When it comes to silent films, Steven Reisteter will not remain silent.

Reisteter premieres his new score for the 1992 silent film classic, “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror,” 7 p.m. Oct. 29, Nineteenth Street Theatre, Allentown.

“Nosferatu” is a 1922 German Expressionist vampire film based on “Dracula,” the 1897 gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.

The film, directed by F. W. Murnau, stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife (Greta Schröder) of his estate agent (Gustav von Wangenheim) and brings the plague to their town.

Reisteter, a composer who is bass clarinetist in the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and principal clarinet in the Allentown Band, has written numerous compositions for woodwind ensembles, high school groups and professional bands and orchestras.

The score for “Nosferatu” is the fourth that Reisteter has composed for a silent movie.

Reisteter composed three scores for the Allentown Band to accompany silent films in concerts at Miller Symphony Hall: 2023, Harold Lloyd’s “Safety Last”; 2022, “The Mark of Zorro,” and 2019, “Nosferatu.”

“The conductor of the Allentown Band, Ronald Demkee, asked me to compose a score for the band’s series of silent film concerts,” says Reisteter.

This year, Reisteter received a request from a friend to arrange his “Nosferatu” score that he wrote for the Allentown Band for theater organ.

Realizing a band arrangement wouldn’t work well for a theater organ and after discussion with his friend, Reisteter rearranged the score for 18 woodwinds.

Says Reisteter, “After rearranging the score, I went about setting up a click track to try to synchronize the music to the film. Wow, that was tough.”

Reisteter, a proficient multi-instrumentalist, performed and recorded each instrument of his arrangement thusly: “Flute Family”: Piccolo, E-flat Flute, C Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute; ”Oboe Famiy”: Oboe, Oboe d’amore, English Horn; “Clarinet Family”: E-flat Clarinet, B-flat Clarinet, Basset Horn, Bass Clarinet; “Saxophone Family”: Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, and “Bassoon Family”: Bassoon, Contrabassoon.

Says Reisteter, “I also played my bodhrán in a spot where a town crier is playing a drum.”

After weeks of recording and a few technology setbacks, Reisteter says, “I finished this project extremely recently and am really excited that the 19th Street Theatre will present a screening of ‘Nosferatu’ with the premiere of my all-woodwind accompaniment.

“It’s perfect for Halloween,’ he adds.

“Nosferatu: “A Symphony of Horror,” 7 p.m. Oct. 29, Nineteenth Street Theatre, 527 N. 19th St., Allentown; Tickets: Civic Theatre of Allentown box office, 610-433-8903, https://civictheatre.com/

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