Forbidden Frames (2022)

Modern Silent Cinema - Forbidden Frames
release date September 6, 2022

1. The Death of Cinema 03:06
2. Quartermain On the Move 05:48
3. Finding Kaplan 03:14
4. Alvin's Gone 03:06
5. Paranoid Reality 03:32
6. Prison Nightmare 03:54
7. Ticket to Hide 01:51
8. Quartermain's Revenge 03:18
9. Cinema Liberation 03:01

Written and performed by Cullen Gallagher.
Mastered by Caleb Mulkerin at Tank 28.

This is a soundtrack to Forbidden Frames (2022), an anti-authoritarian satire about a dystopian future where filmmaking has been made illegal, and a group of film enthusiasts fight to keep cinema alive. The film was directed by, and starred, Matt Barry. I scored the movie and also appeared in the role of Kaplan, a collector and trader of early films with a particular fondness for the Lumiere brothers.

The soundtrack is my love-letter to Ennio Morricone, Goblin, Lalo Schifrin, Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, Stelvio Cipriani, and other composers for 70s Italian crime and horror movies.

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Limited edition CD available (first pressing 50 copies)

Radio:
April 24, 2025 - "Alvin's Gone" (from Forbidden Frames) on Popular Culture Process Filter with Chuck Nicklow (WRUW 91.1FM, Cleveland, OH
August 22, 2024 - "Cinema Liberation" on Chuck Nicklow's Popular Culture Process Filter (WRUW FM91.1, Cleveland, OH)
April 18, 2024 - "Quartermain's Revenge" on Chuck Nicklow's Popular Culture Process Filter, WRUW FM91.1 (Cleveland, OH)
April 11, 2024 - "Quartermain on the Move" on Chuck Nicklow's Popular Culture Process Filter, WRUW FM91.1 (Cleveland, OH)