Nosferatu - Hans Erdmann - Gillian B. Anderson (Dolby Surround)

[I have reloaded my original video with better audio quality. The volume is higher and the stereo tracks are encoded for Dolby Surround sound.]

I have synchronized American musicologist Gillian B. Anderson's reconstruction of Hans Erdmann' original 1922 score with a Public Domain copy of Murnau's "Nosferatu". Unfortunately, Ms. Anderson's 1995 recording of her score on a BMG Dolby Surround CD is currently out of print, although occasionally sold for its approximate weight in gold on eBay.

This little essay demonstrates that her reconstruction is infinitely preferable to the one used in the latest "Ultimate Edition" of the film on DVD where another arrangement (by Berndt Heller) was used along with music from extraneous sources.

Ms. Anderson's music is 100 % Erdmann and 100 % suspenseful and psychologically acute. Judge for yourself by comparing with extracts of the Kino/Masters of Cinema edition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cli81aPaiOs where Heller's music is almost comical by comparison.

Ms. Anderson's website: http://www.gilliananderson.it/film.asp?IDPellicola=20

This clip was prepared with love and admiration. No copyright infringement was intended.

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Great article on this score and Gillian Anderson:
http://straight.com/article-266374/symphony-horror

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[VideoMask93]

I wrote a similar comment on the other video, but I'll reiterate my point here. While this is an excellent arrangement of Erdmann's score, I prefer Heller's arrangement, for how it fits closely in tempo and dynamics to the actions in the film. Here, the music is simply playing, and the conductor almost seems ignorant of the film. Thus, the scene feels unsynchronized with the music. This is not to say this version is bad; it is quite frightening at parts, but the lack of sync detracts greatly.