Silent Film Music By Ben Model

00:00 welcome; intro to special "Cruel and Unusual Comedy" series and podcasts - 05:40 Plots and Plotters - 14:07 Chaplinitis - 26:15 Sports Injuries - 36:11 Arts Deprectiation. This episode contains chapter stops. (Your podcast player may or may not recognize these.)

coming in January 2017: 3 special episodes of the podcast This mini-episode is more of a trailer of sorts for three special podcast episodes that I will post simultaneously in the first half of January 2017.In this 10-minute mini-podcast – first off, I recap some fall DVD releases and a couple that are on tap for spring of 2017. Then you'll hear about some orchestral score performances coming in February, as well as a "Director's Speed" screening of "Sunrise". Finally, the piece de resistance (if you'll pardon my French), some news about "Cruel and Unusual Comedy" at MoMA January 13-26 and the podcasted film notes by Steve Massa that I've produced as a companion guide. Thanks for listening!

episode 19: a trip to Egypt?, Keaton and Lloyd in South Korea, prepping for a 1915 Swedish silent Welcome. I get lost en route to a gig whilst dealing with a snafu in overseas travel. Next, I talk about explaining the onscreen music credit (attributed to someone who is not me) to 3,000 people in Jecheon, South Korea. Performance recording: accompanying "Steamboat Bill, Jr." starring Buster Keaton at the 12th Jecheon International Music and Film Festival. I talk about preparing for and playing during two outdoor shows at JIMFF for huge crowds, outdoors by a lake, as well as my recent experience with the universality of silent film. Performance recording: accompanying "The Freshman" starring Harold Lloyd at the 12th Jecheon International Music and Film Festival. Preparing to accompany "Madame de Thebes", a 1915 Swedish silent film, at the 11th "Silent Film Days" festival in Tromsø, Norway; the challenges of a contemporary audience decoding the cinematic storytelling language of a 1915 drama, and in particular

episode 18: scoring The Bride's Play, explaining the 1920s jokes, travel to South Korea and Norway Welcome (back)! Long time no podcast, so I recap a few highlights from March-July. Such as: finishing a year of being Professor Model, releasing the "Found at Mostly Lost" DVD, et al.Performance recording: accompanying "The Moth" starring Norma Talmadge at Mostly Lost 4 in 2015 on the Walker Digital Theatre Organ, at the Library of Congress.A discussion of the unique situation of being able to play a live show of a rare film just before recording a score for it, in this case Marion Davies in "The Bride's Play". (Did you pledge to Ed Lorusso's Kickstarter for this project?)Performance recording: accompanying Ozu's "Tokyo Chorus" at the Cinema Arts Center on theatre organ, using Paramount Organ Works' sample set via Hauptwerk.My upcoming trip to play at a big festival in South Korea, plus news about an award from the American Theatre Organ Society. Then - a tip to presenters and accompanists about the merits of

episode 17: organs and orchestras - choosing music for a scene, Boise world premiere, Steamboat Bill Jr, Hammond theatre organ WelcomeRecent shows recap: William S. Hart, Bert Williams, Criterion release of "The Kid"Boise Philharmonic - world premiere of new score for "Dog Shy" with Charley ChaseRecording: in performance at Wesleyan silent film course, Larry Semon in "The Bellhop"Choosing music for a scene: Chaplin filmsA minidisc miracleRecording: in performance at Sedgwick Cultural Center (Philadelphia) in 2002, accompanying "The Cat and the Canary" on a Hammond theatre organ.Keeping it fresh, trying new things - 2 months of William S. HartAccompanying "Steamboat Bill, Jr". on a Jaeckel pipe organ Recording: in performance at the Sluberski Film Series at Concordia College, accompanying Buster Keaton's "Steamboat Bill, Jr."RIP Harry Weiss, silent film accompanist Upcoming performances at LoC, Cinema Arts Centre, Silent Clowns Film Series Recording: in performance for 700 school kids at the Egyptian Theatr

episode 16: Norwegian edition – Too Much Johnson, Roald Amundsen, Chaplin’s City Lights Welcome10th anual “Silent Film Days” festival in… The post episode 16: Norwegian edition – Too Much Johnson, Roald Amundsen, Chaplin’s City Lights appeared first on Ben Model.

episode 15: Laurel and Hardy, orchestral Chaplin gig, scoring Technicolor at MoMA WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music ArchiveRecap of June… The post episode 15: Laurel & Hardy, orchestral Chaplin gig, scoring Technicolor at MoMA appeared first on Ben Model.

episode 14: silence in the theater, Docks of NY, playing into the film, an orchestral organ WelcomeSilent Film Sound and… The post episode 14: silence in the theater, Docks of NY, playing into the film, an orchestral organ appeared first on Ben Model.

episode 13: programming vs. what I like to play for, staying inside a character's head, legacy piano at NYU WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music ArchiveRecap of April shows, playing for 5th graders at the Museum of the Moving Image playing and presenting at the Toronto Silent Film Festival(correction: Toronto SFF shorts curator is Chris Seguin, not Paul)Recording: in performance at Toronto Silent Film Festival, Stan and Ollie discuss rich people doing things "just the reverse" in WRONG AGAINRules of the Game: staying inside a character's head, regardless of the physical action of the scene when it doesn't matchRecording: in performance at the Alden Theatre in McLean VA, Raymond Griffith takes in the end of the Civil War in "Hands Up!"Upcoming shows: Silent Clowns' series season of Hal Roach comedies, Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre, High School band in Connecticut, Mostly Lost 4Returning to the scene of the crime: playing annually at a silent film class at NYU on the piano I picked out in 1983Reco

episode 12: cineconventions, music from out-of-print DVDS, being easy to work with, Marcel Perez review WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music Archive35th annual/final Cinefest, the future of cineconventionssilent film in a church and at Columbia U. film schoolRecording: from out-of-print DVD from Unknown Video "Flaming Flappers", performed on Miditzer organJim Henry, creator of Miditzer virtual organ program; the TCM Film FestivalRules of the Game: show prep that goes beyond the music; plus being versatile and being easy to work withRecording: review of Musty Suffer and Marcel Perez DVDs from Sergio Mims of WHPK Chicagoupcoming shows: Marcel Perez show at NYPL, Clara Bow in "It", Raymond Griffith in 35mmthe birth and demise of altscore.com, a great idea that didn't take offRecording: excerpt from formerly-downloadable alternate score for "Heart O' the Hills" with Mary PickfordAudience preservation tips.Closing