Nitin Sawhney & Daniel Cohen To Compose New Scores For Hitchcock Films

The BFI will be screening some of Alfred Hitchcock’s early, rarely seen, silent films as as part of the London 2012 Festival.

The footage will be accompanied by newly commissioned orchestral music scores by Nitin Sawhney, Tansy Davies and Daniel Cohen.

Heather Stewart, Creative Director BFI Programme, comments: ‘Hitchcock is one of the great artists of the 20th century. His contribution to world cinema is immense. The BFI is thrilled to be able to bring Hitchcock’s early films to the London 2012 Festival; they are the foundation of his whole body of work and new audiences will be able to enjoy them for the first time ever in all their restored glory and with new scores from an incredible mix of British musical talent.’

Two events have been confirmed so far: Nitin Sawhney will write a new score for The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926) to be performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, and Daniel Cohen will write for The Pleasure Garden (1925), to be performed by the Academy Manson Ensemble.

For more information, visit london2012.com.