The Film Music Museum

Edmund Meisel


14/08/1894 Vienna, Austria - 14/11/1930 Berlin, Germany.

List of Silent-Films: 5

Original title English title Release date Notes
Броненосец Потёмкин Battelship Potemkin 24/12/1925 Score for the German release of the film (29/04/1926), later used in other countries as well. The original Russian score (if such ever existed) is unknown.
Überflüssige Menschen Superfluous People 02/11/1926 -
Der Heilige Berg The Holy Mountain 17/12/1926 -
Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt Berlin: Symphony of a Great City 23/09/1927 -
Октябрь October 10/01/1928 Or 14/03/1928?

List of Silent films, adapted to sound films: 4

Original title English title Release date Notes
Der Rote Kreis The Crimson Circle 29/08/1929 This sound adaptation, made in the UK, included Meisel's music, dialogs, and sound effects. The Original German silent version did not include Meisel's music.
Броненосец Потёмкин Battelship Potemkin 12/08/1930 This sound adaptation, made in Germany, included Meisel's Music, as well as spoken dialogs. It was shown scracely, and was considered a flop.
Винтик-Шпинтик Little Screw 12/08/1930 Animation short. This sound adaptation, made in Germany, was mate to accompany the premiere of the sound adaptation of "Battelship Potemkin". It inncluded music and a song (Also lyrics?) by Meisel.
Голубой Экспресс Blue Express ? This sound adaptation, was made in Germany. Music for original Russian silent was mostly based on Arthur Honegger's music (From "Pacific 231"?).

List of Sound Films: 1

Original title English title Release date Notes
Deutscher Rundfunk German Radio 31/08/1928 Considered by some as the first German Sound film.

Recommended Books: 1

"Der Stummfilmmusiker Edmund Meisel" By Werner Sudendorf, 1984

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