The Silent Film Music Podcast with Ben Model ep 67: Scoring Wallace Reid, Maurice Tourneur, “Ramona”

Описание: In this episode, Ben and Kerr talk about accompanying a rare Wallace Reid Film “The Valley of the Giants” and other films at the Kansas Silent Film Festival; playing for the newly restored “The White Heather” and for Francis Ford’s “The Craving” (both 1919) at MoMA’s “To Save and Project” festival; creating a new theatre organ score for “Ramona” (1928) which will be released in May by Kino Lorber; Ben’s returning to the TCM Classic Film Festival to live-score a silent film – this year it’s Harold Lloyd in “The Freshman” – and more.

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The Silent Film Music Podcast with Ben Model – it’s the podcast that takes you inside the mind of someone as they prepare for, perform, and reflect upon performances of live musical accompaniments to silent films. Hosted by renowned silent film accompanist and historian Ben Model, along with co-host Kerr Lockhart, each episode includes discussion on the silent film composer-musician’s process, approach toward the films, practice in performance, and on silent film history. Ben and Kerr cover a range of topics unique to the perspective of someone creating a live score to help an audience enter the world of the film, and include excerpts of live musical scores Ben has performed at shows on piano and theatre or pipe organ.