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 Artist: Life Toward Twilight Title: Edison’s Frankenstein Release: 03/2008 On Youtube (part1) This album is a compilation of tracks put together as a proposed score for the near lost Frankenstein movie, filmed by Edison Studios in 1910. In a time when moving pictures were considered new and vulgar compared to the respectable plays of the state Edison Studios undertook the challenge to commit the first moving picture version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The intent of this version, as stated in The Edison Kinetogram was, “to concentrate its endeavors upon the mystic and psychological problems,” of Shelley’s “weird tale.” This innovative film, believed to be the first American horror movie, was lost from memory until a series of serendipitous incidents led to the discovery of the lone surviving reel from the hands of a collector in the 1970’s. This new score has been composed in homage to those early pioneers of cinema who have transformed this once “vulgar” medium to the art form it is today. Read the artist’s notes about this music. On this album, tracks 1 through 7 are the individual songs broken apart by changes. Track 8 is an extended version of the music from the attack scene. Tracks 9 through 11 are outtake tracks, which were originally used in the mixed, then replaced. Track 12 is the final mix as it appears syncronized with the film. Purchase *As a note, the hand made edition is sold out. Now available in standard two disc DVD set. Tracklist |
