Right in the Eye (En plein dans l'œil) from composer-scenographer Jean-François Alcoléa is a live concert designed as a soundtrack to a montage of silent films by French Legion of Honour recipient George Méliès (1861–1938), considered to be one of the inventors of cinematography and the greatest fictional fantasist of his era. Right in the Eye introduces audiences to the wonderful world of Méliès, inspired by his multiple universes, combining music and sound compositions, lighting, still images and moving pictures. The performance is the musical brainchild of composer-scenographer Jean-François Alcoléa who has created a magical show where a multi-layered, evocative and intricate score complements and enhances Méliès silent films.
It features a trio of virtuoso musicians performing live as the films are projected -- and are almost a show in themselves as they conjure music from an extraordinary array of instruments: basics like piano and its soundboard, percussion and guitar; fantastic oddities like the aquaphone (ocean harp), theremin, melodica, glockenspiel; and mundane objects like stemware, circular saws, whistles and even plastic flying plates and take-out lids. Right in the Eye adds a wealth of timbres, sounds and musical colors to a mesmerizing score and panoply of unexpected sound effects that expertly evoke the technical wizardry, hilarity, and stream of invention bequeathed to cinema by Méliès.
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