Salomé (1923) - P. Emerson Williams Score

Original score by P. Emerson Williams

Download original music, name your price here:

http://music.veilofthorns.com/album/salome

Salomé (1923), a silent film directed by Charles Bryant and starring Alla Nazimova, is a film adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play of the same name. The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod and his execution of John the Baptist (here, as in Wildeapos;s play, called Jokaanan) at the request of his stepdaughter, Salomé, whom he lusts after.

Salomé is often called one of the first art films to be made in the U.S.[citation needed] The highly stylized costumes, exaggerated acting (even for the period), minimal sets, and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters's individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development.

Article on the historical and mythological Salomé by P. Emerson Williams:

http://www.modernmythology.net/2011/10/human-demonology-salome.html

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• silent film
• alla nazimova
• oscar wilde
• salome
• aubrey beardsley
• avant garde cinema
• classic
• p. emerson williams

[malvip]

is this the original audio, it sounds nice to me

[choronzon333]

@malvip No, this score is my own, but you can check out the original on Archive dot org (link is on the wikipedia entry for the film)

You can also find the film on DVD on Amazon, on which it is paired with the brilliant "Lot in Sodom" from 1933. Highly recommended.

[CofradeArrepentido]

Thank you so much for uploading this!

[choronzon333]

@CofradeArrepentido I'm very glad you like it. This is a classic piece of cinematic art with great performances, especially from Alla Nazimova, that I found much to be inspired from.

[pablokanal]

thanks for this