1895-1929 – there was no sound synchronised as this wasn't yet possible.
Film industry was in America, France, Germany and Italy but the First World War destroyed the European industry.
Roundhay Garden Scene 1888, the first known celluloid film recorded.
Many film s had ‘intertitles’ which explained the action.
Music was always a major element – it was performed on a piano, guitar, organ or ‘mighty wurlitzer’ when special effects were needed. Some theatres even had orchestras. The music was either improvised or made up of classical repertory pieces. The cinema was the largest employer of musicians.
When ‘talkies’ came about, there was a decline in musicians’ being employed and a decline in the quality and popularly of film while people got used to it.
Neil Brand has collected some documents relating to how musicians worked in the cinema and uploaded them to his website HERE
TASK: - CREATE A MUSIC CUE SHEET FOR THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY. Add this to your blog and label it 'film music'. TEMPLATE (you will need t make a copy of this. You can then copy and paste it to your blog or add a link to your drive on your blog)
http://www.troxy.co.uk/troxy_history/the-troxy-wurlitzer/
http://www.minimamusic.co.uk/
http://www.cinematicorchestra.com/
http://silentlondon.co.uk/
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