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    • Change #1 - of Sunrise is through the two title cards displayed at the start of the film:- <newline> <newline> <newline> <newline> <newline> <newline> <newline> <newline>Eureka Entertainment, under their Masters of Cinema Series, are proud to present the re-release of the 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans on a two-disk special-edition DVD:- <newline> <newline> <newline> <newline>Disk 1: <newline> <newline>MovieTone Version with original MovieTone score (mono) (94min) <newline> <newline>The thing that hits us between the eyes, watching a silent film like Sunrise is the energy and expression contained within the soundtrack. Rather than using words to express feelings, we have the power of sound. The MovieTone score is a hurricane of jagged thoughts and emotions brought to life by an array of sound effects. The long drawn out violins screech with sombre misfortune. The eerie and suspenseful repetition of the instrument rises and falls, rises and falls. At its heart, the first half of Sunrise is a sinister horror movie. However, in the second half the music transforms into an idealised vision of love .With the strings of a harp sprinkling a sense of magic onto the frame. The score is classical and subdued in the second half, evoking the playful mood of the two country bumpkins walking around the immense urban city. Then again, an explosion of sound knocks us over when they visit the carnival and the sound effects of the drunken pig add a nice little touch. <newline> <newline>The sound effects add immediacy to this array of musical ambience; you’ve got the exaggerated thuds of footsteps, the rapid hum from a train that generates a blast of energy, the car horns that toot towards strangers, church bells that echo throughout the streets, horses that leap out at you with sharp jagged sound effects. Crank up your sound system when watching Sunrise, and as Bob Dylan once said to his band, play it ‘fcuking loud’. <newline> <newline>Even though Sunrise is an 82-years-old movie it makes you realise the power of sound. Today, with the advent of all these flashy visuals the soundtrack becomes hidden behind the frame, it’s an invisible tool to support the image. Before the advent of Talking Pictures this is the place where music and sound effects made their mark... <newline> <newline>If you view this film on a PC you can excess the script to Sunrise by clicking ‘Explore‘ on the disk and going to the ‘Documents‘ folder. It’s interesting that the couple are given names in the script (Ansass for the man and Indre for the wife). With this in mind, when you watch the scene below you can make out the name he is calling… <newline> <newline> <newline> <newline> <newline>MovieTone Version with alternative Olympic Chamber Orchestra score (stereo) by Timothy Brock <newline> <newline>Timothy Brock, who has composed new orchestral scores to three other Murnau films (Nosferatu, Faust, The Last Laugh), adds a new flavour to the soundscape of Sunrise. It’s a more distinguished flavour that reflects on the tragic elements of the story. The sound of frightful angels seem to pop up throughout the film with a low sorrowful hum. It’s also inspired more by the sound of trumpets that adds a bombastic edge. It’s more immediate and in your face than the MovieTone score. Even though it doesn’t evoke the same sort of emotions than the previous score, it’s a beautiful addition to the visuals. Timothy Brock has done an excellent job! The second half sounds like something Phillip Glass would do. However, saying this, the score doesn’t seem as locked into the visuals as the original MovieTone score, one feels a score like this could be placed on any silent film and it would still work. <newline> <newline>Audio Commentary by John Bailey <newline> <newline>The commentary track by John Bailey (who was the cinematographer on Groundhog Day, In the Line of Fire and As Good as It Gets) is filled with valuable behind-the-scenes information. Bailey focuses on the films technical achievements (montages, superimposed shots, set design and lighting), delving into the incredible cinematography of Charles Rosher and Karl Struss. What’s more, he discusses Murnau’s German expressionist roots and how the lighting evokes the mood of the character (he points out a prominent shadow above a bed that looks like a cross). However, Bailey does fall into the trap of describing what’s happening on screen. <newline> <newline> <newline> <newline>Original Sunrise Trailer (2min) <newline>[i]Sunrise[/i] is through the two title cards displayed at the start of the film:- <newline> <newline>Eureka Entertainment, under their Masters of Cinema Series, are proud to present the re-release of the 1927 film [i]Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans[/i] on a two-disk special-edition DVD:- <newline> <newline>[b]Disk 1: <newline>[/b] <newline>[i][u][b]MovieTone Version with original MovieTone score (mono) (94min) <newline>[/b][/u][/i] <newline>The thing that hits us between the eyes, watching a silent film like [i]Sunrise[/i] is the energy and expression contained within the soundtrack. Rather than using words to express feelings, we have the power of sound. The MovieTone score is a hurricane of jagged thoughts and emotions brought to life by an array of sound effects. The long drawn out violins screech with sombre misfortune. The eerie and suspenseful repetition of the instrument rises and falls, rises and falls. At its heart, the first half of [i]Sunrise[/i] is a sinister horror movie. However, in the second half the music transforms into an idealised vision of love .With the strings of a harp sprinkling a sense of magic onto the frame. The score is classical and subdued in the second half, evoking the playful mood of the two country bumpkins walking around the immense urban city. Then again, an explosion of sound knocks us over when they visit the carnival and the sound effects of the drunken pig add a nice little touch. <newline> <newline>The sound effects add immediacy to this array of musical ambience; you’ve got the exaggerated thuds of footsteps, the rapid hum from a train that generates a blast of energy, the car horns that toot towards strangers, church bells that echo throughout the streets, horses that leap out at you with sharp jagged sound effects. Crank up your sound system when watching Sunrise, and as Bob Dylan once said to his band, play it ‘fcuking loud’. <newline> <newline>Even though [i]Sunrise[/i] is an 82-years-old movie it makes you realise the power of sound. Today, with the advent of all these flashy visuals the soundtrack becomes hidden behind the frame, it’s an invisible tool to support the image. Before the advent of Talking Pictures this is the place where music and sound effects made their mark... <newline> <newline>If you view this film on a PC you can excess the script to [i]Sunrise[/i] by clicking ‘Explore‘ on the disk and going to the ‘Documents‘ folder. It’s interesting that the couple are given names in the script (Ansass for the man and Indre for the wife). With this in mind, when you watch the scene below you can make out the name he is calling… <newline> <newline>[b][i][u]MovieTone Version with alternative Olympic Chamber Orchestra score (stereo) by Timothy Brock[/u][/i][/b] <newline> <newline>Timothy Brock, who has composed new orchestral scores to three other Murnau films ([i]Nosferatu, Faust, The Last Laugh[/i]), adds a new flavour to the soundscape of Sunrise. It’s a more distinguished flavour that reflects on the tragic elements of the story. The sound of frightful angels seem to pop up throughout the film with a low sorrowful hum. It’s also inspired more by the sound of trumpets that adds a bombastic edge. It’s more immediate and in your face than the MovieTone score. Even though it doesn’t evoke the same sort of emotions than the previous score, it’s a beautiful addition to the visuals. Timothy Brock has done an excellent job! The second half sounds like something Phillip Glass would do. However, saying this, the score doesn’t seem as locked into the visuals as the original MovieTone score, one feels a score like this could be placed on any silent film and it would still work. <newline> <newline>[b][i][u]Audio Commentary by John Bailey[/u][/i][/b] <newline> <newline>The commentary track by John Bailey (who was the cinematographer on [i]Groundhog Day, In the Line of Fire and As Good as It Gets[/i]) is filled with valuable behind-the-scenes information. Bailey focuses on the films technical achievements (montages, superimposed shots, set design and lighting), delving into the incredible cinematography of Charles Rosher and Karl Struss. What’s more, he discusses Murnau’s German expressionist roots and how the lighting evokes the mood of the character (he points out a prominent shadow above a bed that looks like a cross). 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