Silent Film Scores
Original Scores
Berlin
A 50 minute score for Walter Ruttmann's "Symphony of a Great City" written for piano duet, the score evokes the moods of the film as we experience a day in Berlin in 1927 beginning at dawn and ending in the early hours of the next day.
Big Business
Typical Laurel and Hardy film involving a consignment of Christmas trees which aren't easy to sell in the Californian sunshine.
15 mins - flute, clarinet and piano or solo piano
Nosferatu
The original "Dracula" film and still one of the most successful.
60 mins - flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Arranged scores
Conquest of the Pole - based on music by Debussy
A Well-washed House - based on music by Poulenc
The Vagabond - incorporating music by Grieg and Mendelssohn
The Count - based on music by Fats Waller
Ghosts before Breakfast - based on music by Hindemith
Never Weaken - based on popular music of the 1920's
Papageno -based on music by Mozart
Carmen - based on music by Bizet
One A.M. -based on music by Scott Joplin
The Blood of the Poet - based on music by Auric