Rotwang's Creation: a tribute to Metropolis

My music score for Rotwang's robot in the silent German expressionist film METROPOLIS by Fritz Lang. 1927

This film had a major influence on me, but that would come later. When I saw it for the first time I was 9 years old. Little did I know, this scene in particular would haunt me to this day.

I tried to convey the feelings I had as a child, with this composition I call "Phantasmaglorious"; meaning frightening and darkly beautiful. A fitting tribute to Fritz Lang's masterwork, Alfred Abel as Joh Fredersen, the Master of Metropolis and Rudolf Klein-Rogge as C. A. Rotwang the mad scientist who creates the spectre of my childhood nightmeres.

This movie is the definition of sublime.

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Entertainment

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• Music
• Original Score
• Metropolis
• Rotwang
• Robot
• Silent film
• dark passions
• soundtrack
• gothic
• Fritz
• Lang's

[LeRinkRat]

like your soundtrack composition, Julian. most I hear from "Metropolis composers" produce some "techno-disco" garbage. the tonal simplicity of your music is perfect accompaniment to the scene and creats a strangely menacing mood.