"Spine-tingling! Jill Tracy does for vampires what John Williams did for sharks." THE WAVE (read full interview with Jill Tracy)  "Remarkable....lyrical and lovely" SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER read the full story "With her macabre mind and silent film persona, Jill Tracy proves she is a natural for the task with her "Symphony of Horrors." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Extraordinary" EAST BAY EXPRESS "Uniquely qualified to give voice to the hallucinatory vampire that stalks F.W. Murnau’s black and white movie, Jill Tracy conjures up the crimson shades of the Grand Guignol and the emerald hues of absinthe." SF WEEKLY "Unforgettable" MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL The story behind Nosferatu: Described by the SF Weekly as "exquisite, lush, and positively poetic," the noirish compositions by Jill Tracy and The Malcontent Orchestra have developed a fervid following of devotees, critical acclaim, and multiple Bay Area Music Awards nominations. Their original score to F. W. Murnau’s silent 1922 vampire classic Nosferatu has only enhanced the band’s reputation of sophistication and musical virtuosity. "I wanted to honor the integrity of the film," explained composer/pianist Jill Tracy in a 1999 SF Gate interview during the film score's debut. "I wanted to dispose of any camp element and seamlessly enhance the emotion of Murnau’s stunning visuals. I don’t see Nosferatu as inciting horror or trepidation, as much as an unsettling allure. It’s a beautiful, sensual work; the listener should surrender to the spell of the music as intensely as to the spell of the vampire." The Nosferatu score features: Jill Tracy- grand piano Alexander Kort- electric violoncello Daniel Baer- violin Randy Odell- marimba, drums and orchestral percussion Theatres interested in hosting Jill Tracy and the Malcontent Orchestra's Nosferatu can inquire through email. |
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 The debut of Nosferatu (above) at San Francisco’s Foreign Cinema Oct 1999, as featured in the San Francisco Examiner. |
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