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Hi everyone We have added Christopher Young's music in Murnau's Nosferatu https://youtu.be/wsa1Rfh_Ivw?si=BycXXKYNYvr8hVJC Some important points: 1.- The music released by Young, although presented with individually titled tracks, is in many cases not individual cuts, but rather abrupt transitions between one and another. It is therefore a work of continuity. Its length is practically the same as that of the movie: the music is only a few seconds shorter than the movie. 2.- These tracks are titled after the scenes or situations to which the music corresponds in the movie, and are correlative to the plot of the movie, so we have obviously understood that they follow that order. 3.- It does not seem that Young wrote this score in order to match exactly (mickeymousing) the rhythm of the editing or the images. Although there are some points of clear connection - especially at the end of the acts and the beginning of the following ones - in other places the music is much more about creating atmosphere and dramaturgy than explaining and punctuating what is seen on screen. There are scenes where the music does not seem to react to what is seen, or even to contribute something that is not on screen: the Nosferatu theme playing in the inn scene (00:13:50). Or the flutes (00:59:31), which seem to represent the fast movement of the rats, but - and we tested this - do not match the animals in their appearance. 4.- Even so, and given that there are different copies of the film with slightly different lengths (in seconds, substantially), it is possible that our work is not exactly the same as Young's, but in any case the differences must be minimal, tiny: we had to cut a two-second shot to make the adjustment. 5.- Except for the latter, we did not want to manipulate anything, neither the film nor the music: we put the music into the film and let it fly in it. We basically started the music where the movie starts and let it flow. We wanted to be totally respectful and hope it helps! Conrado Xalabarder
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Thanks Conrado! I haven't watched the full film yet with the Young score (except in my own "home made" "play the CD with the film way). Is there an easy way to switch to the correct 4:3 screen ratio?
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Thanks Conrado! I haven't watched the full film yet with the Young score (except in my own "home made" "play the CD with the film way). Is there an easy way to switch to the correct 4:3 screen ratio? No idea! To be honest -shame on me-, I was so eager to see the music giving and receiving life in the movie that I didn't think about the screen ratio. I found what I believe to be the best restored print (it is stated as such in the Spanish subtitles at the beginning), and I thought no more! C.
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