DESCRIPTION:
Filmworks I presents Riddle's work of soundtracking silent comedies "Feet of Mud" (1924) with Harry Langdon and "Captain Kid's Kid" (1919) with Harold Lloyd.

personnel:

Jacopo Bertacco aka "the Tide" - guitar, devices
Steve Palmieri - bass
Tommaso Fiori - sampler, electronics
Dario Benzoni - drums
Carlo Garof - drums, percussions

Recorded, Engineered and Mastered by Ivan Antonio Rossi at Apricot Studio, e MONO studio in Milan

Filmworks I was presented live at the International Live Silent Movie Soundtracking Festival "Strade del Cinema" in Aosta (Italy) in August 2006 and in Saronno at the "Celluloidee" Festival in 2008, always being a great favourite with the audience.

Riddle manage to catch the ironic and sparkling taste of the two films, taking advantage of their own variety of timbres, that has always been a distinctive feature of the band and also their personal approach to composition that mainly derives from improvisation and from a playful attitude.

II) Captain Kid's Kid (1919)

Directed by Hal Roach. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels

"After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates."