Neil Brand has been a silent film accompanist for nearly 40 years. He shares his musical expertise, which also includes composing new scores for silent film re-releases, while exploring exciting threads of fantasy, comedy, and violence in his five picks.
Neil regularly plays at the Barbican and BFI National Film Theatres in London and film festivals around the world. His scores include Blackmail (1929), Underground (1928), Easy Street (1917), Robin Hood (1922), and The Lodger (1927) and he is also a prolific writer, television presenter, and Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
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Films and resources mentioned:

• Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
• A Desperate Poaching Affray (1903) - William Haggar
• A Chess Dispute (1903) - Robert W. Paul
• The Infernal Cake Walk (1903) - Georges Méliès
• The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
• The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - Alfred Hitchcock
• Blackmail (1929) - Alfred Hitchcock
• The Third Man (1949) - Carol Reed
• The Exorcist (1973) - William Friedkin
• Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth
• The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (1908) - Lewin Fitzhamon
• First Prize in Cello (1907) - unknown
• A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
• The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
• Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema - Maggie Hennefeld