Man With A Movie Camera - Film Score, Live @ Castro Theater

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Ron Lee I can't believe this finally came out! I was at the Castro that night--I swear to god I barely even breathed the whole time. A phenomenal experience I've always treasured. So excited to hear again.

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	1.	Initium 04:04
	2.	Segment I 07:40
	3.	Segment II 07:45
	4.	Segment III 05:24
	5.	Segment IV 03:50
	6.	Segment V 03:56
	7.	Segment VI 02:31
	8.	Segment VII 07:49
	9.	Segment VIII 06:05
	10.	Segment IX 05:13
	11.	Segment X 06:23
	12.	Exeunt Omnes 03:30

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This is live recording of Oranger performing their live score to the experimental 1929 film "Man With A Movie Camera" by Dziga Vertov. This was originally written by the band to be performed at a screening of the film as part of the 2005 L.A. Independent Film Festival. The band performed it live for the second (and final) time during a second screening of the film at The Castro Theater later that year as part of the 2005 Noisepop Film Festival.

(From Mike) This was such a fun project. We wrote all the music for this upstairs at my house in Westwood Park, San Francisco, piecing together a few melodic ideas I had sitting around and experimenting with different instrumentation. It was probably the most collaborative piece of music we did, and it was very meticulously arranged to closely track the film. It's also all over the place stylistically and hyper dynamic, which was a blast to perform in those amazing theaters.

The lineup was myself, Matt, Bob, Patrick and our pal Alan Stewart. Matt played live drums and bass when needed, Bob and I played guitar, Patrick played keys and theremin and Alan was using technology.

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released February 1, 2023

All songs by Mike, Patrick, Matt, Bob and Alan

Patrick Main: keys, theremin
Matt Harris: drums, bass
Bob Reed: guitar
Mike Drake: guitar
Alan Stewart: abelton

Recorded by Damien Rasmussen
Hair & wigs by Nick Tangborn
Theremin supplied by Reiko
Theremin lost by us approximately 8 years later

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Oranger San Francisco, California

Oranger is a San Francisco psych/rock band. Lots of people have been in the band, some without realizing it until it was too late. This latest incarnation is Mike, Jim and Matt doing lockdown recording for no reason. These are just tunes we like and wanted to play. ... more

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