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scores are composed and performed by renowned silent film accompanist Ben Model. The music and the recordings are copyright © 2008 by Ben Model and all rights are reserved, for all territories throughout the world and universe in all existing formats and any to be created in the future. These scores are intended for home use only. Reproduction, duplication, broadcast or webcast of any kind and theatrical use of these scores is strictly prohibited. [Please don't make copies of these for your friends. Sure, we all dupe CD's for people, but the negative impact on sales will only encourage me to stop offering these tracks.] |
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 Mary Pickford in "Heart O' The Hills" Alternate score for this classic Mary Pickford release picture -- synchs with the Milestone DVD of this film. Piano score. NOTE: choose this option to purchase single 78 min audio track for MP3 file playback (iPod, iTunes, MP3 player) -- will not fit on one audio CD. |
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Mary Pickford in "Heart O' The Hills" NOTE: choose this option to purchase score in two-part edition for burning to CDs for playback. |
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Helen Gardner in "Cleopatra" Alternate score for this 1912 costume epic -- synchs with the video edition broadcast on TCM. This film is not available on DVD. Digital orchestra score. Note: this score was recorded utilizing the Kurzweil PC2 keyboard and its high-end digital samples of orchestral instruments. Some classic film fans do not care for the sound of digital instrument samples and if you're one of those folks, this altscore may not be for you. Here is a preview of the first 7 minutes of the film with my score synched to it: |
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 Harry Langdon in "Knight Duty" Here is
a piano score to augment the existing sountrack of this Harry Langdon
1933 talkie short. Leave
your TV audio unmuted
for this one. The score fills in
underscoring during the film's silent passages. Click on the "KNIGHT
DUTY" link to the right to download the MP3 and
follow the spoken instructions at the beginning of the track for synch.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) to download the MP3 file |
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Lon Chaney in "The Penalty" Alternate
score
for
this
classic
Lon Chaney picture -- synchs with the Kino
DVD. Theatre organ score.
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Buster Keaton in "The Cameraman" Alternate
score
for
the
Keaton's
first film at MGM -- synchs with the Turner/TCM
DVD. Theatre organ score.
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The Lost Films of Harry Langdon: disc one Alternate
scores
for
the
first
disc of this DVD set released in 2007:
Picking Peaches, Smile
Please, His New Mamma, The First 100 Years, The
Luck O' The
Foolish, The Hansom Cabman. Piano scores.
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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle short films These scores are available as a free
download until September 1st. These were originally recorded for the
DVD, but weren't used.
Disc 1 of the set contains Ben's alternate score for Fatty
Joins the Force. Here's
3 more!
Right-click
(Windows) or Control-click (Mac) to download the MP3 files.
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A FLIRT'S MISTAKE CURSES! CHARACTER STUDIES |
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Harry Houdini in The Man From Beyond Alternate theatre organ score for the film, which has a piano score on the Kino DVD. [synch: start at main title fade-in, after Kino logo] |
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Harry Houdini in Terror Island Alternate piano score for the film, which has a theatre organ score on the Kino DVD. [synch: start at Kino logo] |
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Houdini two-pack Purchase both Houdini scores – piano score for "Terror Island" and organ score for "The Man From Beyond" – for one low price. |
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Buster
Keaton in Sherlock, Jr. Keaton's
iconic
and
surreal
tale
of a projectionist who tries to do two things
at once. Piano score. Our top-seller!
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Valentino
and
Swanson
in
Beyond the Rocks Gloria
Swanson
and
Rudolf
Valentino
co-star
in this melodrama; the film was thought lost until it was
discovered and restored by the Nederlands Filmmuseum a couple years
ago. Piano
score.
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