Edmund Meisel, the composer, gained fame for his music for Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" (1926) and Walter Ruttmann's "Die Sinfonie der Großstadt" (1927).
Compositional Technique
Meisel's music for "Berlin, the Symphony of a Great City" uses various 'movement-themes' such as quarter-tone chords of the sleeping city, march of the workers, and rhythms of traffic.
Recording & Production
This album features a complete new recording of the original music for the film, based on a piano reduction that survived in the Filmmuseum Berlin.
Composition History
The music for Walter Ruttmann's film "Berlin, the Symphony of a Great City" was originally composed by Edmund Meisel for its premiere on September 23, 1927.
Performer Biography
Frank Strobel, the conductor, is a world-renowned conductor of film music, with extensive experience in classical-romantic and 20th-century repertoire.
Recording & Production
The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) is Germany's oldest radio symphony orchestra, established in 1923, and has been led by Marek Janowski since 2002.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Edmund Meisel, the composer, aimed to create individual film scores for each movie, broaden instrument ranges to include noises, and integrate contemporary music styles like jazz.
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