Music for silent films // incidental

 Maya Deren - Eye of the Night

silent film, but vid here w some music someone has put on is gud. glow-y angelic kinda thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsLdAmK_8LE



Ballet Mechanique
In 1924 George Antheil wrote Ballet Mécanique, which was actually for a film of moving objects, not for dancers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_M%C3%A9canique

dada post cubist art film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqvK-YaJBLw music & score

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi53TfeqgWM&t=220s film


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videos on music for silent films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-20Ga8eJE


pianists would have volumes of mood music


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_m8sm8P0Wc


book is called motion picture moods by erno rapee

found here:

https://www.sfsma.org/ARK/22915/erno-rapee-motion-picture-moods/

https://www.sfsma.org/ARK/22915/motion-picture-moods/

https://www.sfsma.org/music-for-early-film/

- incidental music books


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