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METROPOLIS!
The greatest and most lavish silent film ever made now has a score by Silent Orchestra! We return to the McEvoy Auditorium at the Smithsonian American Art Museum to premiere an original score for the classic film, Metropolis. This 1927 … Continue reading
Music for TV and Film
Hire Silent Orchestra to score your next film! Carlos Garza and Rich O’Meara have scored 15 feature length films and more than 30 short films. We are experienced composers in many styles ranging from classical, jazz, rock and world music. … Continue reading
Halloween Weekend at AFI Silver – 4 Shows!
We are performing our acclaimed score for the classic silent film, NOSFERATU at AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring MD. Shows are Friday Oct. 29 at 10pm and Saturday Oct. 30 at 7:30 and 10pm. NOSFERATU Ticket Info SALOME … Continue reading
Salomé (1923) at AFI Silver on Oct. 29, 7:30pm
We’re performing our score for Salomé on OCt. 29th at the beautiful AFI Silver Theatre in downtown Silver Spring, MD. Regarded as one of America’s first art films, Salomé is adapted from an Oscar Wilde play that retells the saga … Continue reading
Salome at Smithsonian American Art Museum
Silent Orchestra was interviewed by Allison Jessing of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
2010
Join our mailing list on the “Look Deeper” page! Back in the day, (over 2,000 years ago) King Herod went Gaga over this Lady. 2010 marks the return of Salomé! Saturday, August 7, 2010, 3 – 4:30pm American Art Museum, … Continue reading
October 2009
Silent Orchestra was at the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland on Oct. 30th. 2009. We performed a live accompaniment to the 1922 film, Nosferatu . (Photo (c) Bruce Guthrie) “Haunting Melodies” — Carlos Garza interviewed for a story … Continue reading
2007-2008: Nosferatu at AFI Silver
Silent Orchestra returned to AFI Silver for what has become an annual event. The crowds keep growing. After ten years of performing our Nosferatu score in public, it just never gets old for us. We’ve added new music in a … Continue reading
2006: Nosferatu at AFI Silver
Silent Orchestra returns to AFI Silver with two shows on October 27. This year we are adding some chilling new sounds and some updated arrangements. This film still amazes and inspires us after more than eight years and probably over … Continue reading
2005: Nosferatu at AFI Silver
This is a beautiful theater and a fantastic room for us. Both shows were even more special thanks to James White (WAMU’s host of All Things Considered) who gave us a powerful and haunting introduction. The AFI Silver screenings of … Continue reading