The Silent Film Music Podcast with Ben Model
By Ben Model
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Episodes: 65
Description
A podcast from renowned silent film accompanist/historian Ben Model covering the techniques of creating and performing live scores to silent films, as well as a discussion of the language of silent cinema. Find what goes on in the mind of a silent film accompanist before, during and after playing for a show. Learn about the aesthetics of silent filmmaking and storytelling language.
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ep. 63: Scoring Decisions and Transitions
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May 07, 2024 |
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ep. 62: accompanying a Mary Pickford film on campus, Marcel Perez at the Silent Clowns, Monta Bell at MoMA, and more
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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ep. 61: Improvising Themes for Re-Use and Development
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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ep. 60: Music on the Road: Late Summer – Autumn 2023
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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ep. 59: San Francisco Silent Film Fest, Undercrank’s 10th Anniversary, Tom Mix, and More
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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ep. 58: “Potato Salad”, TCM Classic Film Festival, Ernie Kovacs, Undercrank Prods 10th Anniversary
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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ep. 57: Recording silent film scores for Tom Mix and Rin Tin Tin
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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ep. 56: Back to scoring silent feature films
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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ep. 55: Music for unconventional silent films and other purposes
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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ep. 54: playing different theatre or pipe organs at shows in Oct & Nov 2022
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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ep. 53: underscoring “Frankenstein” (1931), leitmotifs and how often to use them, listener questions, and more.
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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ep. 52: William Perry interview (part 2) – MoMA, Lillian Gish, composing orchestrally for piano, and more.
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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ep. 51: William Perry interview (part 1) – “The Silent Years”, MoMA, and more.
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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ep. 50: Serial Queens, Kovacs Music Videos, and the Charming Raymond Griffith
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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ep. 49: Rudolph Valentino, Ernie Kovacs, Buster Keaton, and the Craft of Supporting Subtleties
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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ep. 48: interview with Rick Benjamin, of the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
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May 26, 2022 |
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ep. 47: accompanying The Patsy, The Cameraman, and Gilbert Gottfried
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May 26, 2022 |
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ep. 46: Kansas Silent Film Festival…and Other In-Person Shows, plus some new Undercrank Projects
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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ep. 45: Home Video Releases, Kickstarters, Marion Davies, Wesleyan and MoMA
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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ep. 08 (re-posted): “A Trip to the Moon” in Tromsø, an Organ in Oslo, live comedy show “Everybody Gets Cake”, Marcel Perez
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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ep. 07 (re-posted): News From the Road, “Peter Pan”, Hitchcock’s “Blackmail”, physical comedy show “Everybody Gets Cake”
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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ep. 44: Exploring the Music of “City Lights”…From Inside the Score
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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ep. 06 (re-posted): Re-Starting the Podcast, Recap of 2014, “The Spice of the Program”, Marcel Perez on DVD, Arthur Kleiner, SFSMA
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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ep. 05 (re-posted): Marathon of shows, Music for Doug and Mary, Organ Benches and Piano Lights
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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ep. 04 (re-posted): “Accidentally Preserved” Kickstarter, getting clues from film intros, return to Boise
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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ep. 03 (re-posted): Two Silent Griffiths (Raymond and D.W.), Music for Weddings and Funerals, DVDs, Alternate Scores
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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ep. 02 (re-posted): Unidentified films, DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments”, YouTube ethics, The Crowd, and more
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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ep. 01: re-posting of premiere (2012) episode
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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ep. 43: End of the Year 2021 Recap – Part 2
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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ep. 42: End of the Year 2021 Recap – Part 1
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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ep. 41: Live-Scoring for the Virtual Cinema (part 2)
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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ep. 40: Live-Scoring for the Virtual Cinema (part 1)
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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ep. 39: “Adventures in Sound!”
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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ep. 38: scoring for scenes that suggest or specify a piece of music, and scoring a film from 1948
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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ep. 37: Mostly Lost, Keaton’s The Cameraman and The General, an electric organ and Laurel & Hardy
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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ep. 36: scoring Robin Hood and a 1927 Carmen, using the orchestral and cartoony sounds of a theatre organ, more live-streaming
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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ep. 35: Pottery at the Met, Behind the Door in Nebraska, Eisenstein in Bklyn, Clair on Long Island, plus FAQ
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May 28, 2020 |
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ep. 34: the Silent Comedy Watch Party, scoring Hitchcock, “Intrigue” and Nell Shipman, plus FAQ
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May 13, 2020 |
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ep. 33: two takes on The Rink, organ as orchestra for a horse, melodies underscore Marion Davies
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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ep. 32: meeting audience expectations, tips on choosing a comedy short, and a trip to Nebraska
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May 28, 2019 |
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ep. 31: Scoring Dracula, Playing for Pat & Patachon, Reaching Younger Fans
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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ep. 30: How To Play the Piano or Organ for a Halloween Silent Movie
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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ep. 29: playing for scene breaks & film breaks, Lee Erwin’s Tootsie Oodles, how’d you get that gig? and more
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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ep. 28: scoring Laurel & Hardy, Mostly Lost 7, Lois Weber on organ and more
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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ep. 27: organ sounds from Norway and Idaho, a trip to Hollywood, and using main themes
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May 23, 2018 |
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ep. 26: reinterpreting 1929 Buster Keaton, playing into a film, anticipating mood transitions
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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ep. 25: performances in Tromsø, mood demos, universality of laughs, fitting hits to music (or not), “Diane” in reel 5
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Sep 22, 2017 |
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ep 24: Stuart Oderman, playing the numbers in Detroit, Show People, The Crowd, DVD news
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Aug 18, 2017 |
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ep. 23: Tromsø, Kansas and Toronto Silent Film Festivals, Hindustan, W.C. Fields, being a 360 creator, Knighthood news
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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ep 22: special “Cruel and Unusual Comedy” podcast episode #3
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Jan 07, 2017 |
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ep 21: special “Cruel and Unusual Comedy” podcast episode #2
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Jan 07, 2017 |
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ep 20: special “Cruel and Unusual Comedy” podcast episode #1
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Jan 07, 2017 |
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coming in January 2017: 3 special episodes of the podcast
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Dec 28, 2016 |
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episode 19: a trip to Egypt?, Keaton and Lloyd in South Korea, prepping for a 1915 Swedish silent
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Aug 27, 2016 |
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episode 18: scoring The Bride’s Play, explaining the 1920s jokes, travel to South Korea and Norway
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Aug 01, 2016 |
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episode 17: choosing music for a scene, Boise world premiere, Steamboat Bill Jr, Hammond theatre organ
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Feb 28, 2016 |
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episode 16: Norwegian edition – Too Much Johnson, Roald Amundsen, Chaplin’s City Lights
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Sep 15, 2015 |
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episode 15: Laurel & Hardy, orchestral Chaplin gig, scoring Technicolor at MoMA
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Jul 22, 2015 |
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episode 14: silence in the theater, Docks of NY, playing into the film, an orchestral organ
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May 27, 2015 |
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episode 13: programming vs. what I like to play for, staying inside a character’s head, legacy piano at NYU
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May 13, 2015 |
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episode 12: cineconventions, music from out-of-print DVDS, being easy to work with, Marcel Perez review
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Apr 08, 2015 |
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episode 11: song cues gone wrong, scoring One Week, Lee Erwin, silents in schools
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Mar 18, 2015 |
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episode 10: presenting silent films to kids and to seniors, interview with Harry Weiss pt 2, listening to the audience
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Mar 04, 2015 |
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episode 9: Boise Philharmonic, musical cross-cutting, interview with Harry Weiss pt 1, inspiration for main themes
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Feb 18, 2015 |
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** coming in 2015…the podcast is back! **
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Dec 09, 2014 |