"Four Films", the debut EP from Hollywood Extras, is now available from Bad Channels Records. @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social Streaming and CDs available at Bandcamp: www.hollywoodextras.bandcamp.com/album/four-films Vinyl available from ElasticStage: www.elasticstage.com/badchannelsrecords

New release! "Four Films" is the debut EP from Hollywood Extras, a collaboration between Cullen Gallagher (Modern Silent Cinema) and Matt Barry @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social (Phenakisto), who make improvised experimental sounds inspired by silent films. hollywoodextras.bandcamp.com/album/four-f...

Hollywood Extras ( @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social and Matt Barry) - "Four Films" EP release show at Millennium Film Workshop (2/7/26) youtu.be/Y6Xhgt748gY?...

Album release show for "Four Films", the debut EP from Hollywood Extras (@cullenbgallagher.bsky.social and Matt Barry). Experimental improvised music inspired by silent films + video remixes. 2/7/26 at Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, NY) www.millenniumfilm.org/event-detail...

Live debut of new project Hollywood Extras 2/7/26 at Millennium Film Workshop!

Recorded four new experimental scores for silent films: "Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show" (Porter, 1900) "Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel" (Porter, 1900) "The Man with the Rubber Head" (Méliès, 1901) "Yukon Journey: Films of the Alaskan Gold Rush" (various, 1897-1900) [compilation]

Magic hour "The Secret of the Missing Filmmaker"

Still from my upcoming feature film THE SECRET OF THE MISSING FILMMAKER, an abstract narrative mystery - currently filming.

"Amy Muller" (Heise, 1896/remixed 2026) - frame rate slowed down with experimental score youtu.be/R7lPa_sX8pg

Great rehearsal today with @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social for Hollywood Extras.

Frames from four new short films I am premiering this year. "Burdick Park" (2025, 3:20) "Lights" (2015/2025, 2:30) "A Late Fall Afternoon in December 2025" (2025, 3:30) "Storm Clouds" (2025, 3:05)

Passage de Venus (Janssen, 1874/Remixed 2026) New music score by Phenakisto youtu.be/M8LD1PHV4xw

Recorded a new experimental track with keyboard and effects pedals set to a video remix of Pierre Janssen's photographic series, "Passage de Venus", capturing the transit of Venus in 1874.

Experimental improv score with keyboard and effects pedals for Wallace McCutcheon's "Panorama from Times Building, New York" (1905): youtu.be/FX-LbHYgHwA

Both of my feature films from 2025, "Surveillance Film" and "The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre", are now available on my personal YouTube channel, along with other video projects from last year. Co-starring and music by @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@MattBarryMo...

A conversation with @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social about his latest film, THE MYSTERIOUS CINEMA OF ARMAND ST. PIERRE. #filmsky #experimentalfilm

Very excited for the premiere of THE MYSTERIOUS CINEMA OF ARMAND ST. PIERRE, the latest experimental film from @mattbarryfilm.bsky.social ! I was pleased to have been involved as composer and actor, had a great time working on this movie.

"The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre" Now Available on YouTube: youtu.be/w3so6pdcJPo An independent filmmaker and a film historian discuss ideas about sound and image, documentary, and authorship, while planning a film about a (fictional) early cinema pioneer.

Still frame from "Return to the Scene of the Crime", one of the short films I've been working on this fall. This is part of the "Filmmaker Trilogy", three micro-short experimental mystery films about a missing filmmaker. All will be released before the end of the year.

Had our biggest audience yet for the Baltimore Filmmakers Showcase at Beyond the Frame, featuring seven 16mm short films from the '70s & 80s. Enjoyed meeting the filmmakers & hearing stories about the productions. Image from Steve Yeager's "Aquarium" (1982).

Just added to tomorrow's Baltimore Filmmaker Showcase at Beyond the Frame! "Jerking Back and Forth" Directed by Therese Smith 16mm short film set to the song by DEVO (will be shown on DVD) Sat. 11/22 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Branch (Baltimore) / First Floor Makerspace

Beyond the Frame: Baltimore Filmmakers Showcase 16mm screening of six short films from the 1970s & '80s by Baltimore filmmakers Sat. 11/22 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library

Congrats @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social Thank you for going above and beyond to compose such an epic score for "Surveillance Film" and collaborating on the film. Great to hear your music getting out there.

New experimental Phenakisto score for Lucius J. Henderson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1912). #experimentalmusic #instrumentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm #horrorfilm #silentfilmscore #drjekyllandmrhyde #silentmovie #horrormovies #robertlouisstevenson youtu.be/6MgryPVoQOo

New experimental Phenakisto score for J. Searle Dawley's "Frankenstein" (1910). #experimentalmusic #instrumentalmusic #silentfilm #silentfilmscore #filmscore #thomasedison #maryshelley #frankenstein #horrorfilm #horrormovies #silentfilm #silentmovie youtu.be/zPkAwEKDNXM

Video album for Phenakisto - "Panorama" www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Video album for Phenakisto - "Return to Roundhay Garden" www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Video album for Phenakisto - "Arrival of a Train": www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Had our Halloween Beyond the Frame film screening today at Enoch Pratt Free Library: Herzog's "Nosferatu" (1979), the new Hamish Downie short film "Nightwalkers Anonymous", and "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two experimental videos by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/discussion after.

TOMORROW at Beyond the Frame: - Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.) - "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.) - "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)

"Panorama", new digital collection of my experimental silent film scores, is now available for free streaming on YouTube and free download on the Internet Archive. #experimentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm youtu.be/XSBBIWt3IfI archive.org/details/pano...

Phenakisto score for Edwin S. Porter, James H. White, and James Blair Smith's "Pan-American Exposition by Night" (1901). #experimentalmusic #instrumentalmusic #silentfilm #earlycinema #filmscore #thomasedison youtu.be/Z8ZhAA__oVw

Phenakisto score for Edwin S. Porter and James H. White's "Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon" (1901). #silentfilm #experimentalmusic #filmscore #earlycinema #edwinsporter #jameshwhite #thomasedison #phenakisto youtu.be/PK76irjdYCE

Phenakisto score for Thomas Crahan's "Panoramic View of the White Pass Railroad" (1899): youtu.be/HD6rNvwO7pE

Coming soon...premiering on YouTube in December. THE MYSTERIOUS CINEMA OF ARMAND ST. PIERRE (2025, 60 mins.) New experimental feature film. Soundtrack by @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social / Modern Silent Cinema. Trailer here: youtu.be/ktb9OZ5-6bE

Had a bunch of Bandcamp Yum codes sitting around for older Modern Silent Cinema albums, posted them here. #musicsky #bandcampcodes www.modernsilentcinema.com/free-downloa...

From Saturday: filming some footage for a new movie. Again taking an improvisational approach. Footage inspires ideas, which in turn inspire more footage as the structure begins to take form. Interested in observing details, employing different approaches and letting this shape the film.

This month at Beyond the Frame: - Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.) - "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.) - "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)

A new score I recorded for James H. White's "Panorama of Eiffel Tower" (1900). I love the final moments of this film when the passers-by stop and look at the camera with real excitement at the novelty of being filmed: youtu.be/ExeULyEqUH0

Still image from SURVEILLANCE FILM (2025, 104 mins.) Took some visual inspiration for this shot from Murnau's sparse, haunting shots of the forest printed in negative form in "Nosferatu" (1922). Watch for free on YouTube: youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg

All of my personal films and music are available for free online. 60 short films, 9 features (10th one coming soon), and my experimental music & silent film remixes are on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@mattBarryMo... Also uploading to the Internet Archive for free download.

A year ago... On location filming for "Surveillance Film" The film is now available to watch for free on YouTube: youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg

"Surveillance Film" is out now on YouTube to watch for free (currently at 140 views). I will be releasing my 10th feature "The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre" free on YouTube later this year. Making both of these back-to-back created an interesting contrast in the tone each one took.

The inspiration for making "Surveillance Film" was coming across a $20 camcorder at a bargain outlet store. The image it produced made me think of low-res surveillance video. It inspired the idea of a filmmaker hired to shoot surveillance footage for an unknown purpose.

New Phenakisto score for Edwin S. Porter and James H. White's "Panorama of Esplanade by Night" (1901): youtu.be/PvaheLF1NLo