![]() ![]() As I’m sure every silent film musician can testify, when a live accompaniment is going well, it can sometimes feel as if you are channeling the film in a way that can be positively uncanny. These are all films that I have accompanied at some point, which is probably a big reason for their place in my heart. They often feel as though they end on an ellipsis, a cinematic ” … ” Usually there is something about them that is unexpected, unresolved or ambiguous. After all what could be more poignant, evocative o r difficult to forget than watching long passed-away performers, their mute emotions given voice by music? The following films have extra elements that have made them lodge in my memory like nagging melodies. Looking at some of the dictionary definitions of the word “haunting”, it strikes me that they are applicable to silent films in general. ![]() The Silents by Numbers strand celebrates some very personal top 10s by silent film enthusiasts and experts. This is a guest post for Silent London by Stephen Horne, silent film musician and composer.
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