Arovane ‎- Salomé (2018)

"Back in 2015 I was asked by Dominik Grenzler (EndTitles-founder) to compose a soundtrack for a silent film. The festival took place in Zurich. I had to choose from a couple of silent films and I liked Salomé - a film adaption of the Oscar Wilde play of the same name (1923), directed by Charles Bryant. The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod and his execution of John the baptist (here, as in Wilde's play, called Jokaanan) at the request of Herod's stepdaughter, Salomé, whom he lusts after.* (*Wikipedia)

I watched the film in my studio and improvised musical themes to it. The film is much focused on atmospheres, so i placed soundscapes and looped noises accompanied by the sound of a Blüthner piano (physical modelling piano). Ableton live was used for the arrangement and the mixing process.

For the live performance I used the arrangements to improvise, with the piano, sounds to the story.