Metropolis Rescore
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Kidnap Theme
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Corruption Theme
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General Info
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Genre: Classical / Electronica
Location Adelaide, South Australia , Au
Profile Views: 24731
Last Login: 5/13/2011
Member Since 3/9/2007
Website benjaminspeed.com
Record Label The New Pollutants
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
The New Pollutants are the musical dynamic duo of Benjamin Speed (Mister Speed) and Tyson Hopprich (DJ TR!P). They are thrilled to present their newly composed score to Fritz Lang’s classic silent film, Metropolis. They perform the score live, accompanied by vocalist Astrid Pill and cellist Zoe Barry. The score was conceived, composed and recorded over a 12-month period and had its world premiere, to rapturous applause, at the 2005 Adelaide Film Festival. The Metropolis Re-Score ran a successful season as part Next Wave Festival at ACMI in Melbourne for the Commonwealth Games in 2006, was performed at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in 2006, the Sydney Opera House in 2010 and Mona Foma Festival in 2011. In 2011 The New Pollutants are updating their score to coincide with the newly released 2010 restoration with 30 minutes of newly found footage. This will once again premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2011. Since its premiere in 1927, Metropolis has been seen only in shortened or truncated versions, now it can be appreciated in its full glory, with a brand new score by The New Pollutants. -
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Mister Speed & DJ TR!P | Metropolis Rescore Guest Artists: Astrid Pill (Vocals) & Zoe Barry (Cello) -
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The score was conceived, composed and recorded over a 12-month period and had its world premiere, to rapturous applause, at the 2005 Adelaide Film Festival. The Metropolis Re-Score ran a successful season as part Next Wave Festival at ACMI in Melbourne for the Commonwealth Games in 2006, was performed at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in 2006, the Sydney Opera House in 2010 and Mona Foma Festival in 2011.
In 2011 The New Pollutants are updating their score to coincide with the newly released 2010 restoration with 30 minutes of newly found footage. This will once again premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2011. Since its premiere in 1927, Metropolis has been seen only in shortened or truncated versions, now it can be appreciated in its full glory, with a brand new score by The New Pollutants.
Qoutes
(Adelaide Advertiser)
"Metropolis was outstanding. A tremendous performance at MOFO 2011. The people loved it. I have always loved that movie, but their score made it more exciting."
(Brian Ritchie - Curator Mona Foma, Violent Femmes)
“I don’t think you’ll ever get a chance to see Metropolis quite this way again… it was literally breathtaking.”
(Empire Times)
“There is no doubt that this is a truly wonderful new score, which deserves to be seen as widely as possible.”
(Katrina Segewick, Director, Adelaide Film Festival)
“Integrated skillfully, extremely memorable”
(DB Magazine)
“The New Pollutants match, and in many ways surpass the genius of Lang’s vision, by making it vibrant, topical & alive.”
(Peter Wintonick, International Editor, Point of View Magazine, Festival Curator and Producer)
“The New Pollutants have risen to the challenge with gusto and devised a responsive, evocative and inventive score.”
(Clare Stewart, Sydney Film Festival Creative Director 2007-2010)
“It feels like The New Pollutants' interpretation has always been the real soundtrack to the film, for the past seventy or so years.”
(www.u-magazine.com)
Festival Events
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Metropolis Rescore - Maria's Love Theme
Metropolis Rescore - The Catacombs / Tower of Babel
Metropolis Rescore - Kidnap Theme
Metropolis Rescore - Futura's Theme (Transformation)
Metropolis Rescore - Yoshiwara
Metropolis Rescore - Corruption Theme
Metropolis Rescore - Handshake / End Titles