“…a brilliantly realized wedding of contemporary musical sensibility and technology with early 20th century cinema.” 
– Chico News Review  

Nosferatu is one of the most revered films in the history of cinema. It is most certainly the most important horror film of the silent era and one of the first vampire movies — though it was almost completely lost when the estate of Bram Stoker sued the filmmakers for copyright infringement and most of the prints of the movie were destroyed. 

Fans, theaters and media have praised our soundtrack  for making the near century-old movie “actually scary” for modern day audiences since we debuted our score in 2015. We have performed it more than any other film in our catalog - over 100 times - across the US and Canada.

We updated the score during the CoVid-19 shutdown in 2021 (appropriate given the plague element of the movie's plot).

Using a mix of acoustic and electric instruments helped.  Violin, glockenspiel, organ, flute, bass clarinet, voices and vocals, music box, loops, electric guitar, bass, piano and percussion all play prominent roles in the score and are a sight to behold when performed live by only four or five players! 

Nosferatu tells the story of Hutter and Ellen, a couple from the village of Wisborg.  Hutter travels to Transylvania to sell a piece of property in Wisborg to Count Orlok.  Hutter stays in Orlok’s castle only to learn that the Count is a vampire. Orlok purchases a house next to Hutter’s, locks Hutter in the castle and travels to Wisborg. On the way, he manages to possess Hutter’s employer and Ellen and strike the village with an outbreak of the plague. Hutter rushes home to stop him before it’s too late.  

We encourage fans and attendees to dress for the Halloween season at these shows - even when it's not close to Halloween.