The music this group makes is hard to put into words channeling bits of prog, classical, experimental, techno, musique concrete, world, ambient, and death metal. It can turn from “Interstellar Overdrive” to “Music for airports” on a dime, and make stops in Haiti and Brazil along the way.
This is from the record Book of Job by Paris1919.
It uses a 1903 film by Cecil Hepworth of Alice in Wonderland.
The original print was pretty well destroyed and this video takes that a few steps further. It's an older track but its a big favorite.
A silent film from 1907 by George Méliés, with a new score provided by Paris1919. The score was recorded live from a 2011 performance at the Ritz theater in Minneapolis.
The film is fairly self explanatory- satan goes to jail, and spolier alert-gets out of jail.
The musicians are: Chris Strouth (electronics,conductor), Randall Davidson (cello), Jon Hunt (guitar), Hastings3000 (guitar), Drew Miller(Bass), Joseph Pettini (percussion), Tabatha predovitch (vocal) and Eric White (percussion).
The score is a taken from a live performance (march 29,2012 Ritz theater, MPLS) of Paris1919. Paris 1919's sole permanent member is group leader composer Chris Strouth (electronics). The lineup on this recording is: Randall Davidson (cello), Drew Miller (Bass), Tim Ritter (Bass electronics), John Snell X (guitar), Joseph Pettini (drums), Eric White (drums), Mike Croswell (lap steel), and Tabatha Predovich (vocals). Live recording engineered by Dave Russ You can see more at paris1919.com
This film is "the Revenge of the Kinematograph Cameraman" AKA" the Cameraman's Revenge" made in 1912 by russian stop motion pioneer Ladislas Starevich. The film is in the public domain.