LONESOME (1928) in 35mm?

Thanks for the info. I hope I wasn't insulting, I suppose that in context it was
supposed to sound horrific.
Stott

Junkmetal wrote:

> > BTW- what IS that horriffic whining sound in the score.? Musical Saw,
> > Theremin, or something else?
> > Yes, I DO play musical saw myself, but I try to produce recognizable tunes.
>
> And here I'm complaining about whining! Yes it's a musical saw. My
> partner Terry is doing in command (or perhaps not). He tries to
> produce recognizable tunes too.
>
> Ken Winokur
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junkmetal.RemoveThis@earthlink.net (Junkmetal) wrote in message news:<786a7532.0401270557.427c0359.RemoveThis@posting.google.com>...
> > Excuse me, but I think I've just been insulted by proxy.
> > I can take your Keaton scores, and the Lost World, but your Manslaughter
> > score just makes me very angry.
> >
> > Your insignificant listener
> > Stott
>
> Relax. Manslaughter is the worst score we've ever written. There's a
> good tune or two, but it was just not our cup of tea.

Mont Alto always has the convenient excuse that we don't write the
music we play, we just select it and play it. So if we play some
little soppy excrescence of a cutesy novelette, we're just stating the
facts. It's only when we select a soppy cutesy piece when a soppy
cutesy piece isn't actually called for by the action that we open
ourselves to criticism.

P.S. I've reposted two audio files from the upcoming Kino THIEF OF
BAGDAD on our site, under Recordings. You can also read the annotated
cue sheet (a DVD extra) if you are that crazy about silent film era
cue sheets and composers. THIEF OF BAGDAD is our most
hardware-intensive score, with sound effects from a fan cage, a
tamtam, a teiko drum, an abacus, and two socket wrenches!

Rodney Sauer
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
www.mont-alto.com
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THIEF OF BAGDAD is our most
> hardware-intensive score, with sound effects from a fan cage, a
> tamtam, a teiko drum, an abacus, and two socket wrenches!
>
> Rodney Sauer

I am currently experiencing the most unendurable jealosy.

Ken Winokur / formerly of Alloy Orchestra
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Bob Birchard <bbirchard DeleteThis @earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<40171C11.93DB9779 DeleteThis @earthlink.net>...
> Junkmetal wrote:
>
> > I have heard the original soundtrack numerous times on the Eastman
> > House print, and it does have the problems that you describe. I
> > wonder though if this is faithful to the original. Has anyone heard
> > the soundtrack on an French titled print, that would have the
> > soundtrack reproduced faithfully?
>
> Yeah, I saw the original nitrate on this, and the problem is inherent in the original material, however
> that is due to the fact that the French titles were printed separately and physically spliced into the
> print. It would have been a simple matter to A/B the track and balance the levels.
>
> Also, having seen the original source material, I felt the Eastman safety print did not do justice to
> it. I found the "restoration" to be dark, muddy, and the color stuff did not look like it did in the
> source. Over all, I'd say the effort was pretty mediocre. It really ought to be redone.

My problems with the print were the low volume level of the talking
scenes which accentuates a bad 60 hz hum , and the clunks when they
cut the talkie scenes in. Both of these problems would seem to be
from the original (sound version) and are simply reproduced in the
Eastman house restoration.
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<< THIEF OF BAGDAD is our most hardware-intensive score, with sound effects
from a fan cage, a tamtam, a teiko drum, an abacus, and two socket wrenches! >>

Rodney, it sounds like your score should be posted on Car Talk's website
instead! ;-)

Dennis Doros
Milestone Film & Video
email: MileFilms.RemoveThis@aol.com
website: www.milestonefilms.com
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milefilms.DeleteThis@aol.comnojunk (Mile Films) wrote in message news:<20040128105439.25867.00000156.DeleteThis@mb-m05.aol.com>...
> << THIEF OF BAGDAD is our most hardware-intensive score, with sound effects
> from a fan cage, a tamtam, a teiko drum, an abacus, and two socket wrenches! >>
>
> Rodney, it sounds like your score should be posted on Car Talk's website
> instead! ;-)

For our upcoming Milestone release of SUDS I've done a dub remix based
on sounds of our old washing machine. The emotional climax is
heightened by the contents of the pockets of my daughter's jeans as
they tumble through the dryer.

Rodney
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