Haxan Witchcraft Through the Ages with live score

The Winter Solstice arrives at Circle Cinema as Tulsa composer Dustin Edward Howard plays a live, original score to the silent horror masterpiece “Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages.” Tickets on sale now, $18 members and $20 non-members. Don't wait, this annual tradition will sell out!

Originally released in 1922 by Swedish director Benjamin Christensen, "Häxan" is a hybrid of documentary and fiction. The silent film explores the history of witchcraft, demonology and satanism. It shows representations of evil in a variety of ancient and medieval artworks, offers vignettes illustrating a number of superstitious practices and presents a narrative about the persecution of a woman accused of witchcraft. The film was quite controversial when originally released, but a theme throughout that still rings true today is that modern views offers important insight into the beliefs and practices of the past.

Dustin Edward Howard's work as a composer includes original film soundtracks, documentaries, music for video games and podcasts. As a composer, Dustin combines his skills as a versatile multi-instrumentalist with his passion for sound engineering, sound design, and music production. He is influenced by everything from vintage video game scores and 70's horror synth soundtracks to Prog and Alternative Rock and ambient noise. He is equally as comfortable creating analog scores in real time as he is composing digital scores. He has also written, recorded with and produced a number of alternative bands over the last 15 years, currently with GROUCHO. He has worked on music for Sesame Street Shorts, several short films, live scores and videogames. He has composed scores for several episodes of Osiyo: Voices of the Cherokee People and was a recipient of a Heartland Emmy Award in 2022 and 2023 for his work on the series. Dustin is finishing up two film scores this winter, while also opening Noise Town Tulsa, a rehearsal, recording and event room on Route 66.