Instrumentation

2(I=picc.II=afl+picc).1.ca.2(II=Ebcl+bcl).asax(ssax).1.cbsn - 2.2.1.btrbn.0 - perc(3): 2 glsp/xyl/vib/mar/3SD/TD/2 tgl/3 tpl.bl/tamb/2 whip/2 siz.cym/5 susp.cym/guiro/BD+cym/cyms/2 flexatone/2 vibraslap/waterphone/ BD/hi-hat/coke.cym/2 ch.cym/bell tree/bunch of keys/2finger.cyms/spring coil/4 tam-t/3 gong/3 bells/4 timp/4 tom-t/crot/2 rototoms/mark tree/anvil/cabassa/3 vlcbow - pno(2)=(cel+harmonium) - accordian - vln.db

Availability

Full score and parts for hire

Programme Notes

Starring: Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt, Zasu Pitts Director: Erich von Stroheim Production Company: MGM USA, 1924 Duration: 130 minutes Film Print: B&W print available from Photoplay Productions (Film Speed: 16-20 frames per second) Recorded for Video Premiere with Davis's score: 1986, Edinburgh 23 Players: 2(I=picc, II=afl +picc).1.ca.2(II=Ebcl+bcl).asax(=ssax).1.cbsn - 2.2.2(t/b).0 - perc(3) – 2pno(=cel+harmonium) - accordion - vln.db Although Greed was not a financial success in its day, it is regarded now as one of the greatest American films. Greed tells the story of a giant misfit from the Californian gold fields who, after an apprenticeship to a quack dentist, sets up a practice in San Francisco. By wooing an innocent woman away from his best friend, he creates a vicious love-triangle that destroys them all, culminating in a final struggle set in Death Valley. Carl Davis uses very unusual orchestral combinations to capture the expressionist style of the film. There are interludes of spit-and-sawdust piano, parodies of German band music and starkly bleak passages that explore the darker sides of human emotion.

Greed

No Venue (United Kingdom)

Greed

Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Greed

Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Greed

No Venue (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Bologna Opera Orchestra, Maestro Caprioli

Greed

No Venue (Antwerp, Belgium)