There is a some very exciting news over at The Incredible Suit blog. According to the man we must refer to as Mr Suit (Incredible to to his friends), composer and silent film pianist Neil Brand has been commissioned by the Barbican and the BBC Symphony Orchestra to write a score for the new restored print of Anthony Asquith’s London-set romance Underground (1928).
So, make sure you’re in town on Wednesday 5 October, which is when the score is due to premiere at the Barbican – and then keep your eyes peeled for a forthcoming DVD featuring the new soundtrack.
This short video offers some technical details about the BFI restoration of Underground, and offers a snippet of the score that Brand performed at the Queen Elizaebeth Hall when the new print was first shown in 2009.
UPDATE: You can buy tickets here, on the Barbican website.
Underground screens at 8pm on Wednesday 5 October 2011 in the Barbican Hall at the Barbican Arts Centre.
I, personally, cannot wait. I had the pleasure of showing a somewhat ‘damaged’ print, the best of it’s kind, in 1997 at Cinecon 33 – and that was a treasure. Cannot wait to see the newly restored print. Fantastic!
Why have they programmed this for the same week as the Pordenone Silent Film Festival?
I just can’t answer that. It’s good news for those of us who won’t be in Italy of course, and I expect you’ll be too busy to notice you’re missing out if you’re at the festival.