Next Events: On December 14, at 9:15 Eastern Time, our new score for Huckleberry Finn (1920) will air on Turner Classic Movies channel. We have tours next Spring as well. See our Schedule page.

The 2012 Silent Film Calendar is now available! See the Calendar page.

Here are two excerpts from our new score to Huckleberry Finn, playng on the Turner Classic Movies channel on December 14:

• Sea Song by Christopher O'Hare. The opening title music foretells the broad, epic nature of Huck and Jim's voyage down the Mississippi.
• Serenade Norvegienne, by Gustave Sandre. A comic piece that's used several times through the score.

Another recent recording project for Kino Video was Strike, the debut feature from Sergei Eisenstein. Here are two excerpts from the score:

• Hungarian Dance, by A. Glazunow, for a scene featuring a picnic with a man playing accordion
• Gitanella, by P. Lacome, an orchestral work with a bit of gypsy flair.

Our new CD, Passion, Betrayal, and Redemption, is now shipping! See details on our Recordings page.

The most recent DVD release with Mont Alto's score is Sherlock Jr., from Kino. For details and some samples from the score, visit our Recordings Page. This project was recently reviewed by Dave Kehr at The New York Times.

Mont Alto's private reserve DVD of The Mark of Zorro, has received some great reviews! Details and sample audio files on our Recordings page. Read original reviews at DigitallyObsessed and at DVDTalk.com. Also available, our DVD of Buster Keaton's The General.

        

• Dave Kehr of the New York Times says our scores "...are often breathtakingly beautiful and always in the strict service of the film on the screen." More complete reviews on our Reviews page.
• Mont Alto's second limited edition t-shirt, Caravan, featuring Douglas Fairbanks in a scene from The Thief of Bagdad, is now available.
• DVDTalk has reviewed our new personal DVD release of Buster Keaton's The General -- "The new soundtrack by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra is wonderful to listen to and fits the movie very well. It's the best available score for this film which makes it easy to Highly Recommend this disc." For details and purchases, see The General on our Recordings page.
• Rodney's interview with Dan Lybarger about Bed and Sofa.

Click here to email Rodney Sauer about the Mont Alto orchestra: rodney@mont-alto.com.