tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474883570056801679.post1385028856652406752..comments2024-03-28T14:49:11.638-04:00Comments on Jeff Rapsis / Silent Film Music: Sound vs. silence in 'Noah's Ark' (1928) on Sunday, March 25Jeff Rapsishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644170925769760796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474883570056801679.post-59098193099440333812012-03-31T09:08:43.496-04:002012-03-31T09:08:43.496-04:00I actually produced my own film with the great fil...I actually produced my own film with the great film-maker, Rocco Capamezzo. It is about the Wages of Sin:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKLhmAfv8E&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />The next film I make will be a life John Calvin set in beautiful Liberty City Kansas and featuring Pastor Mordecai Rafter of the First Methodist Church. Perhaps you care to do the score for this?Lance B. Dowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088017499253812428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474883570056801679.post-8796394455496521642012-03-28T13:35:52.474-04:002012-03-28T13:35:52.474-04:00Hi Lance! Thanks for the note, the questions, and ...Hi Lance! Thanks for the note, the questions, and the invite! <br /><br />I'm no religious scholar, but 'Noah's Ark,' like a lot of Hollywood's epics based on scripture, does take a pretty loose approach to the Bible. However, the film does try to draw a parallel between World War I (at the time, a contemporary event) and the Bibical tale of the Great Flood as events both intended to wash away imperfection and cleanse humanity so that we can be more "God-like," at least in terms of the traditional Judeo-Christian vision of God. So it's a worthy attempt, I think, to bring spiritual and scriptural elements to something that was primarily a product of popular culture -- one intended to make money, which it did, even as it preached against the sin of avarice.<br /><br />In scoring silent films, I do try to create music that uplifts people, emotionally and otherwise, though I'm not always successful. If I get it right, however, the music also helps bring to life some wonderful cinema created by people who are no longer with us. So it's something of a spiritual endeavor in that sense, too. (I tell my wife that I've finally found my artistic niche: collaborating with dead people!)<br /><br />And yes, I'd be happy to join you for some kind of duet in Kansas, so keep in touch. I do hope at the same time you would be open to consider enjoying other "popular" entertainment, including the wonderful music produced by the world's many other spiritual traditions. And also British sit-coms and old episodes of Gilligan's Island and musical theater, too!Jeff Rapsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644170925769760796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474883570056801679.post-10957308644495378012012-03-28T12:04:19.047-04:002012-03-28T12:04:19.047-04:00What does this movie have to do with Scripture? W...What does this movie have to do with Scripture? What does it have to do with the GREAT FLOOD? You should be spending more time performing spiritual music that can uplift people. Next time you come to Kansas you can join me for a duet at the First Church of Libety City. That's the only kind of popular entertainment that I can support!Lance B. Dowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088017499253812428noreply@blogger.com