Edmund Song’s The Smart Dog

OVERVIEW

The Smart Dog is a film score written for the silent comedy, A Little Hero, directed by George Nicholas and distributed in the Netherlands under the name De Schrandere Hond. The aim of this score is to capture the playful interaction between a cat, a dog and a bird under the nose of their owner, played by Mabel Normand.

SPONSORS

The 2022/23 Civic Orchestra season was generously sponsored by the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.

ABOUT

This work was selected in a national call for scores by the Fellows of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago in 2023.