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Phillip Johnston quartet live soundtrack to "The Adventures of Prince Achmed"

  • The Red House Earlwood, NSW, 2206 (map)

A soundtrack which is performed live with the The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) by Lotte Reiniger, a silent silhouette animation, considered by many to be the first feature length animated film, and based upon One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales often known in English as The Arabian Nights. The music when performed with the film comprises a continuous score of 65 minutes. It is performed live by a quartet of soprano sax, trombone, and two keyboards, against a pre-recorded track of samples, loops and live drums.

CD released October 26, 2018, on Asynchronous Records

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