S!nk live film score recording: Battleship Potemkin

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DOORS 19:30, Film Starts at 20:00 sharp

Over the past decade, S!nk have developed a distinctive body of live film scores, part-composed, part-improvised soundtracks for seminal silent films over a century old.

Having built the Pianodrome as a dream performance space for the band, we are excited to finally realise its full potential: recording these scores live, with an audience.

We begin with Battleship Potemkin.

To keep its revolutionary spirit alive, director Sergei Eisenstein is said to have proposed that a new score be created for the film every twenty years. Since then, composers from Shostakovich to the Pet Shop Boys have taken up the challenge. S!nk are delighted to present our own new live soundtrack to this landmark of cinema.

Inspired by the film’s opening card, which suggests that an idea can spread and gather force until its revolutionary power tears reality itself, our score unfolds in the same way. Simple musical fragments evolve through live composition and improvisation, building into rich, shifting textures. Using piano, voice, saxophones, strings, electric guitar, loops, and found/electronic percussion, the music grows in intensity alongside the film.

This is a rare chance to experience a new score being recorded live; an immersive encounter with one of cinema’s most powerful works.

Venue Info

Pianodrome Bruntsfield is at The St.Oswald's Center at 41 Montpelier Park, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh EH10 4NB, just parallel to the main street and next to the primary school. It has an accessible entrance and an accessible toilet. Please get in touch if there is anything else you'd like to ask or tell us prior to your visit.

Concessions
We do not check your right to a concession or name your price ticket. If you feel you can afford the full price please select this ticket. However, concessions prices are there to help anybody attend the show - if you need a lower cost ticket you are in the best position to determine that. No questions asked.

Accessibility
There is ramped access to the main hall of the Pianodrome. We have an accessible toilet and space for wheelchairs. Most of our performances are relaxed performances. If you have any access requirements please feel free to email us at boxoffice@pianodrome.org.

Non-human visitors
Pets are welcome if they are well behaved.