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Alloy Orchestra, Silents
Audio CD
Disk ID: 2048130
Disk length: 52m 52s (16 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1997
Label: Unknown
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1. Plain Crazy | 6:04 |
2. Lost World: Into the Amazon | 4:30 |
3. Lost World: Dinosaur's Revenge | 5:52 |
4. Lost World: The Couple | 1:27 |
5. Nosferatu: The Vampire's Waltz | 1:56 |
6. Nosferatu: Lust | 3:38 |
7. Nosferatu: Hydra | 3:16 |
8. Nosferatu: The Escape | 2:32 |
9. Nosferatu: The Coffin | 2:59 |
10. Metropolis: Yoshiwara | 4:26 |
11. Metropolis: Escape From the Underground City | 2:09 |
12. Metropolis: The Chase | 3:30 |
13. The Unknown: Alonzo the Armless | 3:17 |
14. The Unknown: Hands, Men's Hands | 3:01 |
15. The Unknown: Stung Like a Whip | 3:14 |
16. The Unknown: Love Theme | 0:51 |
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Review
Of all the bands playing that accompany silent films (and there are more than a few out there), none are better than the Alloy Orchestra. Simply put, the Boston-based band has an incredible sense of humor, cinematic timing, and a great sound. Perhaps it's the instrumentation: Alloy utilize oddball percussion (fire extinguishers, old pipe) and the occasional sampler sound effects. The group's music never sounds dated, and yet, somehow, it never dates the movie it accompanies. Silents is some of the ensemble's best work, a compilation featuring music written for five different classic silent films. The group's scores for Plain Crazy (noteworthy as being Mickey Mouse's first film appearance) and a funky accompaniment to Metropolis are the clear highlights, but there really are no duds here. --Jason Verlinde
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