Aelita: Queen of Mars

(live film score)

"Aelita: Queen of Mars" (1924) (Live score) 90mins

Said to be the first full-length science fiction movie ever made, this influential film about space travel by the Soviet filmmaker Yakov Protazanov is re-imagined by avant guitarist Marc Ribot with a new score premiered at London’s Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall and recorded live and released on the composer’s album Shoe String Sympnonettes for the Tzadik’s Film Series. 

In 2016, Marc re-worked his score for solo guitar which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in Medellin, Colombia. 

Press:

24 Heures (2023, Interview preview)

Performance History:

Dec 2, 2023: Châteu d’Oex, Switzerland - Cine Eden
Aug 4, 2022: Aosta, Italy
Feb 13, 2022: San Francisco, CA - SFJazz
Feb 6 2020: Toledo, OH - Toledo Museum of Art
Jan 26, 2019: Baltimore, MD - Creative Alliance
Nov 7, 2018: Ljubljana, Slovenia
May 11, 2016: Medellin, Colombia - Museum of Modern Art
Jun 24, 1995: London, UK Meltdown Festival curated by Elvis Costello