Metropolis (1927) Fritz Lang - Rescore by The New Pollutants
Get the music here:
http://thenewpollutants.bandcamp.com
The New Pollutants Metropolis Rescore is a new soundtrack to the
2010 Restoration Version of
Fritz Lang's classic sci-fi epic
Metropolis
The New Pollutants https://facebook.com/thenewpollutants are the musical duo of
Mister Benjamin Speed http://benjaminspeed.com and DJ TR!P http://facebook.com/finddjtrip. 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 & cellist Zoe
Barry.
The original score was conceived, composed & recorded over a 12-month period & had its world premiere 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 & was performed at the
Revelation Perth International Film Festival in
2006. They played it at the
Sydney Opera House in 2010 & in
Hobart for
Mona Foma 2011, which is curated by
Brian Ritchie of the
Violent Femmes.
In 2011, The New Pollutants have updated & extended their score to coincide with the newly released 2010 restoration, which includes
30 minutes of newly found footage. This will once again premiere at the
Adelaide Film Festival in 2011. After the film 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.
The New Pollutants
Presents: Fritz Lang's Metropolis, An
Original Rescore
"Seductive performance
....Metropolis was a once in a lifetime experience...
Speed and Hopprich's score was a gift."
(
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 Sedgwick,
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."
(U Magazine)