Five new pieces that will help round out your silent period films. Most were made with a small band consisting of Tuba, trombones, trumpets, clarinets, piano, and various percussion things.
Royal Banana is a kind of polka/march based on a tritone chord progression for over-the-top comedic value.
Friendly Day was a little improvised piano bit to fill in a way-too-long scene with not much going on.
These were written as a score to a 9-minute silent short, and reused in various incarnations with a couple of added action hits (not included in these files). The director wanted the piece mostly scene-scored with very few “action hits”, but I had to – I mean, I had to. Otherwise it would feel like a collection of found music.
In the final film, the music is sometimes toned-down or amped up with instrumentation, and also with tempo variance of up to 20bpm (which changes the feel tremendously).
Thanks for the great music–you really do a fantastic job.
I’m using several of the silent film sequences in a documentary about studying–& trying to trap–wild bears. Needless to say, “The Chase” & “Comic Hero” are perfect!