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==Soundtracks== The film, originally released in 1929, was silent and accompanied in theaters with live music. It has since been released a number of times with different soundtracks: * 1983 – A new composition<ref>{{YouTube|tyhwkPzxr3o|Man with a Movie Camera (Un Drame Musical Instantané), 01:06, 1929}}.</ref> was performed by [[Un Drame Musical Instantané]], based on Vertov's writings, among which was his Ear Laboratory. Electronic sounds, ambiences, voices were mixed to the 15-piece orchestra. An LP was issued in 1984 on [[Grrr Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drame.org/2/Musique.php?D=13&LA=EN |title=Un drame musical instantané, à travail égal salaire égal |work=drame.org |access-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> * 1993 – French composer [[Pierre Henry]], known as a pioneer of [[musique concrète]], created a soundtrack for the film.<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=22229|title=''L'homme à la caméra''}}</ref> * 1995 – A new composition was performed by the [[Alloy Orchestra]] of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], based on notes left by Vertov.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.alloyorchestra.com/films.html |title=Orchestra Current Touring Repertoire |access-date=13 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203083827/http://www.alloyorchestra.com/films.html |archive-date=3 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It incorporates sound effects such as sirens, babies crying, [[artificial crowd noise|crowd noise]], etc. Readily available on several different DVD versions.<ref>{{YouTube|7ZkvjWIEcoU|''Man with a Movie Camera'' (Alloy Orchestra), 01:06:40, 1929}}</ref> * 1996 – Norwegian composer Geir Jenssen (aka [[Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere]]) was commissioned by the [[Tromsø International Film Festival]] to write a [[Man with a Movie Camera (Biosphere album)|new soundtrack]] for the movie, using the director's written instructions for the original accompanying piano player. Jenssen wrote half of the soundtrack, turning the other half to Per Martinsen (aka [[Mental Overdrive]]). It was used for the Norwegian version ''{{lang|no|Mannen med filmkameraet}}'' at the 1996 TIFF.<ref>{{cite web |title=tiff1996 |url=http://www.tiff.no:80/tiff1997/tiff1996.htm |website=Tromsø International Film Festival |access-date=1 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215213048/http://www.tiff.no/tiff1997/tiff1996.htm |archive-date=15 December 2005 |location=Internet Archive |language=no |url-status=dead }}</ref> This version of the film has not been re-released elsewhere, but the soundtrack was released separately with Jenssen's contributions on [[Substrata 2]] in 2001 and Martinsen's on an album of the same name in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Man with a movie camera (Mini-album) |url=https://mentaloverdrive.bandcamp.com/album/man-with-a-movie-camera-mini-album |website=Mental Overdrive Bandcamp page |publisher=Bandcamp |access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref> * 1999 – [[In the Nursery]] band made a version,<ref>[http://www.inthenursery.com/mwmc.html ''Man with a Movie Camera" score by In the Nursery'']. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324001253/http://www.inthenursery.com/mwmc.html |date=24 March 2006 }}</ref> for the Bradford International Film Festival. Currently available on some DVD versions, often paired with the Alloy Orchestra score as an alternate soundtrack. * 2001 – [[Steve Jansen]] and Claudio Chianura recorded a live soundtrack for a showing of the film at the Palazzina Liberty, in Milan on 11 December 1999. This was subsequently released on CD as the album ''Kinoapparatom'' in 2001.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} * 2002 – A version was released with a soundtrack composed by Jason Swinscoe and performed by the British [[jazz]] and [[Electronic music|electronic]] outfit [[The Cinematic Orchestra]] (see ''[[Man with a Movie Camera (The Cinematic Orchestra album)]]''). Originally made for the Porto 2000 Film Festival. It was also released on DVD in limited numbers by [[Ninja Tune]]. * 2002 – A score for the film by [[Michael Nyman]] was premiered performed by the [[Michael Nyman Band]] on 17 May 2002 at London's [[Royal Festival Hall]]. A [[British Film Institute]] DVD of the film was released with Nyman's score. This score is readily available on several different DVD editions. It has not been issued on CD, but some of the score is reworked from material Nyman wrote for the [[Sega Saturn]] video game ''[[Enemy Zero]]'', which had a limited CD release, and Nyman performs a brief excerpt "Odessa Beach" on his album ''[[The Piano Sings]]''. * 2003 June – American multi-[[theremin]] ensemble The Lothars performed a semi-improvised soundtrack accompanying a screening of the film at the [[Coolidge Corner Theatre]] in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]]. They repeated their performance three years later, in December 2006 at the [[Galapagos Art Space]] in [[Brooklyn]], New York.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} * 2006 Absolut Medien, Berlin, released a DVD with the 3 soundtracks from Michael Nyman, In the nursery, and a new soundtrack from Werner Cee.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} * November 2007 – France based group [[Art Zoyd]] presented a scenic{{clarify|date=September 2020}} version of the film with an additional video by artist Cecile Babiole. A studio recording of the soundtrack was released on CD in 2012.<ref>[http://www.artzoyd.net/2011/06/nouveau-double-cd-eyecatcher-lhomme-a-la-camera/ Eyecatcher/Man with a Movie Camera]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913215543/http://www.artzoyd.net/2011/06/nouveau-double-cd-eyecatcher-lhomme-a-la-camera/ |date=13 September 2011 }}</ref> * 2008 – Norwegian electronic jazz trio Halt the Flux performed their interpretation of the soundtrack<ref>[{{cite web |url=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=58363970 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715173405/http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=58363970 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=Featured Content on Myspace |work=Myspace |access-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> at the [[Bergen International Film Festival]]. * October 2008 – London based Cinematic Orchestra undertook a show featuring a screening of Vertov's film, which preceded the re-issue of the Man With A Movie Camera DVD, in November.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} * 30 November 2008 – American Tricks of the Light Orchestra accompanied a screening of the film on Sunday at Brainwash Cafe in San Francisco.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} * July 2009; Mexican composer [[Alex Otaola]] performed a new soundtrack live at Mexico's National Cinematheque, aided by the "Ensamble de Cámara/Acción".{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} * 2009 – The American Voxare String Quartet performed music by Soviet Modernist composers to accompany a screening of the film.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} * August 2010 – Irish instrumental post-rock band [[3epkano]] accompanied a screening of the film with an original live soundtrack in Fitzwilliam Square in Dublin<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Dwyer |first=Davin |title=3epkano Cinema in the Park |url=http://www.ireland.com/entertainment/events/3epkano-cinema-in-the-park/501109 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801034901/http://www.ireland.com/entertainment/events/3epkano-cinema-in-the-park/501109 |archive-date=1 August 2010}}</ref> * July 2010 – Ukrainian guitarist and composer Vitaliy Tkachuk performed his own soundtrack for the film, with his quartet, at a Ukrainian silent cinema festival "Mute Nights" in Odesa, the city where this movie was made.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/vitgit#grid/user/7F2E7622AEFBEE5B |title=vitgit |access-date=10 March 2016 |via=YouTube}}</ref> * 20 May 2011: The French pianist Yann Le Long, the [[violoncellist]] Philippe Cusson and the [[percussionist]] Stéphane Grimalt performed, for the first time, the soundtrack written by Le Long for the film at the ''Centre Culturel du Vieux Couvent'', Muzillac, France.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} * March 2014: Sarodist, beat maker, and multi-instrumentalist composer James Whetzel performed live a 51-piece new all-original soundtrack to ''Man with a Movie Camera'' at SIFF Cinema Uptown in Seattle, WA, USA. Soundtrack features sarod, electric sarod, analog synthesizers, accordion, mandolin, bass, guitar, dhol, dholak, darbouka, bendir, rumba box, electronic drums, and 41 other pieces of percussion. Whetzel successfully completed a Kickstarter project for the soundtrack in July.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} * 2014 – Spanish band Caspervek Trio premiered a new soundtrack for the film at La Galería Jazz Club, [[Vigo]], with further performances in [[Gijón]], [[Ourense]] and [[Sigulda Municipality|Sigulda]] ([[Latvia]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title = Koncertzālē "Baltais flīģelis" uzstāsies "Caspervek Trio" |url = http://www.sigulda.lv/public/lat/jaunumi/10256/ |website = www.sigulda.lv |access-date = 2 January 2016}}</ref> * September 2014: Swedish indie rock band [[bob hund]] premiered a new soundtrack at Cinemateket in Stockholm, with subsequent performances in [[Helsinki]], [[Luleå]], [[Gothenburg]] and [[Malmö]].<ref>{{Cite web |title = Bob Hund – Mannen med filmkameran |url = https://www.facebook.com/events/1421457504771133 |website = Cinemateket |access-date = 23 August 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – Donald Sosin, John Davis and others performed their collaborative score at the [[Museum of the Moving Image]], Astoria, New York.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title='See It Big' Film Series Features Twenty Classic And Contemporary Documentaries: January 29–February 21, 2016 |url=http://aws.reverseshot.com/files/pages/about/see_it_big_documentary_20160120.pdf |access-date=1 August 2022 |website=Museum of the Moving Image}}</ref> * 2022 – SilentFilmDJ D'dread performed a live DJ Set to a AI colored version of the film for at.tension Festival, Lärz, Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=at.tension #9 Theaterfestival |url=https://www.attension-festival.de/en/programme |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=www.attension-festival.de}}</ref> The film with the DJ Soundtrack is released via [[YouTube]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Man with a Movie Camera #1929 1080p color - live Dj Soundtrack #DzigaVertov | date=30 September 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kXmV0UPG0w |language=en |access-date=2022-10-22}}</ref> * 2022 - [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] based indie chamber music group Montopolis is currently touring performing a new live score to accompany the film.<ref>{{Cite web |date = 2023 |url=https://www.montopolismusic.com/ |title=HOME Montopolis| access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref> * 2024 - Los Angeles composer, Alexander Tovar, conducted a sold out performance at the Cats Crawl in East Hollywood with the Orchid Quartet Collective with Michael Sobie scored for piano quintet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tovar In Concert |url=https://www.alexandertovar.com/inconcert |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Tovar Site |language=en}}</ref>
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