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Michael Shapiro

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Tiffany Townsend

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Ashley Faatoalia

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Ryan Wolfe

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Sarah Saturnino

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Frankenstein OST -  (Frankenstein OST- Operatic Version)

Los Angeles

United States

Theatre at Ace Hotel

FRANKENSTEIN-THE MOVIE OPERA

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Frankenstein OST- Operatic Version

English

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We're back for our hugely popular annual Halloween mash-up of film and opera at the Theatre at Ace Hotel. This time we’ve got the Boris Karloff shocker on th...

Michael Shapiro was commissioned in 2001 by The Chappaqua Orchestra’s Boris Koutzen Memorial Fund to write the movie score for the classic film Frankenstein (1931) directed by James Whale and starring Colin Clive and Boris Karloff. The world premiere of the work with live orchestra and film occurred in October 2002 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Jacob Burns Film Center in New York and since its premiere has received over 40 productions worldwide.

Unlike The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), with its lush score by Franz Waxman, the original Frankenstein was produced without a movie score. Many critics, such as Leonard Maltin, have remarked that Frankenstein is badly in need of music. Mr. Shapiro’s 70-minute score is written to be played under the dialogue of the film. For modern day moviegoers, Mr. Shapiro’s haunting music adds significantly to the emotional impact of the film.

“The premiere here at the Film Center…was a great success…particularly because of the relatively simple set-up required for a most impressive outcome.”
~Steve Apkon, Executive Director, Jacob Burns Film Center

Creative new music programming for:

Young Audiences and Families
Halloween
Film Buffs
Performance and Master Classes for Music, Composition, or Film Students
Benefit Events
Collaborations
70 minutes simultaneous to movie
Music under dialogue
Instrumentation (three versions): full orchestra, chamber orchestra, or wind ensemble

Frankenstein OST- Operatic Version by Shapiro, Michael, From (2022/2022), Conductor Michael Shapiro, Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, United States

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