Silent Film using my Edison Piano Record, quite amazing.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 8:20 am
Hello all,
There is a wonderful site on the You Tube which Guy Jones has where he takes very good copies of early silent movie clips and adds sound for terrific effects. The first one I really enjoyed was a view from the front window of a street car in Vancouver I think from around 1909. The sounds of the wheels on the rails, the clang of the bells, the people scurrying across the streets , horses baying, old cars putting along make for wonderfully interesting journey. You can find it on his site.
(I decided to link it also, its a wonderful ride) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp1qWV5OZec
He had joined my Acoustic Edison Chanel some time back and when he wrote to ask permission to add one of my records to a new film about early flight Demonstrations I was happy to say yes. The results to me are pretty surprising. He has a great ear for what goes with what and the piano selection of Constellation Waltz by Franz Falkenburg seems to easily add to what other wise would be a totally quiet film. Even the little changes in the scenes at times seems like they were made to fit the movie to the music. Take a look and if you like his work try some of the many other things he has up, a very historical adventure in reality:
"Flight Demonstration in Amsterdam"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQDoxcRfY90
Larry
There is a wonderful site on the You Tube which Guy Jones has where he takes very good copies of early silent movie clips and adds sound for terrific effects. The first one I really enjoyed was a view from the front window of a street car in Vancouver I think from around 1909. The sounds of the wheels on the rails, the clang of the bells, the people scurrying across the streets , horses baying, old cars putting along make for wonderfully interesting journey. You can find it on his site.
(I decided to link it also, its a wonderful ride) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp1qWV5OZec
He had joined my Acoustic Edison Chanel some time back and when he wrote to ask permission to add one of my records to a new film about early flight Demonstrations I was happy to say yes. The results to me are pretty surprising. He has a great ear for what goes with what and the piano selection of Constellation Waltz by Franz Falkenburg seems to easily add to what other wise would be a totally quiet film. Even the little changes in the scenes at times seems like they were made to fit the movie to the music. Take a look and if you like his work try some of the many other things he has up, a very historical adventure in reality:
"Flight Demonstration in Amsterdam"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQDoxcRfY90
Larry