About Battleship Potemkin with Pet Shop Boys Score
Classic 100-year-old film with an electronic score by Pet Shop Boys
A fixture in the critical canon almost since its premiere, Eisenstein’s film about a 1905 naval mutiny was revolutionary in both form and content. Battleship Potemkin is renowned for its dynamic compositions and the quick-paced editing of such frame-perfect precision that it’s hard not to be swept along.
First revealed at a special outdoor screening in front of an estimated 25,000 in Trafalgar Square in 2004, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s score, performed with the Dresdner Sinfoniker and orchestrated by Torsten Rasch, blends electronic beats with orchestral grandeur to create a contemporary cinematic experience.
BBFC Insight: moderate violence
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One of the fundamental landmarks of cinema
Eisenstein's film still has a hypnotic urgency
A vital viewing experience that transcends its landmark/milestone status
