within them? What kinds of associations do the great film composers draw on?
Musical examples
- The General (excerpt from 24:55)Original video ↗
- Silent-film pianoOriginal video ↗
- How does a player piano work?Original video ↗
- How is a piano roll made?Original video ↗
- Old player pianoOriginal video ↗
- Wurlitzer Motion Picture OrchestraOriginal video ↗
- FotoplayerOriginal video ↗
- Chaplin: The CircusOriginal video ↗
- Chaplin: Modern TimesOriginal video ↗
- Ben-Hur excerptOriginal video ↗
- Dvořák: “From the New World” SymphonyOriginal video ↗
- BachElit trailerOriginal video ↗
- Bálint Sapszon, Ice AgeOriginal video ↗
- Recording film music 1Original video ↗
- Recording film music 2Original video ↗
- Music from Grey GooOriginal video ↗
- Call of Duty, London Philharmonic OrchestraOriginal video ↗
- ChocolatOriginal video ↗
- Scott Bradley, Tom and JerryOriginal video ↗
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