More Silent Film Music

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).

One comment on “More Silent Film Music
  1. 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!