Jeff Mills Metropolis Cinemix Deutschlandpremiere

Jeff Mills live mit seinem neuen Soundtrack zu Fritz Langs Metropolis

Jeff Mills fascination for space, futurism and science fiction has permeated his art since the inception of his career.

His work has long transcended the techno arena, bleeding into the fields of visual art, classical music, sound installations, choreography and soundtracks.

Cinema, particularly silent films, has been part of Mills focus since the early 2000s when he scored Metropolis for the first time. Now he composed a new soundtrack to Fritz Langs science-fiction classic called Metropolis Metropolis.

This version is more a symbiotic mix of compositions that proposes a nuanced representation of the plot and storyline. As an electronic symphonic music creation, Mills proposes a few interesting points in the schematics of this album: 1. the positioning and role of the listener as the soundtrack is based on the environment of the scenes, rather than pure transcription. 2.

As as a storyline that takes place in the year 2000, the choice of sound elements refer to some future commonality and foresight between the genres of Classical and Electronic music between man and machine. And 3. In many parts of the soundtrack where sounds are played in unison.

This is symbolic of the hopefulness the storyline works towards. Creating music for Fritz Langs masterpiece film Metropolis over the many year has been and continues to be a great experience.

"Creating music for Fritz Lang’s masterpiece film “Metropolis” over the many year has been and continues to be a great experience. The film is a story about "man vs man" with the help of a machine.

Its dramatic theme is as relevant now as it was when the filmed debuted in 1927. A film to be enjoyed, but also noted and examined."    Jeff Mills

Jeff Mills’ fascination for space, futurism and science fiction has permeated his art since the inception of his career.

His work has long transcended the techno arena, bleeding into the fields of visual art, classical music, sound installations, choreography and soundtracks. Cinema, particularly silent films, has been part of Mills’ focus since the early 2000’s when he scored „Metropolis“ for the first time.

Now he composed a new soundtrack to Fritz Lang’s science-fiction classic called „Metropolis Metropolis“.

Ein Film aus dem Bestand der Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in Wiesbaden.

Cover Photo: „Metropolis Metropolis“ - Copyright: Deutsche Kinemathek - Horst von Harbou