Film concert Blackmail (2008 Bologna, composed by Neil Brand, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale conducted by Timothy Brock)

Alfred Hitchcock: Blackmail (GB 1929). The date rape sequence. Alice White (Anny Ondra) has killed the would-be rapist.

Puhtauden lunnaat / Kiristys / Utpressning. GB 1929. PC: British International Pictures. P: John Maxwell. D: Alfred Hitchcock. SC: AH, Benn W. Levy, Charles Bennett – based on the play by Bennett. DP: John J. Cox. Starring: Anny Ondra (Alice White), John Longden (detective Frank Weber), Donald Calthrop (the blackmailer Tracy), Cyril Ritchard (the artist). 2056 m /24 fps/ 75 min. Print: BFI. E-subtitles in Italian. Viewed at Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, 1 July 2008

PREMIERE OF THE NEW SCORE COMPOSED BY NEIL BRAND
CONDUCTOR: TIMOTHY BROCK
ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO COMUNALE (BOLOGNA), 56 artists

Neil Brand's new full-blooded Hitchcockian score stands up to comparison with Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Ron Goodwin.