New catch: Listen to one of Donald's catches, a type of round. When all the parts are sung together, a hidden message is revealed, in this case the name of the performing group. Inquire about having a catch written for your organization! Play >
New on DVD: Sally of the Sawdust, dir. D. W. Griffith; A Man There Was, dir. Victor Sjöström and Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema and Silent Ozu: Three Comedies, all with piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin. Also, Films from Home Movie Day, Volume 1more >
Bringing Classic
Silent Movies to Life
Recent appearances: Pordenone Festival, Italy; Virginia Film Festival; BAM Rose Cinema; Film Society of Lincoln Center
"The top of the line of film pianists!" —Leonard Maltin, author and film critic
"Of all the musicians who play for the silent film today, Donald Sosin is for me the one who is most sensitive to the film he accompanies, the one who supports the film and never overpowers it." —Eileen Bowser, former Curator of Film, Museum of Modern Art, NY, film scholar and author
Articles
Great articles originally published in Mix and Chronogram about the making of
silent film music
Featured DVD and Video Performances by Donald Sosin
Donald Sosin’s scores can be heard for GEORGE MELIES, SILENT OZU, THE PEACH GIRL, UNSEEN CINEMA, HAROLD LLOYD COLLECTION 2, AVANT GARDE: EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA OF THE 1920s AND 1930s, SIREN OF THE TROPICS, THE FORGOTTEN FILMS OF FATTY ARBUCKLE, EDISON: INVENTION OF THE MOVIES, KING OF KINGS, SPIES, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, NOSFERATU, LONG PANTS, BLIND HUSBANDS, TITANIC, and THE STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS. more >
Avant Garde Films
Donald Sosin announces the release of fifteen new silent film scores for avant-garde films on DVD in the UNSEEN CINEMA 7-disc set from Image. Among the films is the first American avant-garde film, MANHATTA, by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand, based on Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Listen to the synthesized orchestral score or view the film.
The other films in the collection include: Anemic Cinema (Duchamp), H2O (Ralph Steiner), Life and Death of a Hollywood Extra (Florey and Vorkapitch), Skyscraper Symphony (Florey) Pie in the Sky (Steiner, with Elia Kazan), Beggar on Horseback (excerpt with Edward Everett Horton), and A Bronx Morning (Jay Leyda), which was just chosen for preservation by the Library of Congress.
Little Red Jiving Hood
Granny’s girl gets some jump in her step for Little Red Jiving Hood. An interview with writer and director Ben Hillman; score by Donald Sosin. read the interview
Coming Soon
- April 4, 9:30 am — Robin Hood. At the Sonoma International Film Festival, Sonoma, CA.
- April 4, 3:30 pm — The Peach Girl. At the Sonoma International Film Festival, Sonoma, CA.
- May 5, 11:45 pm EST — Big Stakes. On Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Score by Donald Sosin.
- More details on the performances and extended schedule
Recordings and Live Performances
For information on recordings and booking live performance, contact:
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Lakeville CT 06039
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