The Silent Film Music Podcast with Ben Model
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A podcast from renowned silent film accompanist/historian Ben Model covering the techniques of creating and performing live scores to silent films, as well as a discussion of the language of silent cinema. Find what goes on in the mind of a silent film accompanist before, during and after playing for a show. Learn about the aesthetics of silent filmmaking and storytelling language.
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Recent episodes
- ep. 72: 2025 Year-End Roundup
- ep. 71: Phantoms and Pipe Organs
- ep. 70: Flappers, Roscoe and Laura LaPlante
- ep. 69: Back to Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd
- ep. 68: “The Silent Film Universe” mini-episode
- ep. 67: Scoring Wallace Reid in Kansas, Maurice Tourneur at MoMA, and “Ramona” for Kino Lorber
- ep. 66: Catching up on live shows from the 2nd half of 2024
- ep. 65: Scoring Roland West’s “The Bat” (1926)
- ep. 64: The Fierce Urgency of Silent Film Music
- ep. 63: Scoring Decisions and Transitions