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ABOUT the gffo

The Grand Feature Film Orchestra

A student & community group with a passion for the way music and visual media come together to tell stories, The Grand Feature Film Orchestra presents creative original and restored film scores live with the movie. Films from Chaplin, Lloyd, Keaton, Lang, and more, come to life with the music perfectly synchronized to the action on the screen.

Pulling from early twentieth-century cinema, the GFFO brings an authentic world-premiere style performance mixed with modern flavors to ensure an exciting and unforgettable live-concert experience. 

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Wings (1927) - Feature Movies with Live Orchestra

Wings (1927) - Feature Movies with Live Orchestra

Sunday, August 21 @ 1:00PMSun, Aug 21 @ 1:00PM

Journey Downtown, 308 Main Street, Vacaville, CA.

WINGS (1927) - William Wellman's epic action film set during World War I. All stunts were done by the actors in period planes. An amazing feat! Academy Award winner for Best Picture.

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Jun 16 2022

The GFFO summer orchestra project is in full swing

Having the whole summer's beautiful weather as an inspiration, the Grand Feature Film Orchestra begins its summer with an exciting score! It'll take more than 40 hours of study and rehearsal to prepare and synchronize the music to the action…

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Jun 16 2022

The Sound of Silence

PART ONE -- Movie Sound Began with Music

Take your favorite live-action movie or cartoon, and imagine it without a musical score. Imagine Star Wars without the brassy fanfares introducing the characters at just the right time. Music in movies…

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Jun 10 2022

The GFFO takes to the sky to feature WINGS


Big-time projects require big-time efforts. The Grand Feature Film Orchestra will feature WINGS. A WWI action movie with a live full orchestra score! 

Directed by William Welman
Musical Score by Carl Davis
Performed LIVE by The Grand Feature Film Orchestra…

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Apr 22 2022

A World Premiere on May 15: SUPERMAN/LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Movies with LIVE orchestra

Concert Program:
The Grand Feature Film Orchestra performing LIVE film scores with the movies

SUPERMAN: ARCTIC GIANTS (Animated Featurette) - musical score by Sammy Timberg (1942)
The GFFO is dedicated to studying, reconstructing, and performing historic cinematic music. Sometimes this…

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Apr 11 2022

OVERTURES by GFFO -- The adventure begins!

Front entrance of Different Fur Studios -- San Francisco

There's tremendous excitement as the Grand Feature Film Orchestra (GFFO) members prepare for their first album,  OVERTURES. Studio sessions can be stressful because there's pressure to make things perfect. It's…

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Apr 3 2022

Happy National Film Score Day -- April 3rd, 2022

A few of our favorite film score composers: 

John Williams -- iconic, almost Wagnerian connection between characters and music. Just pick a character and hum their theme! 

The Newman Family (Alfred, Randy, David, Maria, Thomas, Lionel, Joey, and Emil) --…

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Mar 25 2022

GFFO's new single release is coming soon


The GFFO starts every concert with an overture. Then, we select our favorites in this series of projects and record them in a world-class recording studio for an album entitled "OVERTURES!"; the first is Don Ellis' BULGARIAN BULGE, to be…

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Mar 17 2022

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS INSPIRED A DC COMIC BOOK AND AN AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL!

The story of the carnivorous terror in a flower pot has become both an icon and an inspiration for artists for over 60 years! 

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, became a famous New York off-Broadway award-winning hit musical still playing…

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Mar 6 2022

The Grand Feature Film Orchestra is Hard at work preparing a live performance of Roger Corman’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS along with The Fleischer Brother’s SUPERMAN! 

After the successful performance of Harrold Lloyd's Safety Last, The Grand Feature Film Orchestra sets out for a world premiere to celebrate a Korman classic with a musical score by Fred Katz. This is a first in history!

Details
The…

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Dec 31 2021

Tickets available now -- Harold Lloyd's SAFTY LAST to be performed January 13th at Journey Downtown Theater!


Details:

The Grand Feature Film Orchestra Presents
Harold Lloyd's SAFETY LAST
-- a film with live orchestra --
Thursday, January 13th at 7:00 pm
Journey Downtown Theater
308 Main Street - Vacaville, CA.
in-person or streaming-live
Tickets available HERE

You…

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Dec 31 2021

Engineering: Steam sound effects need a steam sound machine!

   

GFFO members started with a simple concept --
a quick but brilliant idea doodled at an effects strategy meeting
 

Live steam effects in 1920s films such as train and alarm whistles require a special machine to give it that authentic…

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Dec 31 2021

Message for New Year's Eve - Still time to help the arts in a very special way!


The Grand feature film Orchestra is a community of experienced and aspiring artists dedicated to music and sound effects for films. This unique art goes back to the beginning of cinema when all sound was provided live to the audience…

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Nov 30 2021

Give the gift of GFFO!

Christmas gift ticket packaging is now available! 

Got friends and family you'd like to invite to the concert? How about sending them a special gift ticket? Unique folding cards and envelopes are available to send a message of good cheer…

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Nov 30 2021

2022 season tickets on sale now with Improved online system

We're excited to bring you this fun-packed year of movie fun! From comedies to cartoons to WW1 epics, the 2022 season is full of surprises.

All performance tickets are on sale now with an even better ticket sales system that…

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Nov 30 2021

Exciting 2022 season starts with Harold Lloyd's hilarious SAFETY LAST

THE DETAILS:
Safety Last (1923) - Feature Movie with Live Orchestra 
Thu, Jan 13, 2022 @ 7:00PM 
Journey Downtown, 308 Main Street, Vacaville, CA.

Tickets, both Streaming and in-person available HERE.


Yes, he's hanging from a clock face in this outlandishly iconic image that defines the fun of SAFETY LAST!

Probably one of the best comedies of the silent era, Harold Lloyd shows off his skills as a physical comedian with seemingly death-defying stunts as he plays a young store clerk out to impress his girlfriend. Things don't go quite as planned, and we're brought into a world of hilarity and surprises.

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Oct 14 2021

STEM Education is Missing a Crucial Component

It’s about STEAM 
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math 

“To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.”    - Leonardo da Vinci 

The GAC believes that STEM education, though important, is missing a vital component. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math cannot solve problems alone. Instead, each discipline is tied to art for meaning, problem-solving, and asking important questions. 

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Sep 20 2021

GFFO News from September, 2021

Dear movie and music fans, 

The GFFO had a great time presenting Sunrise and Superman this past concert Event! 
Because of you, it was a HUGE success! 

 

It's a labor of love! 

Each film takes months to prepare. Many movies have lost their original musical scores, so sometimes, complete reconstruction has to be done. This was the case of Sammy Timberg's genius music for the animated Superman series of the 1940s. At times, in silent films, entirely new scores must be composed to replace what may have been lost almost a century ago. 

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