The Silent Film Ensemble composes and performs original soundtracks to films of the Silent Era. The group uses varied instrumentation from the classical period to present day, and employ a variety of musical styles, from minimalism to musique concrète. Since its inception in 2008 the ensemble has performed their original compositions to over a dozen different films, including Carl Dryer’s “Passion of Joan of Arc,” Dziga Vertov’s “Man with a Movie Camera,” and F.W. Murnau’s “Faust.”