Music Inspired by the Far Fur Country, by The Silent Film Ensemble

Music Inspired by the Far Fur Country

by The Silent Film Ensemble

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1.	The Nascopie 08:17	buy track
2.	Down River 03:11	buy track
3.	Reminiscences 02:07	buy track
4.	Down River: Coda 01:14	buy track
5.	The Massacre at Seven Oaks, or Victory at Frog Plain 05:10	buy track
6.	Going North 05:58	buy track
7.	Treeline 03:57	buy track
8.	Ice Fishing 04:39	buy track
9.	Northern Outpost 03:41	buy track
10.	Parting Gift 02:25	buy track

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released March 28, 2020

Music inspired by Five Door Films' restoration of the 1919 film "Romance of the Far Fur Country," originally commissioned by the Hudson's Bay Company for their 250th Anniversary and released in 1920.

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romance_of_the_Far_Fur_Country

Music composed and performed by the Silent Film Ensemble.

The Silent Film Ensemble is:

Jonathan Cox - acoustic guitar
Patrick Dorfman - flute, banjo
Charles Glasspool - accordion
Kai Hulshof - piano
Keira McArthur - cello
Joshua Richardson - treatments, gadgets, electric guitar, bass guitar
Ron Schweitzer - canning pot cello, clarinet, trombone, percussion

Recorded & edited by Joshua Richardson.
Mastered by Eric Warren.

Special thanks to Kevin Nikkel and Five Door Films.

We performed live versions of these compositions as soundtrack to two separate screenings of Romance of the Far Fur Country in 2015; one at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound on October 2nd and the other at the Princess Theatres in Waterloo on October 3rd. Kevin Nikkel generously offered to introduce both screenings and travelled from Winnipeg to join us at both events. We are fortunate that this document of the country has been brought back to life by Five Door Films.

For more information and to purchase a copy of Five Door Films' restoration visit: www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/product/the-romance-of-the-far-fur-country-dvd/

Cover: tinted still image from Romance of the Far Fur Country.

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The Silent Film Ensemble Owen Sound, Ontario

The Silent Film Ensemble composes and performs post-modern soundtracks to films of the Silent Era using varied instrumentation, and a variety of performance techniques. They have been performing as an ensemble since 2008. Their shows have included soundtracks to films such as Carl Dryer's "Passion of Joan of Arc," Dziga Vertov's "Man with a Movie Camera," and F.W. Murnau's "Faust." ... more

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