The other reason that I'm posting, is for a couple of things to do with a new pub that's just opened here in Edinburgh, which I just have to tell you guys about. It's called Frankenstein's, & it's in a converted church. There are loads of appropriate set-dressings & pictures around, & the atmos. is pretty cool. However, the best thing is every night at midnight. The usual pop/rock music stops, & that (Bach?) organ music from Phantom of the Opera starts. Then slowly from the ceiling, a big stretcher lowers itself. This is when the music changes again - to "The Creation" from Doyle's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, played at max. volume! The stretcher then stops halfway, & an animatronic Frankenstein's Monster sits up, looks around, & is then raised back to the ceiling. It's very cool, & I was really pleased that instead of just having random 'load, dramatic music', they actually went to the trouble of getting the RIGHT 'load, dramatic music'. And any place that plays Doyles Creation scene very load as part of it's ordinary evenings' entertainment get my vote as a top place to visit.

Another thing that's really good about the place, is that it really makes me want to watch the '30s Frankenstein films again, which is no bad thing. I prefer Bride, & I think that maybe part of the reason might be that the original has no score (bar brief excerpts of Tchaikovsky, I think it is). Which brings me on to my next thing. A lot of old films, such as Nosferatu, Ben Hur, & Dracula have recently had new scores written for them, & I was wondering who might be a good choice (if one exists) to write a new score for Frankenstein. At first I thought maybe someone like Chris Young or Marco Beltrami might be quite cool, but I can't help but feel that their more modern styles would sound rather out of place. Can anyone think of any modern composers who would sound right doing a new Frankenstein? About the only person I can think of is James Bernard, who did such a good job on Nosferatu. And does Frankenstein actually NEED a score?

Thoughts, anyone?

Pete

P.S. PeteM..Can you just clarify something in your profile for me please?...It says in the "Interests" section..."Eating Pe"???..Surely thats a typing error!!..obviously it should read "Drinking" shouldn't it??? I've heard its quite healthy for you!
Gae NP ST:Generations

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Originally posted by H Rocco:
I don't remember what it is

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What what is? Swanlake? It's a ballet by Tchaikovsky. I haven't heard it myself, except for a short excerpt on a DVD sampler of classical music video DVDs.