We're working with SXSW Film for the 2nd year to put together a 4-film series with live, original scores. It's called: "Sound & Scene: Films with Live Scores" and it will feature noontime screenings with a brunch menu - to start the day off right. Of the four live score artists, The Invincible Czars and Golden Hornet Project are longtime Wyatt Brand clients.

Last year’s Metropolis with live score by Golden Hornet Project was sold out and a real hit last year.

03/17/2010, Alamo Ritz 1, 12:00 PM

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) with Live Score by In The Nursery

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer. Screenwriter: Joseph Delteil

One of the finest achievements of the silent film era, Dreyer's portrayal of Joan of Arc uses extraordinary, expressive close-ups to create a moving, intense and flawless work. With a new score by In The Nursery, who utilize state of the art music technology with a unique symphonic style, to produce a hauntingly evocative soundtrack.

Cast: Maria Falconetti

03/18/2010, Alamo Ritz 1, 12:00 PM

The Unknown (1927) with Live Score by The Invincible Czars

Director: Tod Browning. Screenwriter: Mary Roberts Rinehart

Wyatt Brand helps bring a film/music convergence event to SXSW Film with The Invincible Czars screening and live, original score for the 1927 silent classic The Unknown starring Lon Chaney as an armless sharp-shooter.

Cast: Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford

03/19/2010, Alamo Ritz 1, 12:00 PM

All My Friends are Funeral Singers with Live Soundtrack by Califone

Director and Screenwriter: Tim Rutili

Zel, a fortune-teller, is aided in her prognostication by a band of ghosts, but when a mysterious light appears, she may have to give up the only family she knows.

Cast: Angela Bettis, Emily Candini, Reid Coker, Kevin Ford, Joe Adamik, Jim Becker, Ben Massarella, Tim Rutili

03/20/2010, Alamo Ritz 1, 12:00 PM

The Lost World (1925) with Live Score by Golden Hornet Project

Director: Harry O. Hoyt. Screenwriters: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (novel) & Marion Fairfax (screenplay)

In Hoyt's sci-fi classic, claymation dinosaurs came to spectacular life 70 years before Michael Crichton's modern retelling. Wyatt Brand helps to present Austin's premier alt-classical Golden Hornet Project and their new chamber-rock score.

Cast: Bessie Love, Lewis Stone

These are official SXSW Film events, so you'll need a badge (film, gold or platinum) or film pass to attend. If seats are available, you may be able to get in for $10 per show.