Modern Robot

Live
Soundtracks
to Weird
Movies

Original scores performed live to film

Upcoming
Faust
The Carolina Theatre, Greensboro, NC
Tue, September 15, 2026
7pm
Past Shows
2026
Apr 5
Sayat Nova
The Color of Pomegranates
Sergei Parajanov, 1969
The Back Table, Greensboro, NC
premiere
2025
Dec 31
The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin, 1925
Chandler’s, Greensboro, NC
New Year’s Eve
Dec 21
A Journey to the Norwegian Arctic Circle
Nordlandsbanen minutt for minutt, winter
2013
The Back Table, Greensboro, NC
Winter Solstice Soirée
Nov 15
A Chairy Tale
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra, 1957
Glendonfest, Moore County, NC
Nov 1
Carnival of Souls
Herk Harvey, 1962
The Flat Iron, Greensboro, NC
premiere
May 2
One Week
Buster Keaton, 1920
The Continental Club, Greensboro, NC
piano premiere
2024
Nov 9
Faust
F.W. Murnau, 1926
Mangum Street Grocery, Durham, NC
Nov 2
Faust
F.W. Murnau, 1926
The Reeves Theater, Elkin, NC
Nov 1
Faust
F.W. Murnau, 1926
The Flat Iron, Greensboro, NC
2023
Oct 27
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
The Reeves Theater, Elkin, NC
Oct 13
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
The Flat Iron, Greensboro, NC
Sep 9
Escape from Galaxy 3
Ben Norman, 1981
2022
Oct 28
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
The Reeves Theater, Elkin, NC
Jan 24
Satellites
Public domain
ETC., Greensboro, NC
2021
Oct 21
A Chairy Tale
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra, 1957
The Martha Bassett Show, Elkin, NC
2020
Jan 16
There’s No Place Like Home
One Week & Universe
On the One, Greensboro, NC
2018
Oct 26
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
Sunrise Theater, Southern Pines, NC
Oct 25
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
Kings, Raleigh, NC
Oct 24
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
a/perture, Winston-Salem, NC
Aug 22
The Hayseed & One Week
Roscoe Arbuckle/Buster Keaton, 1920
Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC
Sep 6-9
The Hayseed & One Week
Roscoe Arbuckle/Buster Keaton, 1920
Café Europa, Greensboro, NC
Folk Festival Afterparty
Jul 5
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
Cameo Art House Theatre, Fayetteville, NC
May
The Hayseed & One Week
Roscoe Arbuckle/Buster Keaton, 1920
Pop-up
Orlando Fringe
2017
Nov 20
Dept. of Energy
Public domain
On Pop of the World, Greensboro, NC
With Saphron/Pencil Fight
Oct 28
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
Producers Club Theaters & Bar
FearNYC
Aug
Alive: Music for Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
ZOO
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
May
Alive: Music for Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
Yellow Venue
Orlando Fringe
Apr 13
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
The Crown at the Carolina, Greensboro, NC
premiere
Mar 25
Music for “Faust”
F.W. Murnau, 1926
Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC
Jan 7
At the Crossroads: Music for Faust
F.W. Murnau, 1926
Orlando Winter Mini-fest
2016
Dec 2
Train of Thought
Nordlandsbanen minutt for minutt, winter
Oscar Oglethorpe, Greensboro, NC
First Friday
Oct 23
At the Crossroads: Music for Faust
F.W. Murnau, 1926
Cinema Village
FearNYC
Sep 15
At the Crossroads: Music for FaustBest of the FringeTechie’s Choice
F.W. Murnau, 1926
PianoFight Second Stage
San Francisco Fringe Festival
Aug 12
At the Crossroads: Music for FaustOverall Excellence Award for Music Composition
F.W. Murnau, 1926
DROM
FringeNYC
May 20
At the Crossroads: Music for Faust
F.W. Murnau, 1926
St. Matthew’s Tavern
Orlando Fringe
Mar 12
Premonition 1965
Found Sound
NYP, Greensboro, NC
2015
Aug
At the Crossroads: Music for Faust
F.W. Murnau, 1926
C Venues
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Jun 12
Music for “Faust”
F.W. Murnau, 1926
The Crown at the Carolina, Greensboro, NC
With Invisible
2014
Oct 11
The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin, 1925
Elsewhere, Greensboro, NC
The Last Great Winter
Sep 28
The Gold Rush
1925
Goodbye Blue Monday, Bushwick, NYC
Jun 27
The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin, 1925
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
With Molly Miller and Emily Stewart
Apr 3
Faust
F.W. Murnau, 1926
New York Pizza, Greensboro, NC
premiere
Mar 6
The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin, 1925
NYP, Greensboro, NC
Feb 6
The Red Balloon + Koyaanisqatsi
Albert Lamorisse, 1956
NYP, Greensboro, NC
2013
Oct 30
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
NYP, Greensboro, NC
Oct 24
Dawn of the Dead
George A. Romero, 1978
Geeksboro, Greensboro, NC
Oct 3
The Twilight Zone
1959
NYP, Greensboro, NC
Sep 5
The Lost World
Harry O. Hoyt, 1925
NYP, Greensboro, NC
Aug 2
Synthetic Fibers
Public domain
1941-1956
Chakras Spa, Greensboro, NC
First Friday
Aug 1
Fantasia
1940
NYP, Greensboro, NC
Jun 6
La Planète Sauvage
René Laloux, 1973
NYP, Greensboro, NC
May 2
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Jun Fukuda, 1973
NYP, Greensboro, NC
Apr 4
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Robert Wiene and, 1920
NYP, Greensboro, NC
2012
Nov 15
Fantastic Voyage
Richard Fleischer, 1966
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Oct 25
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Sep 23
Dangerous When Wet
Busby Berkeley and Others
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Jul 28
Beer and Sex
Porn, 1915–1972
Dogwood Brewery, Greensboro, NC
Mar 24
Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin, 1929
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
2011
Sep 15
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Wallace Worsley, 1923
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Jun 29
Nosferatu
F. W. Murnau, 1922
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Jun 15
High Flight
Public domain
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Jun 1
Le Ballon Rouge
Albert Lamorisse, 1956
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
May 18
Stop Motion
Vladislav Starevich, 1933
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Apr 27
The Little Island
Richard Williams, 1958
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Apr 13
Häxan
Benjamin Christensen, 1922
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Mar 30
Holy Ghost Revival
Peter Adair, 1967
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Mar 16
Journey to Space
Charles and Ray Eames, 1977
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Feb 25
Blade Runner
Ridley Scott, 1982
Legitimate Business
With The Farewell Monument / Constelada
Feb 17
Metropolis, Part 2
Fritz Lang, 1927
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Feb 16
Metropolis, Part 1
Fritz Lang, 1927
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Feb 2
Modern Appliances
Prelinger Archives
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Jan 19
Sound Reproduction
Prelinger Archives
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
2010
Dec 28
Roads to Romance
Prelinger Archives
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Dec 14
Holy Ghost People
Peter Adair, 1967
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Nov 23
Man With A Movie Camera
Dziga Vertov, 1929
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Nov 9
Age of Machines
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Oct 27
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero, 1968
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Sep 19
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Ed Wood, 1957
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Aug 24
Western Mail
Robert Emmett Tansey, 1942
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Aug 3
Animated Shorts
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Jul 20
Anomalies Of The Unconscious
Jon Behrens, 2003
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Jul 6
Fractals
Ripped from the tubes
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
Jun 22
Sita Sings the Blues
Nina Paley, 2008
The Green Bean, Greensboro, NC
May 14
Duo + Koyaanisqatsi
The Green Bean
Mar 24
Duo Show
The Blind Tiger