According to Martin Macalintal, Audiovisual Attache of the Embassy of France in the Philippines, "The bands viewed the films at least a month before the performance and composed the music."
Other local bands set to lend music to the silent films include top musical acts Corporate Lo-fi, Nyko Maca and jazz artist Johnny Alegre Affinity. Caliph8, known for combining different musical genres and head-bobbing beats with hip-hop overtones, included old sounds from vinyl, fused the scoring with vocal textures and included improvised soundscapes. Joined by Kaila Aguilos, Malek Lopez, Pasta Groove and Tad Ermitano in scoring the second film, "The Mechanical Man," he says, "We familiarized ourselves with the film, became particular with the details in the different scenes. Then we wrote the music with a certain sound in mind, and we jammed over it. Same goes with visual manipulation with Tad."
Movie clips of "The Mechanical Man"
On Thursday, the German silent film, "People on Sunday" will be screened. A collaboration of five young Berlin-based filmmakers and produced with little financial assistance, "People on Sunday" will be scored by Nyko Maca + Playground.
Clips from the German silent film, "People on Sunday".
Click here to read SPOT.ph blogger Ria Limjap's movie review on "The Mechanical Man".
Click here to view the complete schedule of the 3rd International Silent Filmfest.
Image of Caliph8 from dripmanila.multiply.com.
