Der Golem (1920) with new original soundtrack

[TruthTeller878]

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Private Investigator Sinne

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[dltanner99]

Horror novel see video book trailer

[xavierspade666]

So who wrote this music?

It's amazing!

[postdesrapides]

This film was almost lost for all time. A film producer was in post-war Poland (late 40's or early 50's) and purchased an old silent movie projector at a curio shop. The shop owner gave him a roll of film to go with it. That night he sat in his hotel room and looked at the film and almost had a stroke, this movie had been lost for years and he had part of it! He went back to the shop in the middle of the night and bought the remaining reels and found out who bought others. Talk about luck

[AEYET]

Rabbi Loew created the original Golem, but it was 4 centuries later that an antique dealer summoned Astaroth in order to re-animate the Golem

Im unsure but it seems that the Rabbi never had dealings with the demon

(would have to see the full film to know for sure)

[nerdyharry]

bassline from carmina burana 2:03

called it

[megaswenson]

Thank you! The other soundtrack was obviously not right.

[XXXJohnSabbathXXX]

Ich liebe die alten Filme.

[Memati7777]

Really horrible mask...

[ReviewCam]

The music is fantastic, beatifully performed and composed:)

Little question though--Rabbi Loew didn't really summon an occult pagan demon did he? I always thought it was based on practical kabbalah and totally consistent with Torah.

Or is the movie version anti-Jewish German PR?

Just curious.

Super scary movie, especially if you're watching in the dark. And this is the best scene hands down.

[CarvinKnowles]

Director Paul Wegener was married to Lyda Salmonova, who was Jewish, so it is not likely that it was anti-Jewish PR. However, the script was co-written by Henrik Galeen, who also scripted Murnau's "Nosferatu." Galeen was a notorious occultist and loved inserting his esoteric knowledge into everything he did.

The real Rabbi Loew was a Torah Scholar, and Teacher, and would never have conjured a demon for any reason. But Galeen thought it would sell more tickets to add some Black Magic.

[ReviewCam]

Fascinating insight into the film! Thanks! I always did wonder about the occult aspect.

[skalt]

@ReviewCam It's more of a cautionary tale. Astaroth is referenced in the Lesser Key of Solomon. The idea is that the Rabbi channels a dark force for the good of the people, but it then turns on him. Same idea as when a Christian man summons Satan to protect his family, but then he gets poked in the ass with a pitchfork. The moral of the story is that a dark force, though potentially beneficial to the cause of good, is still a dark force.

[Beatnikzombie]

@ReviewCam It wouldn't be anti-jewish pr since it was originally a jewish myth.

[ReviewCam]

@Beatnikzombie I just meant the stuff about summoning a demon, which others have explained why it was used.

I think there really was a rabbi Loew in prague, and there is practical kubbalah

[MFPhoto1]

@ReviewCam

According to the original legend, Rabbi Loew brought the Golem to life by writing God's secret 24 letter name on a piece of paper and gluing it to the creature's lip or heart - depending on what version you want to believe. It’s just a legend anyway. This is not what Kaballah is used for. The film was made 13 years before the Nazis came to power. It was sometime later banned in Germany as it showed Jews fighting back against their oppressors.

[ReviewCam]

@MFPhoto1 It's amazing to see films like Defience about the Bielski brothers fighting against the Nazis. As the Nazis built death camps, the brothers built camps in the forests and actively fought the Nazis and survived.

[herbertwarmstrong]

@ReviewCam since when was kabbalah ever consistent with the Torah? in 1666 a kabbalist stated he was the long awaited messiah. Judiasm has been infiltrated with this occultic kabbalah. You need to study Torah without kabbalah!

[rp03bs1]

Great job with the soundtrack- it really adds drama to the film.

[DevHalena]

This music is awesome.

[violinmyth]

Nice music but if as u said u played the brass instrument on your own (and u mean on the keyboard - u should mention it btw) do u mean that the rest is not yours?

[CarvinKnowles]

No, I don't mean on a keyboard. I mean I played the brass parts on brass instruments. Two tracks of trumpets, four tracks of french horns and three tracks of valve trombone (I don't own a slide trombone). The tuba part was also the valve trombone, digitally transposed down an octave. At the time, I was playing all of my brass instruments very regularly, so it was no problem playing these parts. Likewise, I played the oboe, flute and and bass clarinet parts on real instruments.

[CarvinKnowles]

...and yes the rest of it is mine too. As I wrote below everything but the strings (and I failed to mention the bassoon) was live. Not live like an ensemble playing live in my apartment (which would have been fun) but live as in I played real instruments and recorded them.

[Deader87]

I love the 10s & 20s so much more than the 1930s & 40s. Especially German Expressionist. After all I'm nearly half german

[canvideocan]

MIDI Sound Canvas?

[CarvinKnowles]

No, it was a combination of live brass and woodwinds with sampled strings from EMU and Roland, all of which were recorded in my small Hollywood apartment. I'm not sure how the neighbors felt when I recorded the gong or bass drum. Nobody complained and one of my neighbors said he liked it when I played the french horn. You just never know.

[yaywhewclips242]

very creepy!! I am also a fan of Dr. mabuse and the films of fritz lang.

[Margalie6661]

This movie is amazing but I've seen it in colors, i think they create a somber atmosphere ^^!!

[gronzator]

Not bad, but I'm a fan of Interzone perceptible. You should listen to their version of a new score for the golem. For me it's the best I've ever heard.

[Johnny123456789x]

I really like this... Expressionism is awesome.

[tklogan11809]

good job part of your score sounds like I BURY THE LIVING by Gerald Fried.

[JackLipnick]

very nice composition! complements the film, as all good soundtracks do.

[mochalex]

I just saw Black Francis perform his sountrack to this film at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. It was truly phenominal. Afterwords, I got within arm's length of the rock legend, only for have some idiot with a camera step between us before I could shake his hand. Jackass!

[waverly24]

Who woulda thunk it--Jewish black magic?!? Will have to research the Kaballah and Torah more thoroughly...

[bison1899]

this the real film????????????

[keliata]

I think this is considered the prequel to the 1915 movie. But this scene is really scary even by today's horror movie standards.

[eisenherz188]

Excellent work ,comprehensive description - Well done. I´m suprised what else to find on youtube.

;-)

[PanTheMetalHead]

What was that creature breathing smoke? Was it a demon or something?

[jensbrorsa]

It was Astaroth... I believe he is refered to somewhere in the Bible as a demon. There is an article on him in wikipedia.

[keliata]

Yes. I think Astaroth is a variation of a Hebrew word that means flocks, crowds or assemblies. In the bible it's meant, I believe, as a warning AGAINST worshiping false gods; the gods of the masses, the gods of Syria.

Interesting that the transliteration here for emet is "aemeth." Close but not quite emet.

If I am not mistaken the rabbi suffers for summoning Astaroth because the Golem kidnaps his daughter before the rabbi can take the aemeth star off the Golem.

[Hickey66]

Bang

[mrsk2273]

the soundtrack perfectly fits...very well done!

[andwhatfire]

Cool piece. The jerky footage does something for the supernatural, dark atmosphere

[kgfz]

damn, that magician/rabbi is hardcore

[silverside58]

Excellent music.

[mindbodylightsound10]

Fantasic job with the soundtrack! I feel inspired. I think I'm gonna start trying to write soundtracks for silent movies.

[automatic4thepeople]

Great job designing the soundtrack! It fits perfectly! A classic soundtrack for a classic movie!

[oritar]

The soundtrack perfectly fits this clip. Amazing! Eerie, freaky, superb!