Limited seating available, admission is only by prior booking. To register
for the event, please send an email titled Mohicans to
rsvp@garageccc.com.
The first film adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans, a novel by
Fenimore Cooper, was a black and white, silent movie of the same name shot in
1920 by Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown. In 2003, the Native American
composer Brent Michael Davids created a 73-minute soundtrack for the film. This
fantastic piece of music written for a full orchestra, perfectly complements
the epic tale and features the composer himself playing Indian flutes,
including his own unique quartz flute.
The most striking feature of the soundtrack is that it can function as a
self-contained piece of orchestral music, but when played alongside a screening
of the film, suddenly the instruments imitate the sounds of nature,
corresponding directly to the action on screen.
Join us for an exclusive chance to hear Brent Davids discuss his work, answer
questions and perform parts of his compositions.
The event is supported by the United States Embassy in Moscow under the
Medvedev-Obama Committee's event program.
Brent Davids is an American composer and flautist. Besides his cinema
collaborations, he has created music for the Zeitgeist Band, the Kronos
Quartet, the Joffrey Ballet and others. He is a member of the
Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians. His Mohican name is Blue
Butterfly.
