Tastes differ so some may consider my review heretic, but there you go. The film itself may be very good, but I found the music accompanying it very, very annoying and utterly unfitting for a silent film. Many I have watched, some in theatres with live music, usually played on a piano, accompanying it. Generally speaking, piano and/or string music isn't exactly my cup of tea when it comes to listening to music, but it is very suitable when it comes to highlighting and/or building up the tensions, emotions and feelings happening in film scenes.
Unfortunately, the copy of "The Iron Mask" I had to endure was accompanied by jazz, which I generally don't like at all as it makes me kind of nervous, because of its disturbance and pretentiousness. Here it absolutely failed to highlight the scenes, but rather distracted from the pictures shown. Never before have I watched a film containing music so unfitting to what was shown. A real pity.
Unfortunately, the copy of "The Iron Mask" I had to endure was accompanied by jazz, which I generally don't like at all as it makes me kind of nervous, because of its disturbance and pretentiousness. Here it absolutely failed to highlight the scenes, but rather distracted from the pictures shown. Never before have I watched a film containing music so unfitting to what was shown. A real pity.