THE DOLL
(OT: DIE PUPPE)
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
(DE, 1919)
Fantasy/Love Film
Composition: Martin Smolka (2010)
Ensemble (10 musicians)
Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.0 – timp.2perc – pno – hp – str5tet
Duration: 64 min
Fantasy
FRANKENSTEIN (1931): it’s (a)live!
FRANKENSTEIN
Director: James Whale
(USA, 1931)
Horror/Science Fiction
Composition: Michael Shapiro (2002)
Chamber orchestra (16 musicians) adaptable by adding strings into a theater orchestra version (25-35 musicians)
Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – timp.1perc – pno/synth – str5tet
Full orchestra (70+ musicians)
Instrumentation: 2 (alt. picc.), 2,2,2 – 4,2,2,1 – piano/electronic keyboard with amp, harp – timp. , perc. (2) – strings
Wind Ensemble
Instrumentation: Flute 1, Flute 2 (doubles on Piccolo), Oboe 1 & 2, Bb Clarinet 1 & 2, Bb Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1 & 2, Alto Sax 1 & 2, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Horn in F 1 & 2, Bb Trumpet 1&2, Trombone 1 & 2, Tuba, String Bass, Timpani, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Piano
Choral
Instrumentation: SATBariB plus chamber orchestra or full orchestra (libretto: excerpts from the Latin Requiem Mass)
Opera (5 singers, 15 musicians)
Instrumentation: soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists plus chamber orchestra or theater orchestra (libretto: excerpts from the Latin Requiem Mass)
Duration: 71 min
THE MAGIC CLOCK
THE MAGIC CLOCK
(OT: L’HORLOGE MAGIQUE)
Director: Ladislas Starewitch
(FR,1928)
Animation/Fantasy
Composition: Paul Dessau (1928)
Ensemble (1 – 15 musicians)
Instrumentation: 1/picc.1.1.1 – 0.1.1.0 – timp.perc(2).pno/cel/organ(1) – strings (violine obligat • string quartet)
Duration: 16 min
fps sync: 18
large orchestra (46 musicians and more)
Instrumentation: 1/picc+1.2.2.2 – 0.2.2.0 – timp.2perc.pno/celesta/organ – strings (10.8.6.4.3)
Duration: 16 min
fps sync: 18
THE HAUNTED FOREST
THE HAUNTED FOREST
(OT: LA FORÊT ENCHANTÉ )
Director: Ladislas Starewitch
(FR, 1928)
Animation/Fantasy
Composition: Paul Dessau (1928)
Ensemble (17 musicians)
Instrumentation: 1/picc.1.1.1 – 0.1.1.0 – timp.1perc – pno/cel.org – str 2.2.1.1 – strings (violin obbligato – string quartet)
Percussion instrumentation: cymbals, xylophone, glockenspiel, triangle, small bells, snare drum, bass drum with cymbals, cymbals, tam-tam
Duration: 16 min
fps sync: 18
large orchestra (46 musicians and more)
Instrumentation:: 1/Pic+1.2.2.2 – 0.2.2.0 – Pk.Percussion (2 players). Clav.Celesta.Organ (1 player) – Strings (10.8.6.4.3)
Percussion instrumentation: cymbals, xylophone, glockenspiel, triangle, small bells, snare drum, bass drum with cymbals, cymbals, tam-tam
Duration: 16 min
fps sync: 18
KING KONG – A FILM SYMPHONY
Collage to the original music of Max Steiner.
Arranged by Stefan Behrisch, based on Max Steiner’s handwritten Particell.
large orchestra (46 musicians and more)
Besetzung: 2+1/picc.1+1/ca.2+1/
bcl+1asx/tsx/barsx.2+1/cbn/4(6).3.4.2 / timp.3perc / hp.pno / 1 speaker / strings
Duration: 50 min
Performances:
As part of the Focus Festival “Exodus to Hollywood” at the Alte Oper Frankfurt.
Frank Strobel conducted the HR Symphony Orchestra through the world premiere on November 14, 2019.
FANTASY
large orchestra (46 musicians and more)
Instrumentation: on request
Premiere: NDR Radiophilharmonie under the direction of Frank Strobel in February 2019 in the broadcast hall of NDR Hannover
CINEMATIC WATERWORKS
large orchestra (46 musicians and more)
Instrumentation: on request
Duration: 80 min (music only)
A programme-accompanying moderation is recommended.
Premiere:
20 April 2019 in Brandenburg an der Havel with the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra.
NIBELUNGEN, PART 1: SIEGFRIED
DIE NIBELUNGEN,
PART 1: SIEGFRIED
Director: Fritz Lang
(DE, 1924)
Drama/Fantasy
Composition: new arranged by Frank Strobel and Marco Jovic (2010)
large orchestra (46 musicians and more)
Instrumentation: 1+1/picc.1+1/ca.1+1/bcl.2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.3perc.hrp.pno – strings
Duration: 147 min
fps sync: 20
NIBELUNGEN, PART 2: KRIEMHILD’S REVENGE
DIE NIBELUNGEN,
PART 2: KRIEMHILD’S REVENGE
Director: Fritz Lang
(DE, 1924)
Drama/Fantasy
Composition: new arranged by Frank Strobel and Marco Jovic (2010)
large orchestra (46 musicians and more)
Instrumentation: 1+1/picc.1+1/ca.1+1/bcl.2 – 4.2.3.1 – timp.3perc.hrp.pno – strings
Duration: 129 min
fps sync: 22
NOSFERATU – A SYMPHONY OF HORROR
(OT: NOSFERATU – EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS)
Director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
(DE, 1921)
Fantasy/Horror
Compositions: [Hans Erdmann], James Bernard (1997), Michael Obst (2003), Pierre Oser (2012), Christopher Young (2023)
Hans Erdmann (original music, 1922), reconstruction of the original film music by Berndt Heller (1984)
small orchestra (16 – 45 musicians)
Instrumentation: 1.1.1+1/bcl.0 – 0.1.1.0 – 2perc – pno/cel/harm – str
Duration: 94 min
James Bernard (1997)
large orchestra (46 musicians and more)
Instrumentation: 2/Pic.2+EHr.2
+BassCl.2+KFg – 0.4.2TenorPos
+2BassPos.1 – 4Schlzg with Pk.Klav – Strings (14.12.8.8.4) For a smaller instrumentation it is also possible to cast only a bass trombone and minimize the strings (10.8.6.4.3).
Duration: 94 min
fps sync: 18,5 (german version)
Michael Obst (2003)
Ensemble (1 – 15 musicians)
Instrumentation: 1/Picc/Altfl.0.1
+BassCl.1/KFg – 0.2.2.0 – Schlz. piano – strings (1.0.1.1.1)
Duration: 93 min
fps sync: 18
Pierre Oser (2012)
small orchestra (16 – 45 musicians)
Instrumentation: 4perc(timp) – str – choir
Duration: 94 min
fps sync: 18
Christopher Young (New Composition, 2023) **World Premiere February 2023**.
Instrumentation: 1+1/old+1/
picc.2+1/ca.1+1/escl+1/bcl.2+cbn – 4.3.2+1/btbn.1 – timp.4perc – pno/synth/cel.org – hp – str
Duration: 94 min