Soundtracks

The Unknown

About this album

Released in 1999. Les Disques du Crépuscule TWI 1023 085.1023.20.

Tracks:

1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3
4. Part 4
5. Part 5
6. Part 6
7. Part 7
8. Part 8

Recorded live at Théatre de La Colline as part of the Cinémémoires Festival in Paris - December 5, 1994. Liner notes by Paolo Cherchi-Usai.

Started out as a commission for The Giornate del cinema muto de Pordenone, a silent film festival in Italy, for a screening of the classic silent movie The Unknown on October 15, 1994. The American silent horror film was directed in 1927 by Tod Browning, starring Lon Chaney as carnival knife thrower, and Joan Crawford as the love interest.

Also performed in Brussels (October 18, 1994) and Lyon (December 8, 1994).

Other credits:
Producer: John Cale
Co-producer: Jean-Michel Reusser
Mixed at Studio de la Seine, Paris
Recording & mixing engineer: Charles Van Der Elst
Additional mixing and treatments: Jack Wall at LPG Studios, NYC
Mastering: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
Photos: The George Eastman House
Design: Twilight Easy Artwork

© 1999- Hans Werksman