Silents Synced: ‘Nosferatu’ to be set to Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’ for new cinema release

Published on 06/06/2025 - 12:54 GMT+2

The original 1922 type of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is group to get a caller cinema merchandise – pinch a marque caller soundtrack, courtesy of Radiohead.

F.W. Murnau’s silent German Expressionist classic, which was based connected Bram Stoker’s "Dracula" and is wide regarded arsenic an influential masterpiece of cinema and nan scary genre, will beryllium group to Radiohead’s classical albums ‘Kid A’ (2000) and ‘Amnesiac’ (2001). 

This comes arsenic portion of a caller bid called Silents Synced. Created by Josh Frank, nan bid pairs iconic silent films pinch era-defining records. 

Kicking disconnected successful nan UK this autumn, nan bid will statesman pinch Nosferatu – which was recently remade by Robert Eggers.  

In our reappraisal of nan remake, we said: “While fans of Eggers whitethorn bemoan this pronounced reverence for nan root material, particularly since nan director’s unsocial consciousness of productivity has ne'er felt restrained before, Nosferatu’s wound will fulfill those wanting purist vampire folklore, much intersexual overtones, and a batch of close-up shots of Lily-Rose Depp successful states of some euphoria and agony.” 

Screenings successful October coincide pinch nan 25th day of ‘Kid A’ - a critically acclaimed medium wide regarded arsenic 1 of Radiohead’s astir ambitious.  

In 2026, nan 2nd instalment of nan Silents Synced bid will spot Buster Keaton’s 1924 drama Sherlock Jr. matched to R.E.M’s albums ‘Monster’ (1994) and ‘New Adventures successful Hi-Fi’ (1996).

“The mobility for independent cinemas each crossed nan world has become: what tin we do to not stay solely reliant connected caller tentpole Hollywood releases to get merchandise and experiences group can—increasingly—often hold and get astatine home?” said Silents Synced creator Josh Frank. 

He added: “This has led america to thing marque caller retired of necessity, successful nan aforesaid measurement awesome outsider creation has ever been created. It’s a full caller cinema acquisition that we consciousness some movie obsessives and euphony fans will find thing really unsocial in.” 

This is not nan first clip that Radiohead’s euphony has been utilized to update a classic.  

Last year, we reported that Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke was adapting nan band’s 2003 medium ‘Hail To The Thief’ for a caller accumulation of Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”.   

The production, titled “Hamlet Hail To The Thief”, sees Yorke squad up pinch Tony and Olivier Award-winning board Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones to create a modern adjustment of Shakespeare’s play, described arsenic a “feverish caller unrecorded experience, fusing theatre, euphony and movement”. 

Yorke “personally reworks” and orchestrates ‘Hail To The Thief’ for a formed of complete 20 musicians and actors, and nan music will beryllium performed unrecorded during each show.

'Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror' will beryllium playing successful cinemas from 2 October, while 'R.E.M X Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr.' will beryllium disposable from 5 February 2026. Visit here for much information.