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Alloy Orchestra is a musical ensemble based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, that performs its own accompaniments to silent films of the classic movie era. Percussionists Terry Donahue and Ken Winokur and keyboardist Caleb Sampson founded the group in 1990. After Sampson's death in 1998, the band was joined by keyboardist Roger Miller, better known as the guitarist of post-punk band Mission of Burma. They have released four collections of film music and have toured both North America and Europe in support of cinematic shows. ==History== Since its first performance on December 31, 1991, in Boston, the Alloy Orchestra has developed an extensive repertoire of music and sounds that it performs during the projection of silent films. Its three musicians use an array of found objects and electronics as well as traditional percussion, wind and keyboard instruments.〔(Biography ) on the Official Website, (accessed January 3, 2015).〕 Three years later, the trio released ''New Music for Silent Films'' through Accurate Records.〔(Listing ) of the New Music for Silent Films album on Discogs.com, (accessed January 3, 2015).〕 It was followed in 1995 by the album ''Lonesome'', which appeared through BIB Records.〔(Listing ) for the ''Lonesome'' album on Discogs.com, (accessed January 3, 2015).〕 The collection ''Silents'' from 1997 brought together the contemporary scores for the films ''Plain Crazy'', Lost World, Nosferatu, Metropolis and The Unknown.〔(Listing ) for the ''Silents'' collection on Discogs.com, (accessed January 3, 2015).〕 In 1999 they released ''Masters of Slapstic'', which presented largely incidental music for One Week, Big Business and Easy Street.〔(Listing ) of ''Masters of Slapstick'' collection on Discogs.com, (accessed January 3, 2015).〕 In the same year, ''Entertainment Weekly'' put the ensemble on its list of the 100 most creative people or groupings in the entertainment world. Terry Gross on National Public Radio called the trio "one of the pioneers in composing new music for old movies" and Lloyd Schwartz discussed their recording of scores to a pair of Buster Keaton films: "Most silent movie music just fills the void. Some of it even gets in the way. But the Alloy Orchestra really helps us see what we're watching and often the music, whether driving or fanciful, is worth listening to on its own."〔National Public Radio: (Lloyd Schwartz, "The Alloy Orchestra: Silent Movie Scores," March 16, 2004 ), accessed June 7, 2010〕 The ensemble has performed at film festivals and a variety of cultural events worldwide, including an annual performance within Maryland Film Festival each May. They also perform on tour throughout the United States at local movie houses.〔 The trio revise their scores as better and more integral prints of films become available. For instance, they performed a new score to accompany the recently restored version of Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis'' at the TCM Classic Movie Festival in April 2010.〔WBUR: (Andrea Sea, "Retro 'Metropolis:' Boston Trio Re-Scores A Sci-Fi Classic," April 23, 2010 ), accessed June 7, 2010〕 Alloy also works in collaboration with film archivists and collectors, such as George Eastman House and the British Film Institute, to present audiences with the very best available prints of some of history's greatest films. For example, Alloy acquired its own new print of Dziga Vertov's ''Man with a Movie Camera'' from the Moscow Film Archive and wrote its own score based on Vertov's notes for the film’s 1928 premiere.〔(Listing ) of the films acquired, scored and toured by the Alloy Orchestra, (accessed January 3, 2015).〕 In addition to their work on silent films, Alloy Orchestra has done music for contemporary films, including Fast, Cheap & Out of Control and Vakvagany. In 2014 a recording of the music for the film ''Man with the Movie Camera'' was released on double vinyl by Third Man Records.〔(Newsitem ) on the Third Man Records website, October 2, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alloy Orchestra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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