On Sunday, September 19, 2010

A very special feature of the film is that the entire soundtrack to the film will be recreated live through a 20 person crew that will include 4 cartoon voice-over actors, sound effects (Foley) artists, and the Filmusik Chamber performing an original music score – - every line, song, and sound from the movie will be recreated live in front of the audience. Filmusik presented this production for a 4-night run at the Hollywood Theater to rave reviews.

“I spent 95 percent of the show grinning ear-to-ear, completely absorbed in the sounds, songs and silliness being created so vividly around me, and the other five percent trying to figure out a way to use the word “magic” in my review without sounding like a prat. I failed. The show is magic.”
-WWeek

Due to the immense popularity of the Hollywood shows, the Sunnyside and Richmond Neighborhood Associations will reprise this production for one more night — don’t miss it. McMenamins is donating the use of the Bagdad Theater for this benefit fundraiser. Tickets will be $10.

Filmusik (www.filmusik.com) is a collaborative performance group of local musicians, composers and actors creating unique movie experiences by performing original soundtracks for classic films. Filmusik recently teamed up with the Richmond Neighborhood Association and Portland Parks and Recreation to show the silent film dinosaur classic Lost World in Sewallcrest Park as part of the Portland’s summer Movies in the Park program.

On Saturday, August 21, the Richmond Neighborhood Association, Filmusik, and Portland Parks & Recreation team up to present the 1925 silent film classic Lost World at Sewallcrest Park (SE Market St and 32nd Ave) to take the Movies in the Parks program in an entirely new and exciting direction. In proper Filmusik fashion, this is no ordinary movie, with a live soundtrack performed by the Filmusik Chamber Orchestra with voice actors and sound effects to bring the film to life. Willamette Radio Workshop will provide the newly narrated track and dialog and Drammy award winning Foley artist David Ian will magically create all the booms, bangs and roars with an arsenal of movie sound props. This is a one-night-only performance in which to hear claymation Pterodactyls and other dinosaurs come to life.

“Just think Charlie Chaplin meets Jurrassic Park with a live orchestra and voice-overs”  It’s the noisest silent film ever screened.  It will be something like going to the drive-in except with dinosaurs instead of cars!!

FILMUSIK: THE LOST WORLD
AUGUST 21st

Sewallcrest Park (SE Market St and 32nd Ave)
Free – Free Popcorn – Free refreshments – Free Climbing Wall
Movie at dusk, pre-movie entertainment at 7pm by Megafauna

Singers: Bobby Ray, Claire Craig Sheets, May Winner, Ian Timmons, Camelia Nine, Helena Greathouse, Paul Sadilek, Marissa Deitz, Celeste Goguen, Gretchen Drilling, Tim Galloway

Instrumentalists:  Erin Adair, Celine Thackston, Leslie Schult, Jennifer Woodal, Tami Fung, Ronda Adkins, Stella Roshi-Moles, Lucia Conrad, Jean Mastaler, Leaha Phillips, Chris Kelsey, Kris Klavik, Betsy Goy, Kristin Holovnia, Adam Whiting, Jeffrey Grauzer, Jill Torberson, Kate Petak, Kira Whiting, Ian Kerr, Sara Lasky

The 48 Hour Film Project is a contest in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and have 48 hours to create a short film containing those elements. Shortly after the 48 hours of filmmaking, the films from each city are then screened at a theater in that city. The Project was inspired by The 24 Hour Plays. It has existed since 2001. It was created by Mark Ruppert and is produced by Ruppert and Liz Langston. In 2009, nearly 40,000 filmmakers made around 3000 films in 76 cities worldwide.

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Also check out this video made from a live recording of the show.  Kudos to D. Neil Blake for the mix:

Well here we are.  After months of laboring over the finer points of a cartoon soundtrack, it’s all coming to the theatre for 4 live performances.   The last months of production have felt somewhere between running a marathon and watching Saturday morning cartoons.   There is so much work and dedication on the part of the artists and designers to create something so patently absurd.

It’s hard to know what the experience of the original soundtrack performers from the 1939 film was, however we can safely say that ours has been a remarkable ride with a lot of experimentation and new challenges.  When the movie rolls on Friday we’ll have some of the best talent in Portland on hand for a performance that brings live arts back to the movies.  Gulliver’s Travels is an experience, like every Filmusik show it has a bit of the classic and a bit of the new.

Filmusik: Gulliver’s Travels

This summer Filmusik is turning a local movie theatre into a Hollywood Soundstage. A team of 20 Portland professionals from the field of movie soundtracks create the sound for a classic animation live in the pit. As the movie plays on the big screen, 4 cartoon actors give voice to the on-screen characters, sound effects artists create the noises from over a hundred foley props and the Filmusik Chamber ensemble performs the music from the film including many musical numbers and several sing-a-longs. For cartoon buffs, family, new music lovers and anyone who’s ever wanted to know how they make that funny noise when Daffy Duck falls over. Filmusik: Gulliver’s Travels is a new way to experience movies and sound. Incidentally, it’s also the only place in town where you can sing along to a bouncing ball with a live orchestra and chorus backing you up!