Nosferatu (1922) Best Original Soundtrack | Classical Rescore

Описание: This is a full rescore of the original 1922 Nosferatu using classical music of the early 20th century for each and every scene, set to the Photoplay/BFI restoration. It is, in my opinion, the best available version of this film.

The original soundtrack by Hans Erdmann was lost sometime after the film premiered in Berlin. You can find recordings online, but these are approximations based on tiny snippets of the sheet music. If you ask me, the only other version worth checking out is James Bernard's rescore. It's a little "Hollywood"-sounding for my taste, but it strikes the right tone and has excellent orchestration throughout.

I’ve had more than one friend tell me they “tried” to watch Nosferatu before, but couldn’t stand the “boring” music. Not referring to any specific version, but rather any other cut available to watch. The complaint is always the same: the music doesn’t match the scene.

I saw an opportunity to pull from the work of late Romantic and early Modern composers who were active (or at least alive) in the 1920s when the film was first released, and assemble my own ideal soundtrack for the film. The music is dissonant and “gothic,” but still melodic and deeply emotional. It mostly comes from a very Central/Eastern European background, just like the film itself. I hope that when people seek out this masterpiece of filmmaking, they will find my version first.

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Disclaimer: This video contains copyrighted audio recordings that have been incorporated into a transformative rescore of a public domain film. The use of these copyrighted materials falls under the doctrine of Fair Use as outlined in U.S. copyright law. The intention of this rescore is to provide commentary on and a creative reimagining of the original work. All rights to the original copyrighted audio recordings remain with their respective owners. No copyright infringement is intended

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SOUNDTRACK
(in order of appearance, some pieces used more than once)

Excerpt from “The Firebird” - Igor Stravinsky - Alice Coltrane
Le banquet céleste - Olivier Messiaen
String Quartet No.3 in F Major Op. 73 - Dmitri Shostakovich - Jerusalem Quartet
Symphony, Op. 21 - Anton Webern - Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli
Pelleas und Melisande Op. 5 - Arnold Schoenberg - Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez
String Quartet No. 1 - Alberto Ginastera - Cuarteto Latino Americano
Klavierstück in B Minor - Alban Berg - Igor Levit
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67 - Dmitri Shostakovich - Dmitri Shostakovich, Dmitri Tsyganov, Sergei Shirinsky
String Quartet No.5 - Béla Bartók - Takács Quartet
Livre du Saint-Sacrement - Olivier Messiaen - Jolanda Zwoferink
String Quartet No.1 - Béla Bartók - Takács Quartet
Passacaglia (Orchestrated by Sir Andrew Davis) - Anton Berg - BBC Symphony Orchestra · Andrew Davis
3 Etudes - Nikolai Roslavets - Marc-André Hamelin
Messiaen Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps - Olivier Messiaen - Gryphon Trio - James Campbell
Spring Rounds from Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky - Alice Coltrane
Violin Concerto - Alban Berg - Augustin Hadelich and the Vienna Philharmonic (Salzburg Festival 2023)
Apparition de l'Église éternelle · Olivier Messiaen
String Quartet No.15 - Dmitri Shostakovich - Emerson Quartet
Razdum’ye (Meditation) - Nikolai Roslavetz - Boris Pergamenschikow, Pavel Gililov
String Quartet No.8 - Dmitri Shostakovich - Emerson Quartet


(Better than the) Original Soundtrack Nosferatu 1922, Nosferatu with scary music