But the Alloy Orchestra really helps us see what we're watching and often the music, whether driving or fanciful, is worth listening to on its own.

The Alloy Orchestra has also composed and recorded scores for other DVD releases.

The screenings will be accompanied by the world premiere of an original score written and performed by the Alloy Orchestra.

The aptly named Alloy Orchestra combines live music and silent film into a kind of low-key performance art.

Alloy Orchestra, a trio with Miller on keyboards that composes new scores for silent films.

In New Zealand, a critic said, "the Alloy Orchestra left the audience reeling, ecstatic and utterly gobsmacked."

The Alloy Orchestra - a grandiose name for the three men who form it - has been creating musical scores for silent films since 1991.

Stoking the excitement is the Alloy Orchestra, a present-day group from Boston that lends live accompaniment to silent films.

Each festival also includes a vintage 35mm 3D film and a silent film with a live score by Alloy Orchestra.

July 18: Screening of the 1928 film "Speedy" with music performed by the Alloy Orchestra.