Today's moviegoers are mostly unaware of the tremendous excitement and appeal that movies generated in the "Silent" era. Of course the films were anything except silent, with a live orchestra as a backdrop, audiences expressed themselves with applause, catcalls, caustic commentary and bawdy humor. The Movies were almost a variety of opera, a live performance.

Films with scores composed or cocomposed by Richard Marriott

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1987)
Nosferatu (1989)
Metropolis (1991)
Sherlock Jr (1992)
Pandora's Box (1995)
The Hands of Orlac (1997)
Legong, Dance of the Virgins (1999)
Potemkin (2005)
The Phantom of the Opera (2005)
The Indian Tomb (2006)
Love Suicide (2006)

Two other topics of interest:
How I got started writing music for silent films
My philosophy of silent film scoring