Organist Mike Ohman Enlivens Silent Movies

Classical 89 Thinking Aloud Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=3/20/2008 Mike Ohman, theater-organ wizard extraordinaire, is our guest today. Mike belongs to a vanishing breed of musical masters who know the art of accompanying a silent movie with all the aplomb afforded by theater organs. If you've watched Ben-Hur with Charlton Heston, you might remember the thundering of the Roman horse hoofs and the roaring of Roman chariot wheels … sound effects from the 1959 version. Thirty years earlier, Ben-Hur was a silent film. But the term silent movie is deceptive. Going to a movie theater before talkies was always a noisy, musical experience. Today's interview comes ahead of Classical 89's Silent Movie
Night.