Fritz Lang’s Metropolis at Stanford
Score by Martin Matalon
Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent-film masterpiece, Metropolis, has been lauded as a visual marvel and the first science fiction film. The modern score was created in 1994 by Martin Matalon, who worked at Pierre Boulez’s IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) in Paris to produce a composition in which conventional instruments combine with computerized sound modeling and electronics in a vivid, jazz-infused soundtrack. This up-to-date soundscape complements the film’s ever-relevant themes of the wonders and perils of technology for a novel Metropolis experience both contemporary and classic.
Location: Memorial Auditorium, 551 Serra Mall, Stanford Lively Arts, Stanford, CA
West Coast Premiere
Link: Stanford Lively Arts
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Written on Nov. 21, 08
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