Masters of Slapstick

Alloy Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 21, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Accurate Records
• ASIN: B00002SSS4
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,309 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. One Week Intro

2. Drive Away

3. Lot

4. Tuesday Waltz

5. Handy Hank

6. Wednesday Waltz

7. Spotanski/Head

8. Spontanski II

9. Thursday Waltz

10. Friday the 13th

11. Merry Go Round

12. Saturday's Song

13. Determined

14. The Train Wreck

15. Last Waltz

16. Laurel and Hardy Theme

17. Selling Christmas Trees

18. Don't Want to Buy a Xmas Tree

19. Trouble at the Door

20. Patrol Wagon

See all 37 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Masters of Slapstick, October 23, 2001

By 

Arthur Booth (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Masters of Slapstick (Audio CD)

I'm a film collector of silent vintage comedy films. So, when you're looking for music to accompany them, it's nice to find tracks that were specially written for specific films. Alloy Orchestra has an uncanny knack for finding the amusing twists and turns of old comedy films, such as Laurel & Hardy's Big Business. I have found it a perfect match for the action on the screen.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Alloy -- How to ruin a Silent Comedy film., April 17, 2009

By 

David B. Pearson (Picayune, MS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Masters of Slapstick (Audio CD)

It simply boggles my mind why the Alloy Orchestra INSISTS on putting bad musical scores on great comedy films. Their music is both jarring AND abrasive, as if it were a pathetic attempt to draw attention to themselves rather than the films they are supposedly supporting.

This does not suggest that the Alloy lacks talent. Perhaps they do. But to foist this "talent" on a medium where they have absolutely no concept of what they are doing in relation to the films they play with is UTTERLY offensive to the lovers of silent comedy. The lovers of Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd and other great comics watch their films to see them, not some idiots trying to wreck the work by over-scoring the films. As a result, instead of helping the comedies, the Alloy are competing with them.

Worst of all, those few who do like of the Alloy defend this practice of creative sabotage is a way to draw new fans to the medium. It is not unlike when Salavdor Dali drew some attention to the Mona Lisa by drawing a mustache on it -- but not nearly as much attention as he brought upon himself for doing it.

Some people were amused by that. Others were not -- least of all lovers of Renaissance art.

As far as silent comedy is concerned, the Alloy leave a nasty, metallic taste in one's mouth.