In the below video Jill Tracy performs to F.W. Murnau’s 1922 vampire classic, Nosferatu. Accompanying her on the score is the brilliant The Malcontent Orchestra.


From the Jill Tracy: Nosferatu website:
Described by the SF Weekly as “exquisite, lush, and positively poetic,” the noirish compositions by Jill Tracy and The Malcontent Orchestra have developed a fervid following of devotees, critical acclaim, and multiple Bay Area Music Awards nominations. Their original score to F. W. Murnau’s silent 1922 vampire classic Nosferatu has only enhanced the band’s reputation of sophistication and musical virtuosity.


“I wanted to honor the integrity of the film,” explained composer/pianist Jill Tracy in a 1999 SF Gate interview during the film score’s debut. “I wanted to dispose of any camp element and seamlessly enhance the emotion of Murnau’s stunning visuals. I don’t see Nosferatu as inciting horror or trepidation, as much as an unsettling allure. It’s a beautiful, sensual work; the listener should surrender to the spell of the music as intensely as to the spell of the vampire.”

Tags: Bay Area Music Awards, F. W. Murnau, Jill Tracy, Music, Nosferatu, score, SF Weekly, The Malcontent Orchestra, vampire film

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