F E A T U R E D   R E V I E W S

E V E N T S​

“Robert understands the correlation between the sound of music and the silence of film. He accents the moments without simply sentimentalizing the moment. It's easy to have an emotional moment on film, and have the music doing exactly the same thing, and that doesn't quite work. He understands that.”

Irvin Kershner, film director

–Star Wars- The Empire Strikes Back

–Never Say Never Again

–The Eyes of Laura Mars

 

 

 

"Composer par excellence...Robert is helping modern-day audiences appreciate the silent-film experience at its very best."

​Leonard Maltin

–NBC’s Entertainment Tonight Correspondent

 

 

“He understands silent pictures. He

doesn't overwhelm them.”

​Peter Bogdanovich, film director

–The Last Picture Show

–Paper Moon

 

 

“Robert Israel's scores for Lloyd's movies are

magnificent, and they clarify and underscore

the basic rhythm of the films.”

​Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post

    and Pulitzer Prize winner

 

 

D E C​​

 

10

December 10, 2017  9:00 P.M. (P.S.T.)
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
THE COSSACKS (1928)

Starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée,

and Ernest Torrence

F E B​​

 

11

February 11, 2018  4:15 A.M. (E.S.T.)
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS (1927)

Directed by Lewis Milestone

Starring William Boyd & Louis Wolheim

M A R​

 

2

March 2, 2018  8:00 P.M. (P.S.T.)
THE NETHERCUTT COLLECTION
SILENT COMEDY SHORTS with

Prof. Joe Rinaudo

A presentation of classic comedy films

featuring Buster Keaton, Larry Semon, and Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy

Musical performance by on the

Nethercutt's Theater Wurlitzer pipe organ by Robert Israel.

M A R​

 

25

M A R​

 

3

 

 

 

March 3, 2018  2:00 P.M. (P.S.T.)

2nd performance
THE NETHERCUTT COLLECTION

(See program notes above).

March 25, 2018  9:15 P.M. (P.S.T.)
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
NOW OR NEVER (1921)

Starring Harold Lloyd

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P A S T    P R O J E C T S

February 16, 2015  PIANO RECITAL AT REDUTA

 

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2

"The Moonlight" by LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

 

A live performance by pianist, Robert Israel

Olomouc, Czech Republic

June 1, 2014

New orchestra recording premiere for

Turner Classic Movies

THE COSSACKS (1928)

starring  John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Nils Asther, and Ernest Torrence

Scenario by Francis Marion

Directed by George Hill

July 28, 2014

 

PARALLEL EPOCHS

An essay I have written about my experience composing

a new score for Abel Gance's anti-war masterpiece

J'ACCUSE (1919)

 

Published online at the Flicker Alley Website:

(click on images to be redirected to the essay)

 

 

 

September 2017    NEW BLU-RAY RELEASE

  

From LOBSTER FILMS

and THE BLACKHAWK FILMS COLLECTION

  

THE LOST WORLD (1925)

  

Brand new Orchestra Score

NEWLY RESTORED from 35mm materials

 

 

August 12, 2014    NEW DVD RELEASE

  

From FLICKER ALLEY

and THE BLACKHAWK FILMS COLLECTION

  

CHAPLIN'S MUTUAL COMEDIES (1916–17)

  

Five disc BluRay/DVD COMBO set in steel box

NEWLY RESTORED from 35mm materials