Manhattan Madness

David Robinson asked me to prepare a score for this film for the 2005 Giornate del Cinema Muto in Sacile, Italy.   At the Library of Congress I found a cue sheet, which was two handwritten pages of music titles. After much more research, at the New York and Chicago Public Libraries, Yale University, and University Libraries in Colorado, Pennesylvania and Georga, I found 13 of the 16 pieces. I also found an obscure Irving Berlin song called “Manhattan Madness” that I incorporated into the mix. I arranged it for a jazz sextet.

I can’t show you the film due to copyright restrictions, but you can listen to the music here.    I can tell you that after the performance, Kevin Brownlow approached me and said he wished he had my score in his DVD restoration.