The Silent Film Music Podcast with Ben Model ep 47: The Patsy, The Cameraman, and Gilbert Gottfried

In this episode: Ben Model trusts his instincts and has a little magic happen during a show of “The Patsy”; makes a decision and tries something new when it comes to using a “characteristic” musical mode in scoring Keaton’s “The Cameraman” and “The General”; pays tribute to Gilbert Gottfried and talks about getting to do a comedy bit with him when Ben was a guest on Gilbert’s Amazing Colossal Podcast in 2021; pulls back to help the audience zoom in for a tender moment in “The Cameraman”; plus performance clips from shows at St. Francis College and the Oxford Community Center.
Show notes for episode 47 can be found at silentfilmmusi...
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The Silent Film Music Podcast with Ben Model - it’s the podcast that takes you inside the mind of someone as they prepare for, perform, and reflect upon performances of live musical accompaniments to silent films. Hosted by renowned silent film accompanist and historian Ben Model, along with co-host Kerr Lockhart, each episode includes discussion on the silent film composer-musician’s process, approach toward the films, practice in performance, and on silent film history. Ben and Kerr cover a range of topics unique to the perspective of someone creating a live score to help an audience enter the world of the film, and include excerpts of live musical scores Ben has performed at shows on piano and theatre or pipe organ.

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