#a christmas symphony

[thesarahfiles]

More press photos from Sarah Brightman's show in Mexico City last night.

[mafuyuakgae]

the swan

[sjwallin]

New Tunes for Your Holiday/Winter Playlist!

Check out this eclectic list of original holiday tunes; there's something for everyone! Enjoy! 🎄

Each of these tracks can also be found on other streaming platforms (even SoundCloud and Bandcamp for my self-produced songs); visit this page for more info.

[disneytoonland]

[just-oboe-things]

Moment of silence for all the band kids learning jingle bells right now 😔

[deuterosapiens]

My mother and I have a tradition of going to the movies on certain Holidays. Namely, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Today's film was the remake of Nosferatu. Picture this: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is out, Moana 2 is still playing, Wicked is still playing, and Mufasa is out. Should be a nice quiet experience. After all, who's going to go watch a remake of a 1922 German Vampire film (that itself was plagiarized from Bram Stoker's Dracula and subsequently sued into oblivion) when there's so many other, more enticing films to take your family to?

It turns out, everyone.

I have been to a theater this crowded once before, and that was for Aquaman 2. It was such a dsmn bizarre experience. I'm talking huge crowded families. I'm smelling pepperoni pizza and dill pickles (I'm from Texas; that's a thing here) while the plague made manifest is endeadening everything with a pulse.

If you have seen any of Eggers' previous films (The Northman, The Lighthouse, The VVitch), you will be prepared for the sort of authentic atmosphere this film provides. In modern vampire films, the vampie (spelled deliberately) is sexy, seductive. The Blood Curse torments you with side effects such as being too damn sexy for sunlight. Nosferatu here remembers that a vampire is virus, an infection. It's not sexy, it's the plague. A thing of death.

Nosferatu obliges your desire to be disgusted and mortified. Most Dracula adaptations do not disturb me. This one, rather thankfully, disturbs me.

I don't know too much about Lily Rose-Depp. I know her by way of her father, and her small role in Tusk. I can't be surprised I liked her here. After all, Robert Eggers doesn't use an actor who can't pull their weight. She's the emotional weight of this film and does a damn good job of it. To be fair, everyone works incredibly well here.

Bill Skarsgård has thrice now taken on a role in a film that's a remake or reimagining of a previous film. He's been Pennywise the Daaaancing Clown, he's been Eric Draven, and now he's Count Orlok. I'm not saying anything, but it's interesting he's done this many remakes. This one, however, is far more uncomfortable than his sanitized Pennywise ever could have been. In IT we've got a glimpse or two of what he can do. Here, he gives so, so much more (if you can ignore the mustache).

Like I always say, not for everyone, but this was certainly for me.

[merry-melody]

[actualhomunculi]

Tis the season for Instagram twinks to get themselves tied up in Christmas Lights.

What's really silly is that the original sketch was made like two years ago and I never got around to inking it.

(Btw, Character's name is Sam, and they use They/Them pronouns, just like yours truly)

[sleighmyname1]

Disney Silly Symphonies 🎄The Night Before Christmas (1933) dir. Wilford Jackson

[blondebrainpowered]

The Night Before Christmas, 1933 - Disney Silly Symphony

[thesarahfiles]

TONIGHT! The 2024 edition of Sarah's "A Christmas Symphony" tour continues in San Diego, CA! 🎄

[3amhorror]

[sjwallin]

Ring in the season with the epically orchestral “Christmas Wayfarer”! 🎄

Or save it on your favorite platform here:

Interested in getting the sheet music? Purchase the version for orchestra or concert band here:

[disneytoonland]

[symphony-calamity]

Incomprehensible inside jokes my beloved <3