Fresh off the pairing of Radiohead albums with screenings of Nosferatu, Blue Starlite Entertainment’s Silents Synced series has announced the next installment featuring R.E.M.’s music. Beginning in February 2025, the band’s albums Monster and New Adventures in High-Fi will be used to soundtrack screenings of the 1924 Buster Keaton comedy Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. was created with the band’s approval. Its world premiere will take place on February 1st at the historic Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia, as well as the Ciné art house cinema. Get more information at the Silents Synced website.
“Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck said in a statement. “I’m honored that in some small way R.E.M. is collaborating with him from beyond the grave.”
The band’s longtime manager Bertis Downs added, “The guys were all big Buster Keaton fans well before this left-field idea came down the pike and that everyone in the band, ‘likes the uncanny way the music and film work together.’”
Created by Blue Starlite Entertainment owner Josh Frank, Silents Synced launched earlier this month with Nosferatu x Radiohead, a pairing of Kid A and Amnesiac with the silent horror classic. It will run through the end of the year, with future installments also planned for Pearl Jam, Pixies, and They Might Be Giants.
In other R.E.M. news, Michael Stipe has recently been performing at Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign rallies. Last week, he played R.E.M.’s “Wendell Gee” for the first time in 39 years.