"Metropolis -the tale of an exploited caste of workers breaking free from their oligarchic oppressors by joining together with them to build a new world, as well as an Orpheus-like love story-has famously been in a state of restoration for almost a century, thanks to studio mangling and the ravages of time."
"Detroit techno wizard Jeff Mills took up the Metropolis baton in 2000s, releasing what would be the first of three completely separate scorings of the film to "reintroduce and educate the theories and ideology" of the film to new generations as the new millennium dawned."
"German director Fritz Lang's still awe-inspiring, sci-fi-spawning Metropolis of 1927-with its indelible Expressionist images of fluorescent-ringed robots, behemoth industrial architecture, and a sadly familiar dystopian society-has perked the antennae of electronic musicians for decades."
Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis has inspired electronic musicians for decades with its Expressionist imagery and dystopian themes. Kraftwerk referenced the film on their 1978 album Die Mensch-Maschine, while Giorgio Moroder provided a 1984 soundtrack. Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills began scoring the film in the 2000s, releasing three completely separate versions designed to reintroduce the film's theories and ideology to contemporary audiences. The film, depicting exploited workers breaking free from oligarchic oppressors through unity, has undergone extensive restoration over nearly a century. In 2010, 25 minutes of previously unseen footage were rediscovered and integrated into the film, prompting continued sonic reinterpretations by electronic music visionaries.
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